Bibles and loose change in almost every one.Two things the former owners could have used.

New breed I agree,the last one I got was empty I mean empty.All appliances gone,water softener,water heater,all kitchen cabinets, all vanity mirrors,toilets, the attempted to remove counter tops,
the shower heads, and of course every light bulb in the place. I then found out that they were building a new house so they probably just re used everything they took!

Hmmm...

Are we the only ones who "haze" the new guy by telling him to inventory the fridge?


Never, ever, open the fridge (or a closed toilet seat). LOL

ROTFL ~ we ALWAYS do that, plus have them lift the lids and photgraph the toilets. Some of these MACHO guys can look SO pale after their first day!

Linda

Interestingly enough, many people take all the appliances, except for the dishwasher, which seems to always be left behind. At least in my market...

That's because 90 percent of the time they don't work anyways!

I have a listing right now with a sign taped on the fridge (that the previous owner left behind, the sign was for our benefit) it says, "Under no circumstances open this fridge. We warned you!"

It's been listed since October with that fridge still in it. The bank did not want a trashout, because the fridge was the only thing left in the house. The previous owner wrapped duct tape around the fridge multiple times. My AM always jokes that maybe theres a dead body in there.. but really, maybe there is? eeww

OMG Auburn...do agents ever call you that show it asking if it conveys?

The possibilities are endless...

Auburn, a buyer for that property would definitely benefit from a good buyers agent that will include a contingency that the sale excludes the fridge and it must be removed!!

Auburn ~ maybe a HazMat team should be called out there. It would be worth a few bucks not to have to show it with the house. Then the floor beneath if can be cleaned. [Can you imagine what it looks like underneath right now? Ugh.]

At least if HazMat takes it, they can open it somewhere safe and find out what's in it. You never know but there could actually be something in it beside rotten food, something that doesn't belong.

Worst case scenario, it could be a bomb. I wouldn't take too many threats these days lightly. People are getting pretty upset about losing their homes and rentals are in short supply so most have nowhere to go. I'm seeing more and more destruction as the foreclosures escalate out of control.

Just a thought. Or two.

Linda

I once had a property assigned to me with blood stains on the carpets in three bedrooms where the husband killed his wife and two children. Sickening.

It did sell to an older couple from the area that knew it happened and said they had no problem living there.

Satellite dishes. Hmmm...which one is the repo?...the one with four satellite dishes on the roof.

TV remotes and busted particle board entertainment centers.

Garbage cans filled with empty beer cans.

Dog dung on the carpet throughout the house.

What you believe to be a strong animal stink until the neighbors tell you that they didn't own animals.

So what I want to know is, did someone write an instruction manual to foreclosure homeowners telling them how to leave their homes in a totally destructive mess for someone else to clean up? About one in one hundred is left broom clean and without debris. The rest are like the descriptions in this thread.

Coins in every single house.
Canned or boxed food in most.
Stuffed animals in most.
Of course, there is always the obligatory toilet stopped up with indescribably nasty stuff (not always just the obvious).
Broken furniture.
Books. My favorite was the entire "Left Behind" series. Yeah, they were left behind.
Pet supplies (bowls, cages,aquariums, food, etc)
The pron has really gotten scarce around here the past year.
And there are usually some appliances left at mine, though they aren't always usable.
And I would get rid of that fridge with the warning. I would have never thought of a bomb, but I was imagining the former owner being a hannibal or Dahmer wannabe... I think I would have the police open it- maybe with a bomb-sniffing dog???

I went into one today and found the kitchen ceiling on the floor. Oh yah and the the carpet was like walking on glass from being frozen after the pipes burst (or the HO left the water on)

Also had the usual cheap entertainment center left behind.