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View Poll Results: Will you put an offer on this home?
Yes 5 45.45%
No 4 36.36%
Maybe 2 18.18%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-10-2009, 08:47 PM
 
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Great school area. Below market price home on sale.
low 200s 3 bedroom , ingorund pool. low 1970s build.

Owner is in jail when i googled the home address. For drug possession and owning hand guns. Apparently the neighbors complained that led to his arrest.

Will you buy this home?

What must you be aware of?
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Old 04-10-2009, 09:22 PM
 
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My big concern would be the type of drugs. If he was cooking meth in the house, it could have toxic chemical residues.

My other concern might be some of his old druggie buddies who didn't know he's in jail stopping by.
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:01 PM
 
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1 lbs of marijuana, Percocet pills and some powdered cocaine.
Few hundred ammunitions.

Yeah, I thought of that to be prepared for visits by his thug friends LOL.

Will make sure the home is evacuated and no one lives there before signing the contract.
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Old 04-10-2009, 11:29 PM
 
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no way would i buy a property knowing that the neighbors would rat me out
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Old 04-11-2009, 05:38 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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could we ask what town?


cocaine - cant be worse than lead paint and asbestos and #2 fuel.
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Old 04-11-2009, 05:38 AM
 
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I'm thinking no....but it depends on how long he got and how mad he is going to be when he gets out...
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Old 04-11-2009, 08:35 AM
 
Location: NJ
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I'm thinking no....but it depends on how long he got and how mad he is going to be when he gets out...
And you know he's got cash hidden in the walls or floors. When he gets out he's coming to get his $$$.

Seriously, short sale/foreclosures are such a pain. It's better to buy the home when the bank has obtained full possession. You pay a little more but the headaches are much less.
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Old 04-11-2009, 09:10 AM
 
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if this is a good home and you like it, I would go for it. This guy wont be back. Drug dealers move around all the time. I would not be scared either. He wont be back, he will get out and set up shop somewhere new.
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:14 AM
 
Location: In the woods
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if this is a good home and you like it, I would go for it. This guy wont be back. Drug dealers move around all the time. I would not be scared either. He wont be back, he will get out and set up shop somewhere new.
i agree. I doubt the guy will return. Especially if he knows that the neighbors are eyeing the place and what happens there. If you like the house, buy it, and make it a home.
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:22 AM
 
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i agree. I doubt the guy will return. Especially if he knows that the neighbors are eyeing the place and what happens there. If you like the house, buy it, and make it a home.
And if he does come back, it won't be his old house that'll he'll have issues with it'll be the neighbors...
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