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On May 29, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> "Crazy probably but interesting yes." > > > You nailed it. And this is something you can’t park in the back 40 and > forget about. Property taxes, insurance, etc., etc. Don’t maintain it and > it doesn’t rust away, it becomes a major loss or ends up costing you far more > than it will ever be worth just to unload it. And you’re still on the hook, > you can’t pay someone to haul it away for $150. > > For that matter, if you bulldozed it you would have to pay to do so. > > Run away as if your hair was on fire, please. > > -D Voice of Reason > > >> On May 29, 2017, at 7:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I was scrolling thru local listings the other day out of curiosity on the >> wifes MLS login. Anyway, I saw this house in town and it looked >> interesting. I had her show it to me today. It is going to need a LOT of >> work but it has a lot of potential. It is really a neat old house with >> impressive wood work and detail you do not see anymore. Alot or most of the >> wood along the edge of the roof which attaches to the ends of the roof studs >> (not sure what you call it) as well as sofet (sp) is rotted and will require >> replacement. Floors are uneven in some spots as you would expect in an old >> house and that does not really concern me much. All of the windows in the >> house are the old original wood framed windows and have storm windows >> installed on the outside. These are these big old windows you dont see in >> houses anymore. Wife says they all need to be replaced but I told her these >> unlike new windows can be repaired, or so I think. Just need to to have all >> the old paint scraped out, remove the old putty that holds the glass in and >> replace. No they are probably not as efficient as new windows. On one side >> of the house they have 2 or 3 huge concrete pillars/supports of some sort >> which butt up against the foundation, almost sort of like buttresses on a >> cathedral. The only thing I can figure is the foundation started pushing >> out like it does on old houses and these were installed to hold it in. I >> have seen other old houses where they have drilled holes in the header plate >> or foundation with cables stretched across from one side of the house to the >> other attached to metal plates on the outside of the house which can then be >> tightened as needed to adjust the foundation. The other side of the house >> looks like its going to need attention as there is a section above the >> concrete/brick foundation that is starting to move out. Obviously will need >> a lot of cosmetics as well. Since its a forclosure in need of a lot of work >> I thought about offering no more than $15k, and turning it into a long term >> project. Crazy probably but interesting yes. >> >> https://www.zillow.com/homes/350-s-cedar-nowata-ok_rb/ >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
