Are you making an out-of-state move and plan to buy a home in the new region as soon as possible? Yet are you puzzled on how to sift through alternative neighborhoods to find the best one for your family?

If so, you’re not alone, says Merrill Ottwein, a real estate broker and former president of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (www.naeba.org).

“The problem looms especially large for people moving to a major metro area who find the sheer number of possible neighborhoods daunting,” says Ottwein, a real estate broker who works mainly with those who are relocating.

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