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Last year, while visiting back home I was at one of my families rentals cleaning up -- when I noticed the house across the street looking extremely different -- in a good way.
While taking trash out - I saw a White man coming out the house walking over to me - which was weird -- cause in all my life -- I have never seen a White person live in that neighborhood -- and I personally know everyone on the street and known them all my life.
Anyway come to find out the White man moved on the block -- bought his home for less than 1K -- and gutted it/renov -- as well as bought 8 land plots of recently torn down homes on the block.
When I found out I was pissed - but what could I do? He now owned the house, land -- and now the bulk of the neighborhood. And since my dad died - it's hard enough to keep up with the properties we have now.
So, fastforward to today - I have been back and forth over the last year + back home helping my mom with our real estate business. I go over to the house to install a new ceiling fan for our tenant - and I notice a "For Sale" sign on the White man's house.
I ask some of the neighbors what's up -- and what happened .
Apparently the White dude had been calling the police on everyone for everything. And they said he's really racist and talks down to everyone on the street.
He has called the police on one of the long-time neighbors who is in his 60's -- 6 times this year - cause he plays his blues and Motown oldies while he's on his porch.
Mind you 80% of the street has been there since the early 70's - and/or the homes were once their parents or grandparents.
Now, he's apparently uncomfortable and told one neighbor he doesn't feel safe -- and wants to short-sale his house and three land plots with it.
I find this hilarious and great at the same time -- that is what his ass gets for coming into an historically owned Black neighborhood trying to come up off Black folks losing their homes due to redlining practices, lack of money to keep up the taxes due to trumped up trash and water liens. And where their homes they have been in for YEARS have not gained any value -- and still have high ass property taxes and water bill liens (with interest) placed on them. Until it's so high - they lose them.
The good news though: I called our realtor and plan to put an offer on the house and land by next week.
While taking trash out - I saw a White man coming out the house walking over to me - which was weird -- cause in all my life -- I have never seen a White person live in that neighborhood -- and I personally know everyone on the street and known them all my life.
Anyway come to find out the White man moved on the block -- bought his home for less than 1K -- and gutted it/renov -- as well as bought 8 land plots of recently torn down homes on the block.
When I found out I was pissed - but what could I do? He now owned the house, land -- and now the bulk of the neighborhood. And since my dad died - it's hard enough to keep up with the properties we have now.
So, fastforward to today - I have been back and forth over the last year + back home helping my mom with our real estate business. I go over to the house to install a new ceiling fan for our tenant - and I notice a "For Sale" sign on the White man's house.
I ask some of the neighbors what's up -- and what happened .
Apparently the White dude had been calling the police on everyone for everything. And they said he's really racist and talks down to everyone on the street.
He has called the police on one of the long-time neighbors who is in his 60's -- 6 times this year - cause he plays his blues and Motown oldies while he's on his porch.
Mind you 80% of the street has been there since the early 70's - and/or the homes were once their parents or grandparents.
Now, he's apparently uncomfortable and told one neighbor he doesn't feel safe -- and wants to short-sale his house and three land plots with it.
I find this hilarious and great at the same time -- that is what his ass gets for coming into an historically owned Black neighborhood trying to come up off Black folks losing their homes due to redlining practices, lack of money to keep up the taxes due to trumped up trash and water liens. And where their homes they have been in for YEARS have not gained any value -- and still have high ass property taxes and water bill liens (with interest) placed on them. Until it's so high - they lose them.
The good news though: I called our realtor and plan to put an offer on the house and land by next week.
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