I restored this 1953 REO lawnmower a few years back. I found this to be an interesting project.
Foreclosures: Taking Care of the Yard Work
A Growing Problem for Cities: Overgrown Lawns of REO Homes
Agents and brokers for REO (Real Estate Owned) homes – unoccupied homes where the owners have been evicted due to mortgage default – are finding that if they don’t employ professional mortgage field service companies to deal with the outside as well as the inside of a property, the city may be sending them a pretty steep bill for lawn care. Hint: it’s going to cost a lot more than hiring a teenager for $5 an hour to mow the lawn!
As a matter of fact, in some Illinois towns, it’s costing up to 25 times that – as one homeowner found to his dismay in Buffalo Grove. No, his home isn’t in foreclosure – he just doesn’t...
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Agents and brokers for REO (Real Estate Owned) homes – unoccupied homes where the owners have been evicted due to mortgage default – are finding that if they don’t employ professional mortgage field service companies to deal with the outside as well as the inside of a property, the city may be sending them a pretty steep bill for lawn care. Hint: it’s going to cost a lot more than hiring a teenager for $5 an hour to mow the lawn! As a matter of fact, in some Illinois towns, it’s costing up to 25 times that – as one homeowner found to his dismay in Buffalo Grove. No, his home isn’t in foreclosure – he just doesn’t like to mow his back yard, only the front. One day, however, he arrived home to...
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