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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:40 AM Original message |
The recently re-habbed foreclosed house next to to mine |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good luck...hope it's a good neighbor |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Excited huh? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, actually, I think it's a young Hmong couple with a couple of |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. No, those are MY neighbors |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. hey, renters need housing too |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I do know that, yes. It's just that I'd prefer that the owner live |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Respectfully... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I'm sorry you feel that way. I don't have anything against |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. My next door neighbors are renters and are great neighbors |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I am a renter and I understand what you are saying. There are always exceptions, |
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locahungaria (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. If you don't have anything against renters.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thank you for your advice. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Having been a renter in a state where renters really don't have many rights |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. my landlord is great, but... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. +1, says this real estate appraiser. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You're quite incorrect. It has everything to do with that |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Owners who live next door can be just as problematic. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yes, they can. The issue here is the shared cost and labor |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. But you're assuming that a resident owner will have the same view on sharing costs and labor. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Whatever the case, if I can talk to the owner in the driveway |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. It is not so very hard to contact the homeowner for shared costs. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. As a a former renter who raised a family in one of those houses |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I do mean to make an issue of this. Renters are good neighbors too and it's |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Of course renters can be good neighbors. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You own a house that shares a driverway with your next door nieghbor? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It's common in my neighborhood, which was built up in |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. For ten years, I owned a house that shared a driveway with the |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yeah. I think they're more common in urban neighbor hoods than |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I've seen it in rural areas where people have longer driveways.nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah, that too, but usually those driveways are single width, then split |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Oh, okay, I know what you're talking about. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. There can be some drama, for sure. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. We have no snow, but a drive that is shared by 4 houses |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. OK. I'm glad that works for you. |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. It is the responsibility of the owner of the property to keep up with the maintenence. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You know what, rule of thumb says somebody buying the house is usually better |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Of course, the greater upkeep is the property owner's |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Very true. Landlords don't like spending money, as a rule. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Yep. There is a growing problem of absentee landlords |
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locahungaria (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Factual evidence? Can you please provide some links? n/t |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Here's a "link" illustrating the dichotomy: |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Granted. But the problem is the LANDLORD. Not the renter. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Nobody is assuming that the renter is the problem. |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Factual based on what? Renters who were the victims of shitty landlords? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Whatever the reason for poor maintenance, I'd rather not |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You have a problem with renters. That's why you were so quick to look down your nose at them. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. You know what? You're wrong. |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. No I'm not. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Nah. Probably running a McDonalds, on the down-low. nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I'm a renter, and the house I lived in for 8 years was going to be my home for 20 years |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I don't like rentals in my neighborhood, and it has nothing to do with renters. Landlords suck. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Awful renters! Not like the lovely 'owners' who got forclosed on |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. *** sigh *** n/t |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Home owners are the worst! |
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