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vacant home: Targeting Foreclosed Homes - 12/13/08 09:48 AM
I thought this comment from the Washington Post was interesting:
"In some localities, officers are targeting vacant houses on regular patrols, using maps of foreclosed properties as guides, while working with community watch groups to identify trouble spots. Empty driveways, overgrown lawns, realty signs, lockboxes and "No Trespassing" notices in windows are all signals to would-be violators, police said."
We continue to get orders for home alarms from property owners, banks, builders who are sick and tired of having the double whammy of being ripped off and vandalized.
We are currently offering a two month free trial of our monitoring service, … (6 comments)

vacant home: Home Stripping gets Sophisticated - 11/09/08 08:52 PM
If you think foreclosed homes or vacant homes are vandalized by random thieves, think again.
Today's Detroit Free Press reports on an organized ring which has been stripping homes of copper pipes, wire, appliances and more for nearly seven years.
"Bill Heaney of Heaney Plumbing & Heating on Gratiot was taken into custody by Detroit police in April after an undercover sting recovered more than $200,000 in stolen fixtures and materials. Police needed 12 hours and two tractor trailers to haul away the stolen items -- including 42 water heaters and 27 furnaces."
If you own property that sits idle, even … (9 comments)

vacant home: HUD Selling Stripped Foreclosed Homes for $1 - 11/05/08 12:39 PM
Today the Atlanta Constitution reported that HUD is selling some foreclosed homes for just $1.
The most surprising part is that there are not many takers.
From the article itself:
";So what does a buck buy? On Sims Street, a 1920 vinyl-clad house with three bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths.
 
It doesn’t buy air conditioning, a stove, a kitchen sink, plumbing or wiring. Those were all stolen.
 
Vandals carved up the walls to grab some of the plunder.
 
Maybe even more surprising than the extraordinarily low price is the number of dollar homes that have sold in Georgia … (5 comments)

vacant home: Wireless DIY Home Alarms Popular - New York Times Article - 10/30/08 07:29 AM
Today there is a great article highlighting the popularity of wireless home alarm systems.  One customer nicely sums up the benefit of doing it yourself by saying:
“What most people do not understand is that a residential alarm prewire is a come-on by alarm companies to get you to sign up for their — usually expensive — monitoring,” 
Most insurance companies will offer discounts of 5-20% when the homeowner has a monitored alarm system.  At an average of $19.99 a month, the insurance savings alone can pay for the service. 
Here's a link to the article : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/technology/personaltech/30basics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
 
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vacant home: Video: Copper Wire Thieves Destroy a Vacant Home - 10/25/08 02:59 PM
This video from A&E TV's "Flip This House" shows exactly how much damage copper wire thieves can cause when stripping a vacant home. … (4 comments)

 

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