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<blockquote data-quote="John6185" data-source="post: 3532571" data-attributes="member: 25679"><p>Don't make the mistake I made years ago, I bought a house for $23,000 in what was not an ideal Midwest City neighborhood, I thought that if I fixed my house up it would encourage others to do the same. I spent around $15,000-refurbished the entire inside, had the wood floors sanded an polyed, new vinyl windows, insulation, paint, aluminum patio cover and carport cover, new kitchen cabinets and doors throughout plus a lot of sweat labor. No problem with the Blacks nearby, they were pretty nice but there was this family next door to me and their juvenile delinquent threw raw potatoes at my roof. I grabbed one and threw it back and nearly hit the kid in the head Whew!!! Then I had the plumbers come and do some work and the kid threw raw eggs at their van. I told the crew what he was doing and they told him ot either clean it up or the police will be called. He cleaned it up. Only other problems were the guy that lived there would leave int he AM for work and it was easier riving across my lawn so I had to ask them to stop which oddly worked. Then I had to park my car in the street one day and someone across the street backed into it and departed. Few visitors would come and the neighborhood kids would ransack their car if it wasn't locked. Saw a kid walk up to my car in my drive and try the door handle to see it it was unlocked. Then there was this little kid who was walking with an adult (?mom) and he saw and American flag in a flower pot on my front porch he ran over and kipped it. I did enjoy working on the house and it was the coolest in summer and warmest in the winter house I've ever lived in but after a few years it was time to move on...I sold the house for $32,000 and lost around $5,000 or so but got to live rent-free. </p><p>The moral of the story: Don't go into a bad neighborhood thinking that your presence will encourage others to clean things up-they won't. And if you buy in a not-so-good neighborhood, don't expect to sell at much of a profit. Sorry to put so much of my thoughts down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John6185, post: 3532571, member: 25679"] Don't make the mistake I made years ago, I bought a house for $23,000 in what was not an ideal Midwest City neighborhood, I thought that if I fixed my house up it would encourage others to do the same. I spent around $15,000-refurbished the entire inside, had the wood floors sanded an polyed, new vinyl windows, insulation, paint, aluminum patio cover and carport cover, new kitchen cabinets and doors throughout plus a lot of sweat labor. No problem with the Blacks nearby, they were pretty nice but there was this family next door to me and their juvenile delinquent threw raw potatoes at my roof. I grabbed one and threw it back and nearly hit the kid in the head Whew!!! Then I had the plumbers come and do some work and the kid threw raw eggs at their van. I told the crew what he was doing and they told him ot either clean it up or the police will be called. He cleaned it up. Only other problems were the guy that lived there would leave int he AM for work and it was easier riving across my lawn so I had to ask them to stop which oddly worked. Then I had to park my car in the street one day and someone across the street backed into it and departed. Few visitors would come and the neighborhood kids would ransack their car if it wasn't locked. Saw a kid walk up to my car in my drive and try the door handle to see it it was unlocked. Then there was this little kid who was walking with an adult (?mom) and he saw and American flag in a flower pot on my front porch he ran over and kipped it. I did enjoy working on the house and it was the coolest in summer and warmest in the winter house I've ever lived in but after a few years it was time to move on...I sold the house for $32,000 and lost around $5,000 or so but got to live rent-free. The moral of the story: Don't go into a bad neighborhood thinking that your presence will encourage others to clean things up-they won't. And if you buy in a not-so-good neighborhood, don't expect to sell at much of a profit. Sorry to put so much of my thoughts down. [/QUOTE]
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