Let’s touch on a darker side of real estate today. I’m really not trying to gross you out, but things like this are sometimes a reality for agents and appraisers when inspecting dank and filthy distressed properties. This house had bottles full of urine throughout the front room. Why is that?
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Thank you to Realtor Anne Graviet for letting me share this photo. This certainly illustrates the less-than-clean side of real estate, doesn’t it? For reference foreclosures only represent about 12% of the market right now in Sacramento County compared with 73% of the market four years ago. I always take a shower immediately after inspecting houses like this.
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