The Joys of Searching for a New House, Part 2

This really isn't a new post, per se. It's more of an addendum to the last post. For those avid Coop du Jour readers, you know that Rebecca and I have spend quite a few weeknights and Saturdays looking at houses in the North Raleigh/Wake Forest area. Our last post centered around some interesting vehicles that were outside of a home we visited. We thought we had seen all there was in the wild world of house hunting, but today we saw something on an all new level.

We ventured out to see five houses this afternoon, one of which was a foreclosure. For those of you who don't know, a foreclosure is a home where the bank has taken over direct ownership of the home for one of a few reasons (most often because the homeowners can't pay the mortgage). So we arrive at this foreclosed home and the first thing I notice is this:


Obviously, when you a see a notice like this from the county sheriff, your internal alarm starts going off. My first thought was "Is this a former crack house?" Upon further inspection of the house, we're not exactly sure what went on in the house, but the popular theory is that they were part of an illegal dog-fighting ring. The backyard had marks in the grass where multiple dog cages had probably been located. In the end, there were a lot of other issues that caused us to cross this house off our list. The search continues....and who knows what we'll find at the next house!