Perfect home can be house with potential

According to MSN.com, instead of looking for the home that is already perfect for your family, consider buying a home with potential. A house has these elements that make it the potentially perfect home:

• Location, location, location. The old adage that you get a better deal when you buy the worst house in a great neighborhood than when you buy a fancy house in a not-so terrific neighborhood is still true.

• Less than 50 years old. Properties more than a half decade old are likely to have more fundamental problems — like aging wiring, inadequate plumbing and sagging foundations.

• Livable floor plan. The home’s basic design should be one with which you can live; once you start moving walls, you’re spending big money.

• Light. Your potentially perfect house should have plenty of natural light.

• Good storage. Adding storage is expensive, so choose a property that already has it.