Hey Honey, Dave Bought A Renton Marijuana Grow House At The Auction!

Reid - yep, a really solid electrician and good general contractor are ready and have already checked the home.  They (the marijuana growers) added some of the electrical (without permits I am sure) but the didn't alter the original wiring, so that should come right back to standards.  

Hi Donna,

I remember that well.  It involved an agent and an appraiser in partnership with the growers.  One of those homes was across the street from a friend of mine.  It is always an adventure.

Karen --  In my law enforcement career, we found numerous meth houses, a couple were completely uninhabitable. Often just was able to go down to the studs and new flooring and start over and the health dept would give the ok to rebuild.  Interesting how one career has crossed into another.  Thanks,  Gary

Lyn,

There are a couple of very small areas, but mostly it is in pretty good shape. The home changed hands about 3 years ago and was solid at that time, so a lot of the work will be clean up and cosmetic.  The buyer was smart enough to leave a lot of room in his bid for worse case scenario though as you often have to do when buying a home at the auction.  Take care,  Gary

Nan - between squatters, trashed out bank owned homes, and the other end of the spectrum elegant lakefront homes, golf course mansions..... always fun to see what we can find for our clients.

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Marte - this was actually a Trustee sale of a foreclosure, so theoretically the last owner had possession.  The lienholder who was a private hard money lender initiated the foreclosure.  Power, water and everything were still hooked up.  I'm sure the local drug task force is following up on that.

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John - every bud had been harvested.  There was a little "shake" (leaves and some loose stems), but mostly just plants and leaves.  I'm pretty sure they knew the auction was coming and harvested it all.  Kind of like my many years in law enforcement, there was a lot of valuable product (drugs, weapons, etc) that we had confiscated and put into the court system, rather than in anyone's pocket.  Great grins for my client though.

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Bob - we have very strong seizure laws, so most big growers don't "own" the homes or property.  Rental managers get way too familiar with grow operations and meth houses, I'm sure.

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Gene - It will be a good solid rebuilt, but nothing structural is harmed.  It used to cost us over $30,000 to shut down a meth house.  Between Swat entry (for booby traps and armed guards), to Chemist shutting down the cookers and chemicals in the right order, to the Evidence people to document and seize what we needed for court, then the HazMat disposal.  Not counting investigation, arrest and court.  Most meth houses were red tagged by the local Health Departments and the owners had to take them down to the studs remodel.  Then they could be cleared for occupancy again. 

Marijuana Grow houses much easier to clean up and repair. Fortunately for my client.

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Evelyn - always a concern for booby traps or huge dogs or both in drug houses. Thinking about getting rid of the plants actually made me smile.  Just go down on the corner at the Farmers Market and I'm sure they would sell pretty fast. LOL

List and Sell - Gary @Rentonhomefinder

Cindy, It's interesting to me that there are so many people wanting to buy at the auction that now there is off site parking and a full shuttle bus to the Bellevue location.  Downtown Seattle just has the parking garage 2 blocks away. Never know what you are going to find.  Have a tremendous weekend.

List and Sell -  Gary @ Rentonhomefinder.com