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I grew up on a "wishbone" shaped double dead end street in what until about 30 years ago was otherwise a pretty decent City (Jackson, MS). Crime has risen and the tax base has either left for the suburbs or are dying out naturally, as was the case of my Dad residing in the home place until his passing.
The single home in the middle of the "wishbone" came up for sale. A young couple with a van load of natural and adopted children bought it and moved from their McMansion in the suburbs to a really nice home in the failing city, for probably 30 cents on the dollar compared to their former home with a GOOD school system. The failing city has a terrible public school system and that was a huge factor in the deal on the house. They began home schooling their kids and the money saved in the mortgage they take world wide trips with the kids. Then the next thing you know, the house across the street came up for sale. And yet another set of parents with home schooled kids moved in. In fact they were friends with the first set of home schoolers on the street. Finally, my Dad passed away and once again, word got out, had ONE serious buyer for the house after a 60 day listing where my family was tipped off that the potential buyer was also friends of BOTH the home schooling families and really wanted the house. Now in my book, that is a HUGE selling point. Unfortunately, I wasn't the Executor of the Estate in my family, and the one that was basically gave the damn house away.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that IF you can find yourself in a situation where other parents nearby are home schooling their kids, then that gives you the potential of having several instructors teaching different disciplines to all the kids and that could be a win-win. I know in this situation that was the goal.
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