I picked my neighborhood carefully. There are 4 law enforcement officers living within a block or two that I know of and a countless number of retired military.
Needless to say there isn’t very much graffiti and what does get tagged is painted over almost immediately. Very quiet. Kids playing outside. Well kept yards and houses.
I must say BFI that the pics of the multiplex you’re trying to buy into looks a little scary. The price is good but I’d look very carefully at everything especially your neighbors. If they wear their pants around their knees I’d look elsewhere because they will be nothing but trouble to you.
Talk about wildlife! Where there is one there are hundreds you don’t see. Since Animal Control will only rent traps I bought my own. When the population density, noise and spraying gets too bad I trap and bring in the offenders. Haven’t made much of a dent in their numbers since they breed constantly. My neighbor has offered a $5 bounty per feline.
Can you rent it instead? If it last sold for 3k, and now it is selling for 47k, what is your upside here? How much more do you think it can increase?
In case anyone missed it, this is the end cap house. Looks like it is a touch burned up, very likely meth and or crack production. Might want to consider the toxic properties of a meth lab explosion and whats left behind. Then again, might want to re-consider the neighborhood that produces crack houses and meth fires and the need to consider “defensiveness” of the property.
by the way, the second floor siding and valley flashing of every dwelling in this picture are in bad shape. Very very likely to have systemic wood rot behind that.
The worst year of my fifty on this planet was spent living in a building(renting, nevermind buying) where a neighbor could fall asleep with a cigarette and burn YOUR shit up. Single family dwellings before and evermore…
PASS.
Q: Why did the hippie move to Eugene?
A: He heard there weren’t any jobs
It’s “interesting” when BFI participates in his own threads. A defensible $47K crib next to a burnt out 'nother crib looks just about right. A lil solar heat, some fancy swords and you’re good to go
The cone is doing its job! Not one dastardly driver since it was placed out there. A few patrol cars have slowed down when passing by but that’s not necessarily a bad thing is it?
Reading through this thread is just another reason I’m happy to live in Iowa not be paranoid, I guess. I’ve honestly never considered “defensibility” as a feature when buying a home. :
