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Old 04-03-2014, 05:50 PM
 
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Windsor Village 77085 Brentwood Cambridge Village and the little pocket neightborhood behind the Jack N Box Hiram clarke & W Fuaqu are the best neighborhood in this area Cambridge Village reminds me of Westbury
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Old 05-03-2014, 12:44 AM
 
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Bump...I'm thinking of buying a $50,000 house close to the center of the city just so ill always have my own bed to sleep in when Im in town. Maybe off Telephone? no idea where yet but it will be in one of those "scary Areas" of the city where whites are the minority. ...
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:57 AM
 
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"Scary area"??? Just how well do you know the southeast part of Houston? Telephone Road runs all the way from Eastwood to the Beltway. Any house selling for $50K in adjacent neighborhoods is likely to be a former crack shack scheduled for demolition.

I live near Telephone Road and believe me, my neighbors and I don't look favorably on folks who buy a house as an investment and then leave it vacant most (or all) of the time. Absentee landlords whose tenants rent month-to-month aren't very popular either.
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Old 05-03-2014, 11:25 AM
 
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I was being sarcastic. What is it to you if im not in MY house every day lol!! Why the hell would you care?
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Old 05-03-2014, 11:33 AM
 
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I live near Telephone Road and believe me, my neighbors and I don't look favorably on folks who buy a house as an investment and then leave it vacant most (or all) of the time. Absentee landlords whose tenants rent month-to-month aren't very popular either.
I know the reason for the latter (bad tenants mess up the house, and problems happen to the other houses) but why the former?
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Old 05-03-2014, 01:34 PM
 
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@ Neo 45 and Vicman -- In many Houston neighborhoods, houses that are unoccupied for long periods of time tend to be less well maintained than regularly occupied ones. They also attract unwelcome"visitors" of all kinds -- both human and animal. The unexpected always happens, and knowing one's neighbors (and how to contact them !) is an important factor in keeping any neighborhood safe.

According to several friends who've tried it, having a detached house with yard as a weekend home/pied-a-terre in Houston simply wasn't practical. A small apartment or townhouse was a better choice.
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Old 05-03-2014, 02:03 PM
 
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I was also thinking of buying in Manchester area to rent to contractors.
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Old 05-03-2014, 03:49 PM
 
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Fires, gas leaks, outside water main ruptures, downed power lines, and other such events - which might be detected at a early, controllable stage in a occupied house can go undetected in a vacant house until they become catastrophic. Needless to say, a raging inferno house fire or a gas line explosion has the potential to affect adjoining properties. That is another reason the neighbors care about vacant properties.

This isn't hypothetical. The actuarial risk of this kind of thing is high enough that many insurance companies just flat-out won't underwrite homeowner's policies for vacant properties, and the companies that do charge astronomical premiums.
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Old 05-03-2014, 04:44 PM
 
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but why the former?
They can turn into a dope spot in a few hours and the owner won't have a clue.
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