PDR Property Data Report

[TC]

During the Great Recession I did tons of Foreclosure, pre-foreclosure and forensic appraisal reviews as values had dropped and money was scarce for loans. This time is different here. I'm not seeing many actual foreclosures as values are holding fairly steady, giving owners opportunity to sell before foreclosure. The demand here outstrips inventory, even at these higher interest rates. I suspect if rates would fall back into the 4's it would be like opening the floodgates and more sellers would be confident they could replace their current digs, and so would offer up their current residence. I'm betting many Boomers would like to have moved into smaller 1-story houses in my area and turn over their 3,000-4,000 sf 2-stories, but that inventory is low and prices remain high.

On the other hand, Boomers are making more inventory available as they leave this mortal plane. I was shocked to find 40% of my high school graduating class is already dead! Geez!!

That seems high, how are you?

Or was the high-school next to power plant?

 

[TC]

Oops, how old are you?

 

[Carnivore]

I have looked at a few PDR's. All of them had the Inspectors name. None of the had the inspectors phone number. None of them had a Date of the Inspection. Photo's sucked. They were Black N White and the lens on the camera had a mild Fish Eye Lens.

OK, so I can't Call Harry the Aluminum Can Collector Part time home Inspector with any questions. This as opposed to a current or prior MLS Listing have agent phone Numbers; ; Listing Dates etc etc. So I can't reconcile the two data sources.

Some of the AMC's are getting into this Home Inspector Game. One of them offers Fee( $45 Plus mileage. They did not reveal how much that is. I am guessing it is similar to the IRS Mileage deduction. It is somewhere at or above 59 cents per mile.

Dominoes Pizza Deliver Peeps are reimbursed actual Gas Receipt. NOT Mileage. Much more fair. Plus they get awesome Tips.

Looks like Dominoes is the Winner.

No, I am not doing desktops or Pizza delivery.

 

[Sandra Koutsopoulos]

That seems high, how are you?

Or was the high-school next to power plant?

HA-HA-HA... 600 students in my graduating class in Milwaukee. I hate Milwaukee. No sun. Miserable weather. Only 5 'nice' days a year... and they're random and not consecutive. 2 seasons: -20 degrees F winter and Road Construction Season (which lasts 335+ days a year, with millions of orange barrels blocking streets, freeways, and especially where you want to drive... aka 'You can't GET there from here'). Mosquitos so big you could saddle & ride -em. I suspect some of my classmates either rusted to death or died of boredom.

 

[Zoe]

HA-HA-HA... 600 students in my graduating class in Milwaukee. I hate Milwaukee. No sun. Miserable weather. Only 5 'nice' days a year... and they're random and not consecutive. 2 seasons: -20 degrees F winter and Road Construction Season (which lasts 335+ days a year, with millions of orange barrels blocking streets, freeways, and especially where you want to drive... aka 'You can't GET there from here'). Mosquitos so big you could saddle & ride -em. I suspect some of my classmates either rusted to death or died of boredom.

Those mosquitos are carrying some bad stuff these days like malaria. Ticks are bad here. They carry some bad stuff too. Snakes are bad where I live. They can end it quick. Copperheads and Cottonmouths. The cotton mouth is worst in mating season. Copperheads are more dangerous because they just lay still and are very camouflaged. They will get you too. The cottonmouth will chase you. Have to get them before they get you.

 

[Sandra Koutsopoulos]

I escaped from there in 1996, and return periodically for family events and such.
Milwaukee is smack next to Lake Michigan, so it gets very humid in the summer when temps reach 107+ F or so. Humidity often above 90% then, so if you take a shower before heading out, you are again soaking wet by the time you start your car. It's a killer. Many years ago there was a heat wave hitting Chicago and Milwaukee (both on Lake Michigan), and people were dropping dead all over the place from the heat and humidity, especially the elderly who were not able to regulate their temp. Many people at that time didn't have central air, and in the rougher areas, people were concerned about crime so kept their windows and doors locked in apartment buildings and basically cooked to death. So many died during that time, that after all the funeral home coolers were full, they brought in reefer trucks to hold the steaming bodies.

 

[Sandra Koutsopoulos]

My neighbors in a nearby NEWER subdivision posted this fat rattler photo. We encroach & build in their habitat where they have generational burrows/holes they return to. I'd hate to have this guy in my yard and make a meal of my Chihuahua. I was once engrossed in measuring a house in Encinitas which had newly-cut over-grown grass/weeds in the back yard, and the occupant caught my attention that there was a snake curled up on the walkway about 6' from my feet. That'll get your attention! It didn't have that triangular head that typically poisonous vipers have, but I'm no expert and left him in peace.