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Just bought a home.. Neighboring property is a drug house.
I just bought a house to live in. I viewed the neighborhood. I looked at crime reports. I viewed the house. I was very excited to move in. We closed about 2 weeks ago, and I haven't even made my first payment. The day of transfer, I go to my new house to start moving in. Immediately, the neighbors pit bull runs to the end of their driveway.... no leash. There are 10 people living there. They blast their music at 3 AM. 20 people loiter around the house, yelling and screaming at times. I can smell drugs when I step out of my car. There is all sorts of traffic at all hours of the night. People pulling in the driveway, coming and going in 2 minutes. I can see them doing drugs from my window.. I have called the police multiple times. I am very uncomfortable living here.. this really sucks. I have reached out to my loan officer, because I know that I have to live there for atleast a year. I'm very afraid to take it further up the ranks, because I don't want the bank to call the loan do. I'm not able to move out of the property, because of the occupancy affidavit. I don't think waiting until I've made 10 police reports, to give to the bank, is a good idea. I don't feel safe, and I don't want to take any chances. The police aren't doing anything. Eventually they will know it's me calling. I have learned my lesson... I thought I knew the area well, it looked like an awesome house, the neighbors seemed nice.. Please help me. I'm not really in a position to sell, financially. Thank you.
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Hi Joshua,
You could always put on some nice respectable clothes and go talk to the Mayor in person and ASK if there is anything he/she can do to help you.
AND when you go to rent this place, if the party house is still in operation, what kind of tenant will want to stay there?
In possible sketchy neighborhoods, before buying, during due diligence, always drive by at 11pm several nights to see what's going on.
Good Luck!