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View Poll Results: Which one would you be most likely to buy? | |||
North Las Vegas - 1600 sq ft - $79,000 | 12 | 14.29% | |
East English Village (Detroit) - 1500 sq ft - $15,900 | 2 | 2.38% | |
Royal Palm Beach, FL - 3 BR, 2 BA - $62,500 | 26 | 30.95% | |
Lawrenceville, GA (Atlanta Metro) - 3 BR, 2 BA - $67,500 | 2 | 2.38% | |
Park Meadow (Phoenix) - 3 BR, 2.5 Ba - $82,000 | 16 | 19.05% | |
West Lawn (Chicago) - 1400 sq ft - $64,900 | 3 | 3.57% | |
Lancaster, CA (LA Metro) - 5 BR, 3 BA - $154,900 | 9 | 10.71% | |
I would rather die tangled underneath a sofa bed than live in any of these places. | 12 | 14.29% | |
I have a hard time making this type of decision. At least, I think I do. | 2 | 2.38% | |
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03-03-2012, 01:45 PM | |
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Steal this house - foreclosure neighborhoods
I'm presuming this isn't a DC thread, but I thought it was interesting. They show one house for sale in each of ten hard-hit housing markets.
Looking through them, which one would you buy if you were going to retire and had to buy one of them? Poll coming if I can only get the bank off my back. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/...mes/index.html |
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03-03-2012, 09:42 PM | #31 |
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The house in Vegas... definitely!
I love the entry archway! When I was younger, I drew floor plans and that was one of the things the majority of my plans included. That, and a water feature in the foyer. |
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03-03-2012, 09:48 PM | #32 |
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It could be brick, but something doesn't look right. It looks like they replaced some of the bricks over the years and did a horrible job finding new ones to match the originals.
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03-04-2012, 01:37 AM | #33 |
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Chicago....closest to home and Lollapalooza. However, I HATE the Cubs, so seeing Cubs fans on a routine basis would get annoying quick.
Kind of ironic to me that this thread was started today. I closed on a foreclosure house in November (small town Iowa). Tonight is officially my first night staying there. The reason for this is because the house was originally heated by a boiler and boiler lines/radiators. We were all set and ready to move stuff in 2 days after closing when we turned the water on. When we turned the water on, the place became a tropical freaking rain forest. Turns out, every water line and boiler line had burst. On top of this, the ceiling and wall in the basement caved in. Almost everything in my downstairs bathroom became destroyed. We also found out that the refrigerator and dishwasher were shot (when the realtor told us it was top notch). There were 10 different locations in the house with the phrase, "winterized in December 2010" written on it, including; valves, the boiler itself, faucets, etc. There were also 2 papers, 1 upstairs, 1 downstairs that indicated that the inspection was good. The realtor did not offer any inspections (and I am under the impression that they are supposed to and that it is an ethical violation if they don't) and basically just informed me that the inspection papers and winterization stickers were legit. ANYWAYS, we had to put a whole new heating system in. We now have central heat and there is all kinds of baseboard trim damage throughout my house due to having to gut the radiators. I still have no ceiling in my basement. When they removed the boiler, the plumbers discovered that the thing was half-full of water still..... awesome freaking winterizing job, eh? This has cost me an additional 10k+ that I hadn't originally budgeted for already. To say the absolute least, this isn't over yet. |
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Landscatter, home of meth labs and charles mason wanta-be's......priceless at best....good luck with that
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Anyways, so there are Manson wannabes in Lancaster, eh? That would be pretty....annoying... running into diarrhea-mouths all the time. |
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03-04-2012, 12:12 PM | #37 |
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Okay
It looks like a looney bin retreat |
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03-04-2012, 04:27 PM | #41 |
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Agreed. I think at some size point, it's difficult to design a house that looks like a home and not a commercial building. This is over that limit. If a person is dead set on building a house that's over about 20,000 feet, I think they should recognize the fact that it won't look like a house and they should embrace the commercial look or they should just go with something funky. Make it look like a hotel or a resort instead of a hospital if you're going with the commercial look. Otherwise, go funky so people don't immediately identify it as commercial. Do a big dome or a giant railroad car or build it up the side of a cliff.
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