All Forum Posts by: Sam Liu

I won't have time for fixer upper, so looking for newer home with less maintenance. It'd be perfect if it's a foreclosure home that will be sold lower than the market price even some work needs to be done. I've never tried turnkey and but heard that it would cost some premium? 

I'm looking for an investment property in greater Memphis area. I already have a property in Cordova, but not very happy with my last agent. So looking for a new one. Any recommendations is highly appreciated. 

Human waste, that's really disgusting. This occupied REO thing is really just about luck.

 Right. Most damages were done before we got the ownership. 

The court posted an eviction notice on the door. The bank never told us they already started the eviction process, really bad communication and was very slow. 

I also noticed that the occupants left their previous eviction notice in the kitchen. Now I know her name, not sure if I should pursue her. 

These squatters were so dangerous. They had burned cabinet doors in the fireplace to stay warm. Can't believe what would happen if the bank didn't stop the water. They might burn down the house. 

 We're sure they are squatter and moved away after the bank stopped the water. Tenants would turn the water on themselves. 

I made a mistake: only called PG&E, not city for water. Just found out the water was stopped a few weeks. It was the seller/bank. That's why these squatters moved out but left dogs inside. 

Don't understand why the bank would have the water and electricity on. The electricity is still on even now. You can probably guess who this seller is: hubzu.com/Ocwen. The price is not bad, but they are just so not organized. It took us two months to close this deal with all cash because the sellers made some stupid mistakes. If they could close the deal earlier, the house condition would be better.   

 Great reminders. Getting the piss smell is definitely a headache. I'll search the posts. 

 Ha, yeah, will see if we can find someone first. It not.... yeah, need to do it ourselves.

Talking to the mailman is a very good idea. 

Want to give all of you an update: We called police early morning yesterday. They said they couldn't do much as it's a civil issue, but they still went to the house with us. No one was there. Patio door was open. Police went in and checked no one lives there. Then we went in. Really disgusting!!! Dog poops and urine all over, upstairs is even worse. They moved away some furniture, but still some left as well as an old truck. 

Then the neighbor said that black guy came back last night and left next morning just before we went to the house. I couldn't stay in the house for 5 mins because of the smell. Can't image someone could stay there overnight. 

Now I'm sure these are squatters. Don't think any normal people can live in a house with dog poops. 

We changed the lock. The problem now is how to clean all the dog poops. It's so bad. We called a cleaning company. They didn't want to do it.