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Foreclosure appearances can be deceiving

 
By Richard Mize | Published: August 17, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Can you tell a foreclosed home by looking? Maybe not.

From one extreme ...
Nasty, nasty carpet, big holes in the walls, broken window, cracks in the foundation, torn-up linoleum in the kitchen floor, some kind of gang symbol, maybe, scrawled on a bedroom ceiling — the place was a mess.

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Realtor Mary Berry looks at damage in a foreclosed HUD home near SW 35 and May Avenue in southwest Oklahoma City. by jim beckel, THE OKLAHOMAN

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The 1,104-square-foot vinyl-sided house in southwest Oklahoma City, built in 1947, smelled of mildew if not mold, neglect if not outright abuse.

The living room floor looked like something the cat dragged in: Some feathers were all that remained, and the uncovered access to the crawl space seemed to be the feline's or some other critter's point of entry.

Outside, as if on cue, a skittish mutt trotted across the yard dragging a length of rope or wire or whatever he'd chewed through to get loose.

... to another
Here's a prettier picture:

Another house, one in Tuttle with a nice big porch, custom-painted kitchen cabinets, better-than-average countertops and stylish light fixtures. The 2,550-square-foot brick house, built in 2005 or 2006, has 2-inch blinds and a backyard deck.

It's in a rural addition with mostly 1-acre lots and asphalt streets, started in 2002, the beginning of the national housing boom, in Grady County just south of the South Canadian River.

Which is the repossessed

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