Colorado Springs house deemed 'little slice of hell' by realtor selling for $590,000 cash
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2021
- The Colorado Springs house has extensive vandalism damage from a previous tenant, soiled carpets and a fridge in the basement filled with year-old meat in a broken refrigerator. Still, the home is expected to sell above asking price with cash-on-hand from the buyers.
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That former tenant should be arrested...I hope so.
I agree.
No
The former "tenant" likely a victim of rent to own scam......
Cleaning that up "Got" require some elbow-grease
yes your wright all the way and its going to be hard to get rentals now
600,000? You are out of your mind!!!
Since people are already wanting to go have a look and go get it, she is the smart one.
@@baobabfruitgames "people " meaning hedgefunds right?
@@runits Point being, she stands to make a nice commission so how is she out of her mind ?
@@baobabfruitgames would you pay 600,000 dollars for that house as it is?
@@mzliz1249 Oh you where talking about the person buying it, sorry >< i thought you where talking about the lady cashing in on that hell hole.
Saddest part is they found two dead cats in the bathroom. That lady should at least get in trouble for animal abuse 😭
wait what?
I don’t know how anyone could do that to another living thing.
Karma will get them.
I can’t imagine starving to death.
@@sanv3275 The former tenant abandoned cats in one of the bathrooms when she left.
She should be locked up and her kids taken away. Her punishment should be very severe.
no she should be free and nothing should happen@@TimezUp23
This tenant should be publicly shamed.
No
The tenant is part of the Protected Class
@@georgeso4364 Expand on that. Need you to say it.
I agree, the person who caused all of this damage to the house should be publicly shamed. Photo, name, D.O.B. and the last four digits of that person's social security number should be shared online and to all realtors.
Who ever buys this house should put it on RUclips , as there renovating it. I would love to watch as the fix it up.
Good luck......
It will take a million+ to fix a 600k market value....
🙄
@@RabiesTheBeagle idk if you know, it sold in days
I doubt you will find anything on RUclips regarding the renovation process of this house. There are clips of the post "renovation" but nothing that shows the progress. There is good reason. My family purchased the home in February (we were stationed overseas; bought sight unseen at the advise of our realtor) and moved in last month (13 May). In the past month alone, we have faced nearly $100,000 in repairs to the home. We are currently in the process of creating crowdfunding options as we are a military family who has already spent all of our life savings into this marketed "slice of heaven".
@@kallmesmarmy535
That’s insane that anyone would buy it as it is with all the writing on the wall.
How’s the progress so far?
I can deal with the spray paint and holes, but that purple ceiling? Fuck no.
I actually like the purple ceiling...
🤣🤣🤣
@@teamenemy. no accounting for taste.
I hope the tenant went to jail.
Not unless someone takes her to court first.
@@yodude832 Well, yes, she has to be arrested first. That was obviously implied. She’s not going to drive herself to jail.
They should post her picture on here.
The "TENANT" wasn't even the tenant!!
SQUATTER!
"But that changed around 2018, when Myers found out that the tenant had died and that her daughter had moved into the home. The Colorado woman who moved into the house not only stopped paying the monthly rent of about $2,800 but also allegedly installed a $38,000 roof on a home she did not own. When the woman told the contractor to “drop dead” after they asked for payment, the company reportedly put a lien on the house without Myers’s knowledge, Foster said.
The real estate agent alleged that the woman had also become a menacing presence in the neighborhood.
“The neighbors said they would hide when they saw her because she scared them so much,” Foster told The Post.
At least she’s truthful about the house’s condition
Only because you have to be by law. The laws around disclosure in real estate are very strict. She went all in and used it as a way to get it larger exposure in this case. Very smart.
I mean, that's not something she can hide. Even if she post something else, anyone entering that would know that this house is a garbage.
Mommy and Daddy never told the tenant 'no'.
The vandalism isn't that bad from a contractor's repair viewpoint. The walls, doors and windows are generally intact. The property was very dated anyway - the carpet needed to be replaced, the hardwood floors was worn and needed refinishing, the bath and kitchen is dated. Spray on 20 gallons of high-hide white paint, install some carpets, refinish the flooring and you'd have a nice rental within a couple of weeks.
The vandal should be prosecuted by law enforcement. It's unlikely that suing the tenant will result in any recovery of money because the tenant likely doesn't have any money and doesn't care about their credit.
Isn't this concerning though? We got guys with nothing to lose walking the Earth ready to push the big red button on people & properties.
Finally a voice of reason among all the hype. All the damage here looks to be cosmetic. Nothing that a coat of paint and new floor coverings couldn't fix, together with kitchen and bath updates.
A true house from hell would have structural issues that would require a complete teardown.
As an owner, I would be more worried about the unresolved home owner insurance and the unpaid roofing contractor issues.
@@yodude832 Absolutely. The real estate agent is great at marketing, is all.
Who ever damage that house, I would hate to see what would happen if their spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend ever broke up with them?? I'm sure they wouldn't take the break up in a civilize manner.
How do you know that the landlord didn't harass and goad the tenant before he or she trashed the unit and left?
We are only getting one side of the story here.
There kids man!
You’re not a good tenant if you do this to a property... does not matter what the landlord does.
The person that did this, she is a low life and detrimental to society. How does anyone even consider defending this person’s actions?
This isn't unusual for evected tenants to trash the house. Would not surprise me if the plumbing has concrete in it.
People mad cause they can't keep up with the Joneses.
it was probably a family member othewise they would sue or get insurance
My mother in law bought a house that needed a lot of work. She bought it because it's exactly the type of house she always wanted. She cleaned it for 2 months before they moved in.
The tenant shld be in jail.
Yo mama...
@@teamenemy.
Are you an alex Jones worshiper???
Alex Jones is the guy that said the water is turning the frogs gay right???
@@sabush50 have u ever listened to Alex Jones or do you only watch the fake news
Should be, but won't be, unless somebody takes her to court, and I don't see anybody doing that.
@@teamenemy.
Yes I have watched alex Jones and all I see is an angry old man.
Anger will end up destroying you.
Im pretty sure i use to clean this house back in 2005.
That Tenant will be back to do more damage to the new owner with that kind of rage.
that house has too much bad karma i will not buy even for $200,000 you can find something more pleasant elsewhere for that price that they are asking for
I bought my house for 87k in 2010 while the market was still tanked. I can get 400k for it now. I'm going to sell and move to Alabama where nobody wants to move to. Lol
Hey, I live in Alabama. For 400k you could get 100 acres and a new 2000 Sq ft house.😁
what makes you think Alabama will let you move there ???
Lol tanked you mean reasonably priced...
@Jen D. Blame the government that people are so foolish enough to believe cares about them. The Canadian government is letting there people get screwed as well.
Meet you there buddy
Jail time for tennants, this a crime!
Wilful vandalism.
Lol. I'm down the street from here. Um it's no surprise. Even non vandalized house's go for $800,000 in the neighborhood. So it's a nice fake news situation, im happy she sold it though.🙄😊
Guerilla marketing. Notice how she stated the address when she opened the door.
Sue that tenant. For the cost of the repairs. PERIOD. They keep your $500 security deposit if theirs a little damage at an apartment. Or arrest them for felony damage to property.
The former tenant should be prosecuted.
It doesnt look satanic, it just looks vandalized. Just gut it and renovate. All set
Its more so the issue of a vandalized house selling at such a high price and therefore still needing money to put into it. This market is insane.
Market value of this house is 480k
The former renter is safe from the law. Nobody cares about enforcing the law anymore.
"CASH" -- that much cash ??? who has that kinds cash ??? Drug dealers or paid-off politicians ??? Oh .. someone sold their bitcoin at the top ...???
A lot of people surprisingly. It's not that hard. Pay off a home, sell it and you have cash to buy another.
Investors...the ones buying and driving up prices like in California
@@d.Arbelles wrong. Investors make up less than 5% of sales here. It's been that way for a couple years at least. Even distressed properties are being bought by traditional buyers that will live in the home and fix as they go.
Well it ain't doge coin holders lol
Didn't know Phyllis from The Office became a real estate agent. lmao
Ha!
Fixer upper for $600,000 that’s not worth it and because it has been vandalized is not worth it. If it was decent enough maybe but omg no way.
People with money and real estate experience disagree with you.
a veteran like myself would love a home like this. hurts my soul to see something like this happen.
Right
foreign trash are destroying this country
You may be able to get rid of the anger but not the smell of cat piss
Not true, my mother in law bought a house full of cat piss. She cleaned it for 2 months before moving in.
Noway am I buying that kind of house.
They will still pay 20% over list no repairs or inspection if she sells today
Speculative bubbles are so fun.
These are more like high priced paintings. Billionaires and foreign investors are buying them cash over price. Home ownership is a thing of the past.
that's why clueless are "buying" bitcoin ... hoping it will make them "rich" .. after 90% tax ... what have you got left ??
@@rhuephus when do people pay 90 % tax. Billionaires pay around 1% or less. They are also running up crypto currency. Notice how many adds you see now for crypto...
What the former tenant did is not that rare; the law considers this a civil case, so the property owners only recourse is to sue in civil court. First they have to find the former tenant, then go through the expense of a lawyer, only to find that the judgement won is meaningless since the former tenant has no assets.
When someone can damage another persons property to the tune of 10’s of thousands, sometimes even into six figures, and there are no consequences, then it is a free for all of destruction for anyone who feels like it.
Thank you for this dose of reality and setting things straight for everybody here calling for jail time.
Bikers still do mercenary work, just sayin. That former tenant might also need to be tracked down and vandalized. You never know when you piss off the wrong person
Thanks so much.
"Now, with the house heading toward foreclosure on June 30, Myers, who lives in Arizona and is in remission from cancer, said she’s praying for a miracle."
Omg... the tenant should be arrested. I agree with you guys. This is so immature.
What a horrible person that former tenant is! I hope they are found accountable.
Just evil, demonic, entities who once inhabited that home. SMH. Why??😦
You have no idea what happened... maybe they were in a fixed lease... for 900... and the owner wanted to do 1800... and evicted them... so the evil person could be the owner for being greedy and throwing a family out on the street. Conjecture is evil... perspective and knowledge is everything
Just a squatter who wanted something for nothing.
The sad fact is that the vandalizing squatter prolly will never have to face any consequences for her actions.
It's a civil matter. The owner is dead, the out of state heirs will just be happy to get whatever money they can get out of the sale and not spend more time and money on litigation, and the new buyer will focus on the rehab, maybe try to get some money from the home owner insurance company.
There certainly won't be any money recoverable from the vandal since she's broke or what the legal profession calls judgment proof.
Correction the owner is not dead but suffers from cancer and now lives out of state.
My point about there not going to be any legal action still stands.
I would never buy it simply out of fear that the previous demented tenant would come back to do murder the new owners!...
The previous tenant probably can't afford the bus fare back to the house.
@@elenawilliams32 ….but they clearly did to vandalize it. Do you really think the owner posted it before doing their final rental walk through and settled deposit refund?
That's why the 2nd Amendment exists.
@@Anomaly.Filmworks to hunt slaves?
@@runits Well that took a SHARP turn
That is going to be a very profitable flip.
My first house was in just as bad as shape. It even had a huge hole in the roof. It was a probate sale, was vacant for a long time and was vandalized.
Bought it, fixed it while living in it, sold it for a huge profit after two years to get the tax free gains and was absolutely hooked on real estate investing. Almost 30 years later and I am still investing in real estate.
I checked the Zillow listing and it does not mention any of the vandalism damage. It says "The house has recently been painted on both the inside and outside. Very well maintained." What's going on?
Someone took the advice of the people above who sais use paint and drywall.
Cause that's all it needed. All that damage was just cosmetic.
Has any legal action been taken on the tenet?? They should be held accountable!!!
600000 bucks is a lot of money for a freaking house
Imagine is the tenant was forced to pay for all the repairs. Even if it takes a lifetime.
We can only guess the person came from a very civilize family with great parenting skills.
Exactly, the same thing I was thinking! We see this now So much because of the upper echelon of parenting skills!! These are the kids that got put in time out and not a whooping when they needed it or for good measure!
How's that workin out for the country NOW?? 🇺🇸
AND THE WOMAN WHO DID THIS SHOULD LIVE HOMELESS ; PUT HER NAME OUT THERE AND PITCURE AND NO ONE WILL EVER RENT TO HER.
It’s not that bad. I could get that cleaned up and livable in a few weeks. If not sooner.
It is vandalism of property. The landlord could take the tenant to small claims court. Problem is often you can’t get the money even if the ruling goes in your favour. However, list the judgement with a collections agency. It may cost you another few hundred but worth it. The debt will now follow the tenant if anybody else does a credit check on them. I would even, every couple of years check their status and put a lien on any property they ever buy, even if it is just a truck. Ridiculous when there is outright malicious destruction of property that a person can’t be charged simply because they happened to be a tenant.
So true. But the owner has other concerns and probably just wants to cash out and put the whole thing behind her and not spend any more money on the legal process.
So yeah, no consequences for the tenant.
@@yodude832 He can still sell the house and go after some costs in small claims court. In small claims court you don’t need a lawyer and only have a few small fees. But, yes what is your time worth to go through the process and I think most in most courts you can only claim a maximum of $5000. I am a small landlord. Only once in my 15 years as a landlord have I had to evict a tenant. Just over $3000 lost. After I had the tenant/landlord boards ruling I paid a fee of $100 to just file it with a collection agency. Never expected to get a dime back but at least it is on record now so if another landlord does his due diligence and background checks on them, it will pop up.
I would never ever be a landlord in the times we live in.
I hope those people went to jail.
... wow making judgement without knowing what actually happen... what if they were in a 5 year fixed lease for 900... and the owner wanted to rent it out for 2400 a month... so this family of 4 was evicted... and on the streets all because of the owners greed. But if you think that's ok... I pray for your soul...
@@ThatGuy-zu7ze it's explained on the article I shared..
Sean R. Obviously you're not a homeowner
Woah, Sean. Commenting without watching the video or reading up on this. The "tenant" wasn't even a tenant. Her mom passed, she moved in without informing anyone of her mom's passing. She stopped paying the $2800 in rent last year. She had a new roof installed w/o permission, and then told the contractor to "drop dead" w/o paying the 38k for the roof. Even if none of those circumstances were present, she destroyed and vandalized someone else's property--which is a criminal offense. Regardless of life circumstances, criminal offenses are always just that: criminal. Yes, she should be in jail
@@ThatGuy-zu7ze seriously, be quiet.
Should’ve done a story on the tenant and how she should get punished severely for doing stuff like this, that would be a great story
I do the drywall and paint for clients like this EVERY day!
Pueblo and Colorado Springs is high in payouts if your highly skilled in the Trades
I was like “It’s beautiful” then she walked in oh. 👀🤬
The tenants who did this need to be arrested and locked up.
That disgusting squatter was let BACK IN by the property management after being evicted! The crazy lady also left cats inside to die.
"Myers said a complaint filed to the Colorado Division of Insurance has not been answered. Foster said she filed a report to police concerning the vandalism at the property. Colorado Springs police Lt. James Sokolik told The Post that the case remains open but is inactive. He said authorities have not been able to contact the former tenant or the property management company.
The house is approaching foreclosure because of several liens on it, including the $38,000 roof allegedly installed by the former tenant, Foster said."
Just bought a house with pissed off tenants that has to leave by the end of July😳.... . I'm terrified!!
That house won’t take nearly $150k to fix up. Some drywall patches, paint, new carpet, paint stripper, blinds, and depending if those floors are hardwood, they may be able to be stripped and refinished.
Why not fix it up or paint the walls before selling
Oh my lord! That is horrific
This is disgusting. People are sick.
Why is there still stuff in the house
Well houses in Colorado are approaching the level of unaffordability, that's the turning point to buyer's market. Sooner the better.
Can you all put a caution/warning about what will be viewed because I was eating during this and wasn't prepared for the b.s. that was showed in refrigerator!🤢🤮🤮🙄😒 Thanks, management
Im surprised that they are actually trying to sell this crap with 590k
Why is it still 600,000 that's what's wrong with this country
Well before COVID-19 hit, two tenants who had been evicted from one of my parents' rental properties after they missed several months' worth of rent tore a door from its hinges before they left. Compared to what happened to the house in this story, what my parents experienced was incredibly mild.
There's a prevailing attitude that landlords are evil parasitic monsters that prey on the poor and working class. On the contrary, many landlords are regular people without deep pockets who are just looking to build a retirement nest egg after a lifetime of hard work. The landlord allows a tenant to live on his property and make use of its amenities, and in return, he receives consideration in the form of rent payments. It's a fair bargain.
As much as landlords may be sympathetic to changes in the tenants' financial situation, they can't afford to let tenants stay in a home rent-free for long because, as it turns out, houses are not cheap to own, both in terms of their upkeep and the mortgage, HOA, property taxes and other expenses. The lack of affordable housing is a serious issue that needs addressing, as is the issue of slumlords who actually *_do_* fit the definition of parasites, but the regular folks who happen to own second homes and rent them out for some extra retirement money are not the problem.
They are parasitic. They hoard single family homes that many would rather buy than pay someone else's mortgage. They need to stop playing monopoly and allow young families to own a home.
That landlord needs to sue that tenant. Or criminal mischief
$600K for that place? lol
This is incredibly sad!
If you see the redfin listing, it is said that the tenant left two cats to die in the bathroom
Seriously? 😳
Yeah I read the washington post article. The tenant that rented the house initially was there for 10 years and passed away. The tenant's daughter moved in without the owner knowing and created this mess. She really locked her 2 cats in the bathroom and left them there to die.
Effing heartless b🤬!
@@alissandra333 She sounds like a danger to society. I hope she's found and prosecuted.
I've seen this and worse happen so many times. Start giving people jail time for it and watch the incidents decrease. They know they'll never have to pay anything because most or all who do these kinds of things have no money. You can't get blood from a stone. Just put them behind bars.
Why did they break it?
I wouldn't pay that much for a house in that kind of condition they must be out of their minds to ask for that kind of money
The Colorado Springs real estate market is insane right now. Like L.A. insane. People are paying more for even worse.
Knock the price down because of the work that needs done
I would not pay that much for that house.
What kind of trashbag human being does this to someone else’s property ? What a waste of skin .
They should have said the previous owners name and shamed her.She thought by painting those words the home would not sale, boy I bet she feels stupid
Mimmi Foster is only too happy to resell this at 100k over market value over and over and over and over and over again.......
Realtor to news media, boy, do I have a story for you. Just make sure you include the property address and you spell my name right.
WOW!!! How horrible
I guess we have all learned a valuable lesson here. Buy a house in Colorado.
Did they sell it?
I've done cleanouts on worse. That's an easy 200k in work...
If she thinks it will cost $150,000 for repairs and renovations then that (at least) should be knocked off the asking price.
Not if idiots are willing to pay for it at that cost 🤷🏼♀️
@@amrogers4 sadly true
That house is worth 800,000 - 900,000 all day long. Buy at 6, put 2 or less into it and boom 💥 profit. An investor or property flipper will do quite well with this property.
@@notinmycountry991 Yeah, while the market is in this current condition. With the insane prices, looking ahead, I fear we're gonna see a ton of buyers in financial trouble. Hopefully I'm wrong.
What a joke nobody in springs has that’s kind of money
Unbelievable!
Every single day this country turning more into that hunger games movie
Hopefully the woman who did this is in jail and her kids have been taken away.
Oh whatever its not like it can't be easily fixed. A little paint, patching the walls, new carpeting and some new appliances and there ya go. If the foundation, roof, septic system was damaged or if the house was used as a meth lab, then that would be an entirely different story.
Absolutely. I think the realtor just did a bit of guerilla marketing and the local news media happily went along.
I mean depending on comps
I hope they went after the former tenants for the damage they caused? Their names should also be public domain now. All gloves off!
I'd buy it, call Chip and Joanna Gaines and pay them to do their magic and possibly give it a new address to, to go with its makeover!
I would go after the former tenant. You can't pay, ill tale the court ordered payment plan. Plus ill have you participate in the clean up.
OBoy that's too low!!! They are Selling Cardboard Boxes on the Street for this price!!!: o
Some of the landlords in this area are HORRIBLE (bed bugs and rats are common).
What made the tenant do what they did?
They were evicted for months of unpaid rent.
That looks to be 300k to high honestly maybe 260k if that high that is even if you look past all the spray paint.
Hope owner sued that tenants ass