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Found house we love in bad school district

My wife and were just married last month and are now in the process of finding and purchasing our first home.

We've only seen three homes so far. The first two homes had issues that prevented us from wanting to purchase them. We loved the third house that we saw.

It's a mid-century modern built in the 1960s. It's not very updated, but it's been well maintained, has a new HVAC and new roof and it has a ton of charm. It's a very unique house with a ton of space, a beautiful front yard and spacious backyard and it's in our budget.

There are two main downsides. The first thing we noticed is that's in on a main road (35 mph speed limit, and doesn't seem like a ton of traffic, but a main road with double yellow lines).

The second thing, that we found out later is that despite it being in a picturesque, charming neighborhood, it is in a terrible school district.

My wife and and probably don't want kids and we absolutely love the house, but we're having second thoughts after we initially thought about putting in an offer. We're worried buying this beautiful house on a busy street with a terrible school district is going to kill the resale value.

We feel very torn and would appreciate any all advice. Thanks in advance!

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