Crystal Balls and Real Estate

Here's a family that wishes they had consulted a crystal ball when buying a home:
A Crystal Ball Would Have Been Nice - New York Times

What should have been the first home? Decisions, decisions, decisions--juggling factors and the family budget -- Questions: one bedroom or two bedroom co-op? Two bedroom? How about three? Hey, now should it be a co-op or a house?

The family would later find out that a house doesn't come with a superintendent to help solve problems of rattling pipes and problem plumbing...

Lou Minatti doesn't usually advocate the use of astrology, tarot, or crystal balls to assist decision making but I wonder what he'd say in this case? Would a crystal ball be a wise investment in a case like the one in the New York Times article above?