If we're being completely honest here, I have probably gotten a little discouraged after learning that my dream property is $75 million. Since then I've been brainstorming ways to start smaller and hopefully those will lead me to that big property.
There are two abandoned houses that I pass everyday on my way to work. How do I know they're abandoned? Well, they don't have front doors, the grass is taller than the houses in some spots, and I'm pretty sure that if the Big Bad Wolf came looking for one of the three pigs, they'd fall over immediately.
I've looked them up on Zillow and one of them shows some information. My favorite is the part where Zillow estimates it to be $201,000. The house that we bought a few months ago was cheaper than that and it has all the appropriate doors. I'm pretty sure it can't be worth more than $50-60k. It needs SO. MUCH. WORK. The other one doesn't show any information at all. Zillow won't even let me click on it to check information. It's like it doesn't exist. I've thought about e-mailing my Real Estate Agent about those properties, but I honestly don't even know if he would know any information about them.
The other issue is that if I were to renovate one or both of them, how would it benefit someone without a home? I'm assuming if they don't have a home, they don't have a car? These houses are out in the sticks. The closest place of employment is probably 5-6 miles away and most of those miles are a one lane, winding road, with no shoulder.
Then, there's this article today. I want to contact them about the abandoned hotel from my last entry. It would be PERFECT. I'll have to look into it.
Until then,
Robyn
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