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View Poll Results: What are the best neighborhoods to move in Wilkes Barre PA ?
South Side 2 15.38%
North Side 3 23.08%
Don't move there 8 61.54%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-11-2013, 06:53 AM
 
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you are so on target---am a renter long time but was judged by my body type,non expensive clothing and older car here-----the most destroyed property i saw was previously owned and used by a long time prominent and fairly wealthy local family

I know people who clean homes professionally. I've often heard that those homes owned by the well-off are often the worst to clean.
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Old 05-11-2013, 07:15 AM
 
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People with money can skip out on financial responsibilities too.
Yes they can but you there is various things you can do to collect, this depends on them having something of value. Ultimately you can ruin their credit as well and make their life hell by handing the judgement over to a collection agency. They have something to lose.

The bottom line is the old saying, "you can't get blood from a stone". If someone doesn't have anything they really don;t have anything to lose. I have three judgements sitting here unrelated to rental properties, they are worth as much as toilet paper.
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Old 05-11-2013, 07:18 AM
 
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I know people who clean homes professionally. I've often heard that those homes owned by the well-off are often the worst to clean.
How many professional cleaners are hired to go into a slum house?
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Old 05-11-2013, 08:32 AM
 
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Yes they can but you there is various things you can do to collect, this depends on them having something of value. Ultimately you can ruin their credit as well and make their life hell by handing the judgement over to a collection agency. They have something to lose.

The bottom line is the old saying, "you can't get blood from a stone". If someone doesn't have anything they really don;t have anything to lose. I have three judgements sitting here unrelated to rental properties, they are worth as much as toilet paper.

But just because someone is low income doesn't mean they don't care for what they do have.
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Old 05-11-2013, 08:33 AM
 
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How many professional cleaners are hired to go into a slum house?

A fair amount. Some of the cleaning people clean for the elderly and disabled who are on a fixed income.
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Old 05-11-2013, 08:35 AM
 
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Bottom line - trying to ascertain whether a person will take care of your property based solely on their income makes very little sense other than assuring they can pay the rent. Also, whether you rent to people with low or high incomes, the landlord should care enough to rent to people of quality.
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Old 05-12-2013, 07:40 AM
 
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Ahh good old Madison st. My baba, seta, dzedo and pratababa all lived in a row house across from the Russian Orthodox church. Even in the 70's it was seen as a place for the old, not the young. My mom was so happy to leave WB.
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Old 04-09-2015, 05:01 AM
 
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where exactly in south wb is "scary"? there are no ghettos that compared to areas like newark there.
Other than Sherman Hills, I do not find any part of the city scary.
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