After some time of weighing the options and benefits, you finally decided to buy a house. You have also decided to buy any Marietta homes for sale. You are now ready to do the next step of your home search: by getting to know all the living conditions and identifying what the Marietta real estate listings look like.

There are several Marietta real estate listings you can find in the internet. There are hundreds of online listings, viewing online tours, and sort through dozens of photographs and aerial shots of homes. You can identify your preferred location and neighbourhood, type of home, number of stories, interior specifications and garages. You can also research about the 'other' side of your preferences. These are the locally identified requirements found outside the limitation of your home such as school and utilities. You also need to know if utilities are available such as cable or DSL, satellite, etc.

With too much information available in the internet, it's so easy for you to get confused and diverted from what you actually need to know about your new city or town, Marietta for instance. You may get lost in using the search tool because you can get lots of information just by typing and clicking a button. This article will help you go through this process of home buying at Marietta, at least for the searching part. You'll know some of the basic facts you need to learn about living in that area.

School districts. Start your research by looking for the availability and quality of schools within the area for your kids to attend. Marietta offers several quality schools but if you wish to specifically look for schools around the area of your choice, you can contact your seller through their website. Several websites have built-in school locator search tools that can search schools near your selected property. For identifying top rated schools, you may also visit school-specific community websites or websites that review school performance.

Power and Water. Marietta Power & Water is the municipal community-owned electric utility as well as the water and sewer service provider. Their standard deposit when applying for a new service is $200 but the deposit amount may be reduced or waived if you elect to allow them to access your credit file and the report is favourable. To apply for new service, simply contact their Service Department with contact numbers found in their website.

Parks, Recreation & Facilities. There are 18 public parks maintained by the Marietta Parks, Recreation and Facilities with several assorted amenities, from 25 acre Laurel Park to tiny Monarch Park's butterfly garden. Marietta has something for you, whether you are looking for a place to play or a place to just relax and enjoy nature.

Property Tax. If you are a first time home buyer, it is important for you to know that the tax credit of $8000 for first time home buyers ends on June 30, and the home must be under contract by April 30. Meanwhile, the deadline for real and personal property tax returns (Cobb Co.) is on April 1, which is also the deadline for all homestead exemption applications.

Garbage and Sanitation. Garbage collection for residential areas is done twice a week at rear door, residential curbside recycling collection done weekly, while residential curbside yard waste (brush) collection is done on a weekly basis. Volume base rates starts with $20.50 per 20-gallon mini can.