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damaya

(107 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:40 PM Jan 2013

Detroit Mini-Mansion Has Asking Price Less Than Michigan-Made Buick Enclave

ForSaleByOwner.com features this listing for a 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom 4400-square-foot home, at an asking price of $35 grand, which includes free straight-talkin’ commentary from the seller.

From the listing:

“Also since this is a historical home with good quality items it is a target by local criminals who the police won’t arrest and they go around Detroit stripping homes…This is why the mansions are so cheep (sic) in Detroit!”

3 Other Reasons Mansions May Be So Cheap In Detroit

1. Listings by owners highlight the negative features like dangerous “lead paint” which may be harmful to children, instead of using a silver-tongued real estate agent to highlight the positives like “dangerous lead paint that your child will inevitably be exposed to, made right here in the US of A, and not China!”

(read more below)

http://nottheworstnews.com/2013/01/11/detroit-mini-mansion-has-asking-price-less-than-michigan-made-buick-enclave/

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