My uncle's 2006 advice about buying a house near train tracks turned out solid
Back in 2006, my uncle Lou told me to buy the cheaper house two blocks from the freight line in Akron, Ohio. Everyone else said the noise would kill resale value, and I almost listened to them. Turns out he was right, we sold it last summer for 18% more than we paid, and the train noise actually faded after a few weeks. The people who bought it even told us the quiet neighborhood was the main draw. I think folks online love to repeat that property advice as if every situation is identical, but real life has more variables. Anyone else get told some cookie-cutter real estate rule that actually worked out the opposite way?