Comments on: Woman Bought Home For $1.75 on eBay

By: Adminus

Adminus — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:48:14 +0000

Grazzt,

That house isn't worth the $1.75 she paid for it.

There are houses that are on the same block that are condemned, and have been burned by arsonists.

She won't be able to sell it, the owner already tried that, or did you somehow miss that fact?

Nobody is buying houses in Saginaw, especially in THAT neighborhood. She "might" be able to sell the land, but it won't be anytime soon. Could be 5 years or more, and in that time, she has to pay taxes on it.

Piss poor investment.. Might as well flush your money down a toilet.

By: Grazzt

Grazzt — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:56:16 +0000

"That’s really bad investing. She bought a house without knowing the state of it nor if it has some bad history aka drug/gang house."

Are you folks simple? She just bought a house for two bucks. She could turn around and sell the place for 2 thousand and make a huge profit. I'm sure it's worth more than that.

By: Adminus

Adminus — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:46:52 +0000

Ali S got it right.

I live in Saginaw, granted not the part of Saginaw where this house was purchased.

It's NOT a good neighborhood, the best thing that could be done with this house and countless others like it, is to tear it down, maybe they can make the extra lots into a park.

You know somewhere they can publicly make drug deals or shoot people, instead of in crappy houses..

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:26:34 +0000

These places aren't worth fixing up. Unless you sleep inside with a loaded gun anything and everything worth money will be stolen. I feel for the older folks still living in places which were probably once nice neighborhoods. After the second or third time you're ripped off you begin to understand why cops stop trying and good people (young) move away.

By: Wookiestick

Wookiestick — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:50:40 +0000

I live in Mount Morris, MI which is about a half hour drive (on the expressway) south of Saginaw, MI. I went there once to drop off a coworker from work and it's a pretty scary place. Think of the roughest parts of Detroit and then shrink it down to a smaller size-- that's Saginaw.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:54:25 +0000

It's the dirt that's worth it. Eventually it will be worth a big sum. Property means a lot more than just a house. With a good remodel, though, it could end up being a really lucrative investment.

By: Mattie

Mattie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:46:54 +0000

Tweeker - Where does it say the neighborhood it's in? I missed that part of the article. How is it one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States?

By: ted

ted — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:04:13 +0000

Yes, travelina, that was featured on Neatorama recently. There are a lot of strings attached to those Sicily houses, though.

By: travelina

travelina — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:15:39 +0000

The mayor of a town in Sicily is offering old stone houses for one euro (about $1.38 today) if you promise to fix them up:
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2008/09/a-villa-for-one.html

By: Tweeker

Tweeker — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:14:14 +0000

No way that place is worth the tax burden. Its stripped, not habitable, and in one of the USA most dangerous neighborhoods.

By: MightyCow

MightyCow — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:42:49 +0000

This is a perfect microcosm of exactly what happened to the entire housing market over the last 5 years.

I really, really hope that she's a professor of economics making a point.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:20:59 +0000

That's really bad investing. She bought a house without knowing the state of it nor if it has some bad history aka drug/gang house.

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:50:34 +0000

Going to try and sell it? Umm, isn't there a reason why she won it for under two dollars? She hasn't even visited the property, I doubt many people would want to even cruise around that area let alone buy a worn down house in it.

But you never know, values might go up one day.