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Do you Watch Americas Most Wanted? How well do you know your neighbor?

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Real Estate Agent with Professional Realty Services Idaho

Well first off I live in loft, so Yes, I have neighbors.  Below me and to the side!

So this evening I am working on the computer running some comps for clients and I get a knock at my door.  It is about 845Pm.  My Pomeranian - Chihuahua Mix pups start barking and I am wondering.. who the heck is at my door at this time of night.

I peak out the peep hole and see a guy standing there in a US Marshals Vest.

WOW.. What did I Do???  I knew I shouldn't have been working so late.  Must be the "Time Off Needed" Police...

So I answer, guy asks me some questions about my neighbor below me.  In the back of my head my mind is going crazy wondering great.. do I have someone dead below me or something?

Long Story short I tell them I haven't seen the couple since saturday night when I got home later in the evening from a dinner.  He gives me his card and asks me to call him as soon as they come home.  He can't tell me why, but says you can go to Americas Most Wanted and I will see a guy by the name of.... lets just say I don't want to post his name here.. because if he reads BLOGS in the internet.. I don't want him knocking on my door.. haha

When I start to think about it.. the couple were kind of strange and kept quiet. Never wanted anyone to see inside their place, never really said Hi how are you, and never had any friends or family over.

So now that I sit any think about it?? How many of you Actually know your neighbors?  Pay attention to who they are and what they do? 

I guess it would have helped if I watched Americas Most Wanted.. They just aired this guys story Saturday!  I never watched it thinking yeah, i'll never see anyone they are looking for... I guess we should all plan on watching it from now on... because you never know!!

Oh well.. Guess tonight I get to Play Stake out and see if they come home.  As I think about it though, I think they are GONE!  I never see them shop and bring home groceries, But when I came home the other night they had a couple bags of groceries.  Probably snack food for the trip out of town to a new hiding place.

Leon Williams
LUCA Financial Services - Sacramento, CA

great information. thanks for the post

Jul 14, 2008 04:49 PM
Christine Hart Howlett
Painesville and Eastern Lake County - Painesville, OH
Keller Williams Greater Cleveland NE

Our neighborhood is so stable that all our neighbors have lived on this street for 20 years or more.  Yes, I know them well.

Jul 14, 2008 04:56 PM
Chris Horton
Horton's Lawn Care L.L.C. - Burton, MI

And all my friends wonder why I live on 20 acres just outside the city lol

Jul 14, 2008 05:00 PM
Mary Warren
Las Vegas, NV

Hmmmm. very interesting.  I've had a couple incidents like this....sort of....one with a neighbor and the other with a client.  We never know....mine had nothing to do with America's Most Wanted though.

Jul 14, 2008 05:03 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

That is interesting.  That probably won't happen with us, one neighbor is in law enforcement and the other is a federal government employee.  We never have anything exciting happening!

Jul 14, 2008 05:25 PM
Angelia Garcia
Pure Realtors - Dallas, TX

I have a neighbor that a DA was looking for. She came to my door and my husband answered. She was asking questions about who lived next door, asking what they looked like. My husband was so cooperative. She tried again later the next night to see if she could catch up with the neighbor, again, he was not home. I don't know what it was all about. I think he is a nice neighbor.

By the way, do you have pictures of your pups?

Jul 14, 2008 05:30 PM
Tim Grossglauser
Professional Realty Services Idaho - Coeur d'Alene, ID
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Angelia,

I dont have any good pictures of the pups, i guess they are not exactly pups now as they just turned 1 year on Saturday.. But here they are...

2nd guess about the US Marshall.. .Maybe they showed up thinking my one puppy (the brown one) was into drugs??  We laugh because it looks like she has a joint!  By the way, its a bone.. don't turn me in..haha 

Brown Girl (Tippi) she always tipped over like she drank as a puppy is 4lbs 13oz, and the white one.. foxy is 4lb 2oz.

They are sisters and have quite the character.  Totally different though.  Tippi is really laid back and foxy has enough energy for 100 puppies.

 

Jul 14, 2008 06:45 PM