Loismustdie 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/17/detroit.a...omes/index.html Houses is Detroit going for 100$. Check Craigslist, there are numerous houses going for 2000.00, quite a few for 15,000.00 or less. How hard would it be to get a few companies, say like a Schwab or a Discover to, hand in hand with some of these bailout bucks, open new call centers and take volunteers within the company to move? Job is already in hand, you wouldn't have enough volunteer so it would spur hiring a bit, land values start going up, etc. It just seems like it would not be that hard to do, especially if the the Government did not run the program, you let the businesses do it, being they have a stake in making it work. Also, you are giving employees the opportunity to damn near save Detroit from having to actually build Robocop. Link to post Share on other sites
vbnautilus 48 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 DetroitYeah, I think you might have missed this part ^ Link to post Share on other sites
El Guapo 8 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Read the fine print. Most have unpaid tax leans in the 1,000's of dollars and are so dilapidated that it would cost 20K + to fix up, if they could be fixed up at all. So let's say you get 30K into a place, that is probably worth 60K. Good investment property right? Well there is nobody there to rent it, so it would sit vacant, and get re-run down.Until Detroit's unemployment dips into single digits, this will continue. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,723 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Read the fine print. Most have unpaid tax leans in the 1,000's of dollars and are so dilapidated that it would cost 20K + to fix up, if they could be fixed up at all. So let's say you get 30K into a place, that is probably worth 60K. Good investment property right? Well there is nobody there to rent it, so it would sit vacant, and get re-run down.Until Detroit's unemployment dips into single digits, this will continue.my boy is wicked smaht. Link to post Share on other sites
Loismustdie 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Some have unpaid tax liens- all now have a little sweetener where the gubment gives you 25,000 just for moving in. Yes. Detroit is bad. Yes, employment sucks- that's why you attack it all at once. Move in productive citizens, tax dollars roll in, hire a bunch of cops, put a beat-down on the riff- (locals) and clean house. I agree that these could not be rentals, that's why it's key that new blood moves in and the current failures GTFO. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Robocop was a good movie."Hey, Robocop, any words for the kids?""Stay out of trouble." Link to post Share on other sites
Plus one 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Not if they mowed my lawn, and festooned me in a parade. Link to post Share on other sites
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