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Also, on another note. I only know for certain 3 of the buildings are occupied. Still, for all I know the others are vacant, city planning to demolish, of vacate them all in general.
Also, on another note. I only know for certain 3 of the buildings are occupied. Still, for all I know the others are vacant, city planning to demolish, of vacate them all in general.
I know someone who bought an older home on a large lot for a few farm animals. He loved the larger lot next door to him. Turned out when he went to the city for a permit for something he found out that was being zoned for apartments.
So go to you city and find out what the future plans are they may have.
Also, project into the future. If you'll have kids, will they be happy and have area friends. If you have kids, you'll have a spouse. Will your spouse be happy there?
Thanks for all the feedback guys.
I'll try to answer as much as I can in this one post.
The neighborhood itself has close to no crime.
Why do I want a house this big? Well, because personally if I'm going to purchase a home, I'd rather have one to set my current and future needs rather than do it in all different steps.
Moss Point isn't known for their school systems, I do not have kids yet, but it's something that's a turn off.
The homes around this one (the actual kept up homes that are right down a road connected to this one) are going for about 65-95k.
Resale wise I wouldn't worry too much about that, because I'd intend to stay for quite some time and by then the neighborhood could possibly get better, or better yet, demolished :P. I mean, it can't get much worse.
But all jokes aside, like I said, it doesn't seem to be ghetto, or lots of crime (that's not to say the people are doing some sort of drugs), it just seems the people are either Poor, lazy, or just don't care, possibly all 3.
Also, there is a church right next door to us and sex offenders aren't allowed to live close to a church.
Actually Mississippi is fine with sex offenders living near churches. They can't live within 1,500 feet of schools, parks, public pools, or anywhere that children under 18 congregate. This does not include churches, shopping malls, or anywhere else that are not geared specifically toward children.
Thank you for the link, I ran the search and it came up fine, just 2 within the mile, even did where I am living now, which is a nice neighborhood and there was 1 within the mile.
But all jokes aside, like I said, it doesn't seem to be ghetto, or lots of crime (that's not to say the people are doing some sort of drugs), it just seems the people are either Poor, lazy, or just don't care, possibly all 3.
Poor, lazy, just don't care. Isn't that what ghetto means?
Never buy the by far the best house in a low class neighborhood, as in the future it usually gets worse.
You say you are buying for a long time residence. Problem is, you don't have any idea what your plans will be in the future and if you will have a reason you must sell in the near future. You would have a lot more fun, flying to Las Vegas and trying to make a killing there with the money you would be investing in that house.
In the mid-80s I briefly dated a guy who lived in a similar neighborhood. A mish mash of really crappy trailers, some nicer modulars and some stick built homes of various quality. In 30 years ther's been little change except everything got older and even more run down. A beautiful lakeside subdivision was built across the highway but it sure didn't help.
One of the reasons I quit dating the guy was his neighborhood. I didn't like to even go there to visit.
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