The yard was also full of stuff, including a dead car, many tires, assorted junk, and dead trees.

Later I got a bill for yard maintenance and it turns out that someone goes around looking or inspecting yards and if they are not maintained they do the work and bill the owner.

It is deteriorating, especially the yard which has overgrown to the point of becoming an urban jungle.

Will a cute, updated house in a good school district rent out well if the neighbors across the street look like they are operating a junk yard?

This is kind of gruesome, but speaking of glass and arteries- my friend's mother stepped through a piece of glass (under leaves) in a yard, cut an artery in her leg and bled to death.

There is no sign in the yard and the county tax records (online GIS) show no sales data or owner name.

A lot of people use Craigslist and even just yard signs.

There willing to pay more for a garage, yard, more distance from others that might be noisy, etc.

Some more subtle signs are; overgrown yard, the weekly free newspapers stacking up, overflowing mailbox or multiple flyers stuck in the door.

In this procedure, the formerly defaulting borrower has not sold the property; and still has full income tax benefits, future appreciation potential, equity build-up from principal reduction, and some—if not all—of his/her equity has been salvaged and shielded.The homeowner, by accepting an investor as a co-beneficiary in the trust, has covered all arrearages, penalties and fees and reinstated the loan.