A lot of those ads seem to think that anyone would buy those homes to renovate t...

_9vzr on Nov 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses

A lot of those ads seem to think that anyone would buy those homes to renovate them. Tearing them down seems to be the smart decision, if you could even consider buying abandoned Detroit homes smart. One of them has fire damage throughout the home, literally holes in the roof from the fire. Ad calls it a "handyman special".

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Detroit-MI/88117170_zp...

dsfyu404ed on Nov 28, 2018 [–]

Realtors make "runs and drives, needs head gasket, $20 part, no time to fix" sound like something a pessimist would say.