Ok, here goes my first blog! 

My brother in law and I are wholesalers in Tampa Bay, Florida.  We do most of our work in Pinellas County.

We recently got a house in Pre-Foreclosure in St. Pete.  The house had been vacant (according to the former owner) for over 2 years!  It was an absolute mess- packed with garbage, trash, rat and roach feces and about 5000 empty beer cans!  But.... we were able to get it at under 20% LTV! 

Although we are wholesalers, we decided to do some very basic work- mostly just clean out the mess and strip it down by removing the nasty kitchen and bathroom to try to get out some of the stink and funk of the house.

When we bought it last Friday, we agreed to give the former owner through Saturday to remove her "stuff".  I was not sure what exactly she wanted out of the house but we agreed.  We waited and waited on Saturday but she never showed up.  So, Sunday afternoon we started to clean out the house.  We quickly filled up a 30 yard dumpster and we had not even made a dent in the mess!

When she showed up Monday afternoon we were almost done filling up the second dumpster.  She took one look at what was going on and let loose with a profanity laced tirade- and she was so nice when we bought her house the previous Friday!!

She called the St. Pete police.  They arrived and walked inside and took one look at the mess and smell of the house and quickly walked out.  They then took her story.  A few minutes later they informed her that there was nothing that they could do.  I don't think that it helped her case that she reeked of alcohol!  She grabbed 2 dirty suitcases and left in a cab.

Fast forward to yesterday.  We are just about done cleaning out the house and are on our 4th dumpster!!  We hope to have this house sold by Friday. 

In addition to being able to make good $$$ at this profession, there is also the added bonus of interesting and funny situations that you get yourself into.

Thanks for letting me share my latest diddy!

Joemamma