Creating "Inner Buffer" using ArcGIS for Desktop?

I am currently searching for how to create an "Inner Buffer" in ArcGIS for Desktop?

I have a lot of polygons (houses) in one feature class, and one big polygon (in another feature class).

I want so select all houses contained in that one big polygon within a distance to the outer border (e.g. 1000 meters).

Select Layer By Location could be one possibility to solve this but I can't figure out how.

Answer

The steps to do this are:

1. 
   

   Select your layer by clicking on it

   
   
   


2. 
   

   From the Editor toolbar, select Start Editing

   
   


3. 
   

   On the Editor Menu, select Buffer

   
   


4. 
   

   Write a Negative Distance Amount to create an inside buffer...

   
   

Without Inner Buffer:

With Inner Buffer: