Well, not in THAT way. I love them in a round-about way.....because today I benefited from the stupidity and ignorance of a classic racist!
So anyhoo, my husband and I put in an offer on a house for investment a couple of weeks ago. It was priced right and in good condition-so of course it went into multiple offers (yes, people, multiple offers still happens-quit watching the national news!).
We lost. I don't overbid my gut (note to investors and investor wanna-bes: do not overbid your gut.). Oh well, on to the next house!
I should note that this house is in my town. About one and a half miles from my personal residence and within three miles of three other investment properties that we own. And I love my town. Harrisburg NC-just north of Charlotte NC and a hop and a skip over the Cabarrus County line. Come visit sometime. But I digress...
So the listing agent called me today. It seems that the first offer fell through and the seller was curious if we were still interested (you betcha!). Of course, being my typical nosy self, I inquired as to the reason for the fall-through...financing fell apart? Inspection issues?
Nope.
As it turns out, the buyers drove through the neighborhood and decided that it was too dark for them. They didn't care for the skin color of the neighbors.
Seriously? In this day and age, people think like this (I know they do, I am still incredulous about it!), and ADMIT IT? Dang.
The business side of me is absolutely DELIGHTED that these people live and breathe and attempt to buy real estate. Because I'll get the house now. And I'll take care of it and make those neighbors happy and we'll all watch our lovely property values increase TOGETHER. I'm pretty confident that the folks who already live there wouldn't have wanted racists as neighbors anyway. (the emotional side of me is so saddened yet disgusted that these attitudes exist in 2007)
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