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13 May 2011 | 22 replies
Bridget I would try to get out of that contract quick.If it's the area I am thinking of it is a war zone.I looked in the city of Atlanta for awhile.Mostly old homes with high taxes in horrible areas.Some of the streets are called "gun alley drive" - not joking.When I drove these areas during the day I had a few people in the car and locked the doors,didn't slow down,and didn't exit the vehicle.It's pretty bad when you see police avoid driving in certain areas.Not saying this is where your property is at but I would be shocked if it was in a good area.These properties even with rehabbing the exterior mechanicals will be stolen again within the week.A key is how many homes are vacant on that street and is the area transitioning down or up in its cycle as far as crime and revitalization.I don't like the older homes in Atlanta.They sit on small lots so the land is not valuable.They have very high taxes with some at 3,000 or more a year based on inflated assesments from years ago.The properties are also very old in age.Many of these properties had lipstick put on them for flips years ago for fraud.Now with these old properties you will be eaten alive in costs with possible lead paint,galvanized pipes,asbestos,foundation issues,radon,mold,etc.
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29 June 2017 | 3 replies
I actually wanted her to be in the house (for security reasons) but she didn't want to be there and it was nerve wracking because she left her jewelry all over her bedroom and I had to be extra careful (especially with bigger groups) so nothing got stolen.
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20 March 2023 | 6 replies
If they come back to get it, just tell them someone must have stolen it after they left, and before you got there, or...don't tell them where you moved their cra$ to until they pay you the cost of moving it there...and only accept cash.Seriously, one of the first things you find out as a landlord is it will cost you more to try to recover eviction cost losses than it's worth.
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13 September 2017 | 9 replies
Most of the library copies had been stolen because it was about the only book on the subject at the time.
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19 June 2018 | 10 replies
Have you ever had personal items lost, stolen or broken?
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27 December 2017 | 75 replies
(stolen furnace, ac, water heater etc)6.
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23 January 2014 | 12 replies
While it is vacant it is at risk of a break in and appliances, copper, furnace etc being stolen.
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17 August 2014 | 29 replies
@Jason Eyerly My guess is it was a rental, went vacant, vandalized (HVAC stolen, inside stripped, etc.)
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4 March 2016 | 2 replies
It's very unlikely (when we see units broken into, often nothing even gets stolen,) but from a security standpoint this is something you would want to look for.Let me know if this helps!
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14 June 2012 | 5 replies
She has a buyer that lost an offer on a house because her identity was stolen.