[quote=briansd1]Actually, economically, when a house sits empty it goes to waste. When a house is occupied, it provides value.[/quote]
I’ve seen plenty of “deadbeat homedebtors” with *newer luxury vehicles* who turned off their sprinkler systems years ago. On has 4’+ tall weeds in the backyard. Another has so much junk in the backyard you can’t walk back there (but a *newer* boat parked out front, carefully covered).
Go figure.
I had a friend who bought a SS two years ago who had to use two 32-foot-long dumpsters to rid himself of the remains of the junk left in the house, garage and cellar.
Time spent after work and wknds cleaning up – about 15 days. Cost for removal was over $3K. Kitchen was full of mold and appls were unusable so had to be gutted/removed.
Lot had multiple rusty dead appls parked on it and two abandoned motor vehicles with tags still on them. The gas/electric was turned off and the occupants were using propane lamps. It was absolutely disgusting.
I’m sure SDR can relate to this scenario.
And all this was BEFORE my friend started spending money on extermination, rehab and remodel!
Tenants (who were deadbeat sellers’ relatives) moved out immediately before closing, taking only their clothes and personal items. Sellers had to stand over them and force the issue or it wouldn’t close.
I’ve seen a LOT of OCCUPIED properties go to waste in my day.
