Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2009 · 89 posts · 44 votes
My cousins cut their teeth on and (until recently) specialized in D-class (ghetto) properties. I used to help them but eventually had ENOUGH- self-management of those properties was NOT for me!
So today I was talking with one of my cousins. He got a phone call from his foreman.
"Wait, WAIT. What's missing??!"
They've been D-class since the 70s, but this was a first. Not only did some deadbeats do a midnight moveout, but they actually stole the 2.5 car garage door. Yes, I'm talking about the overhead door- not some small side service door.
Anybody ever been through anything similar? We're all kind of amazed that they actually stole the garage door.
Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2009 · 89 posts · 44 votes
14y
You've never dealt with a 1.5, 2.5, etc..? I thought that was everywhere- must be a WI thing..? Or maybe it has a different name elsewhere?
Basically, it's a 2-car garage with half a car's worth of additional space for mowers, snow blowers, motorcycles/snowmobiles, and other stuff. A straight 2.0 car garage will fit 2 cars and anything else is a very tight squeeze- if it'll fit at all.
Real Estate Investor · Eden Prairie, MN · Member since 2012 · 2 posts · 0 votes
14y
Mike,
Yeah I think the .5 garages are a northern thing due to the snow blowers and shovels we have.
I've heard of the typical stuff (copper piping and wiring, ductwork, etc)... I have never heard of stealing a garage door.
*shaking head*
There are a lot easier and more profitable ways to make money than taking one of those things out.
Real Estate Consultant · Lansing, MI · Member since 2011 · 356 posts · 306 votes
14y
I would agree with Greg. If it's a fixture of the house, I'm guessing you could nail them for theft. I hope you do and I look forward to seeing their mugshot. This kind of stuff sickens me...
Lender · Tyngsboro, MA · Member since 2009 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
14y
Well, the good news, if there is any, is that they apparently didn't yank the copper wiring out of the house for scrap. That's way more expensive to replace than the door.
Pulling copper baseboards for hot water baseboard heating is common in the northeast. You can tell you are in a good neighborhood if the copper is still in the house when it's an REO.
Pulling wiring is less common, but the higher the price of copper, the more common it gets.
Pulling a garage door, that's a new one on me! I'm posting this to my network.
Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2009 · 203 posts · 50 votes
14y
Probably too late now, but if it's for scrap, you can go to the local scrap yards and ask, as I believe complete garage doors are not in the typical shopping cart that rolls in there.
I've tried that once after some a.. stole a whole box of brass fittings. No success, but most scrappers were friendly or at least pretended to be helpful.