Would You Buy This House? Detroit Land Bank Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap!

Answer: Do not buy a $1,000 house in Detroit. Sounds too good to be true? Because it is!!! This house was purchased from the Detroit Land Bank by a tenant of ours a few years ago. I've been waiting to post the video because I don't want to expose her for making this poor choice -- that's what I think! But I have been told in no uncertain terms that it's all a matter of perspective.
A Detroit resident who is struggling to raise her children with an income slightly above minimum wage saw this as her opportunity to never have a landlord again. This could be 100% hers for only $1,000. She understood that it needs some work. We bought a house she was renting. My husband and I buy houses in Detroit, we renovate them, we place a tenant, then we sell the property to investors.
The tenant in our latest acquisition told us she would move out shortly. She just needed to get this $1000 house to pass the Detroit Land Bank inspection rules so she could move in.
After a few months of waiting on her to move out of our house, I asked her if we could see the $1,000 house so we can get a better idea of how long it would take her to move out of our house. She kindly let us. When we saw just how much work it would need, I thought I'd be helpful and let her know that for that kind of money she could buy a fully renovated house with a mortgage. She did not appreciate my advice AT ALL! Her goal was to not owe anyone anything for where she lived. Having a mortgage would be the opposite. She was actually pretty insulted by my unsolicited advice. I felt horrible. I crossed a line thinking I was being kind and helpful. I should have minded my own business.
We couldn't renovate our new renovation-project house with her in it, so we had to sell it. I let the buyer know the situation. It's been around two years ago now and we do not know how this $1,000 house turned out. Pat and I can't remember the address either, unfortunately. We'd love to drive by and see if she ever finished this.
The Detroit Land Bank has possession of 20% of Detroit properties. The good houses seem to be sold to friends and family of the DLB. They also knock down several distressed properties and sell the lots. Then sometimes they will auction off a bad property. The bidding gets ridiculously too high. But the lowest of low that they do is sell a house like this to a Detroit resident. It should be a knockdown. But it costs around $10k to knock a house down. Selling it for $1,000 and collecting years of taxes is better for the city apparently.
Our tenant who bought this house was always under DLB inspection deadlines. You can see where the walls are open to expose her electric wiring. She had even bought a new toilet and fixtures for the bathroom only to have them stolen by her handyman. Her first electrician robbed her blind too. She seemed to be a target in so many ways. And she is the nicest woman too. She works in adult care facilities and risked her job to expose their sexual predator hiring practices. She does yearly backpack drives so the kids of Detroit have backpacks every fall. That's what she was doing the day I filmed this two years ago.
I hope things have turned out for her. I do not know. I'm afraid to ask after I really insulted her with my suggestions.
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[@brian2100]

Probably note to hire a licensed contractor to do the repairs would probably cost more than the house is worth

[@robertbirch4163]

Location, location location. There is a reason all these houses have been vacated.

[@jessicabecause3717]

Dear god, lady. Was the spooky music necessary? It's a dilapidated house. Not a horror story.

[@MoniqueBurns]

Just having fun!

[@junkvista61]

The house is haunted house, very spooky even you film it in daylight. Back ground music spooky too. LoL.

[@MoniqueBurns]

Thanks! My music got my point across. 🤣

[@tonywestvirginia]

The music SUCKS!!!

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

$80,000? At 7% amortized over 25 years, that's $565 a month. And the result would be a renewed house. And if you could do some of the work yourself, costs would be lowered dramatically.

[@mnight207]

Sounds like you just passed the real estate exams

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

​@@mnight207 Where I live, this property would be worth $500,000. In the shape it's in. $80,000 seems like a super-bargain, from the perspective of this property as a residence rather than an investment.

[@karenpojar2514]

No one who can afford to pay $500k is spending it to live in the Detroit ghetto.

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

@@karenpojar2514 Judging from sales, many do. There _are_ upscale neighborhoods in Detroit.

[@lemarcuswilliams6954]

Could they take out a bank loan( mortgage)borrowing against this property and use that money to rehab and remodel said property?

[@rickmorrison7535]

This man is right. It's a knockdown.

[@MoniqueBurns]

This man is my husband. He will like to hear he’s right. I’ll tell him! ✅

[@TangoCharlieAlpha]

With ANY home, you have to make the determination if it's cost effective to repair it, or have it leveled and start from the ground up. If a house has good "bones", you can do a lot with it. The one thing that really bothers me, especially post-covid, is that house prices and interest rates soared out of sight, to the point that home ownership has become a dream that MANY will never have. And to have soooooo many areas of the US with property rotting and falling down....and even people forced to live on the streets.....it's criminal what our country has devolved into. If America doesn't make some drastic changes with EVERYTHING, (growing, manufacturing, investing, and independence from the world) the future looks very bleak. Our great grandchildren could be speaking Chinese if we aren't careful.

[@MoniqueBurns]

We must be good friends! You’re singing to this choir. I tried to get my kids to learn Chinese when they were little. Too hard! I was alone in my quest. 🤣. Thank you for watching and your thoughtful reply.

[@rosejones2932]

If I owned this house I would do some essentials and then sell it a fixer upper on seller financing.

[@wesleyferrari8116]

U are so right, but as I see it's going to be much worse than that😢

[@zsurvivalist7996]

It's just the way things have to be now.

[@TangoCharlieAlpha]

@@zsurvivalist7996 I don't think is "has to be" like that right now, though. We can move mountains if we set our minds to it. There needs to be a brighter future....something to look forward to. I agree that is just IS like that right now, but I pray that it won't be for long. For our children's sake at least. ❤

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

I did some research and cracked block foundations are common. In the old days, the block foundations were put up without reinforcing bars and cement fill, and ground pressure caves them inward.

[@MoniqueBurns]

We've seen that. Something we like to avoid. Thanks for sharing. I think some home buyers don't recognize it, even when the light is shining through. Yikes!

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

@@MoniqueBurns I inherited a house like that. My dad somehow found a way to shore up the structure while he knocked out the collapsing blocks and then cemented in replacements.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@r.j.dunnill1465 Good man, your dad!

[@Justsayingthat]

I would love to have a fixer upper, but this is challenging

[@MrMarkar1959]

"To everything there is a Season",,that there is the bulldozer season.

[@fleetsecurity]

My house is from the land bank and I’m very happy with it and I just did A cash out refinance of $50,000

[@MoniqueBurns]

Cool!

[@califdad4]

Even the HGTV show about the guys buying house's and redoing them aren't in neighborhoods like this, no one would want to live in a neighborhood like this, I doubt it would even be safe

[@MoniqueBurns]

Don't say NO ONE! There are people living there and the woman who bought the house wants to be there. Besides the freeway, it's pretty quiet. I really offended someone once saying that. She let me know with all the vacant lots, it's the most peaceful place she's ever lived. Oops!

[@quellakey9444]

@@MoniqueBurns And if she buys the lots she could own the block. This is awesome.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@quellakey9444 If the owner can buy the adjoining lot it’s only $100 and taxes are $35/year, last I checked. Could be good future real estate.

[@lunarlove717]

how dare you talk about detroit residents like this. you all are the reason we’re losing our beautiful, historic homes and instead having to struggle to find affordable housing because you want to tear everything down and build new. please don’t gentrify our city. this entire video and comments are incredibly offensive.

[@califdad4]

@@MoniqueBurns only thing is I watched the news story about a retired woman who was in her long time home and she was the only person left on her street and how unsafe it was, windows barred from the inside and multiple locks on doors , she was wanting to move at the time of the News story but was waiting for a opening in a senior apartment

[@garysgarage.2841]

80-100k and you got what? The value is still next to nothing there's a reason those homes are abandoned probably the owners were murdered.

[@HacksawJimThuggin]

People don't buy these houses to live in, people buy these houses with the hope that in 20 years, the area will go through gentrification and these houses will be bought up by developers hoping to build luxury apartments or condos.

[@MoniqueBurns]

The Land Bank requires that they are renovated by a certain date though or the Land Bank takes them back.

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

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[@birdstwin1186]

Otherwise the area will be rundown forever without investment.

[@paulademarco1585]

We have seen these years ago, but an update is most welcome ❤

[@MoniqueBurns]

You mean the house or you want another video like this?

[@noconsentgiven]

​@@MoniqueBurns An update on this home would be great, thanks.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@noconsentgiven Unfortunately we never saved the address. We can’t remember where it was. That would have been a great video. 😔

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

I wouldnt live there if the house was free!!

[@Tmorans]

I would buy it for 1000. Only if I could bulldoze it and scrap what’s left for a profit. Lol. You wouldn’t need a huge profit either because there are 10’s of thousands of homes just like this one in Detroit. Selling Detroit as a good place to live is comparable to the greasy used car salesman selling clunkers and saying there is nothing wrong with them…. Born and raised there.

[@2452dee]

Now does the land bank allow for the houses to be knocked down?? It would make sense to knock it down and rebuild on the land

[@MoniqueBurns]

I guess I don't know. I've never bought a land bank house. The land bank sells them instead of paying all the money to knock them down. There are so many vacant lots already. Why would anyone buy it for $1,000 and pay another $7,000 to knock it down to build on it? And there are "used" houses for sale cheaper than building material too. It's hard to fathom compared to other cities.

[@albertapeet]

For $1000 you were expecting to move in? You can’t buy a garden shed for a $1000

[@kinyunjarmon8575]

You have a limited amount of time to demolish or renovate the structure up to code.

[@Cocoabrown207]

This is very helpful on the amount you would possibly spend❤

[@driftx2]

It's only 1k though you can just bulldoze the house and start over.

[@MoniqueBurns]

But the buyer LOVES the house! I do hear you though. I wonder if it has reverted back to the city or if she has been successful. I wish I could remember the address.

[@stuartwilkison8754]

1000 dollar house?? You don't have enough money to pay me to live there.

[@MoniqueBurns]

It’s like being in the country. Nice and quiet.

[@CreamOfBeats]

The best thing about that house was the vacant lot!

[@johnlgibson]

Thank you for this great video.

[@MoniqueBurns]

You are most welcome!

[@carlotta4th]

It's only $1,000 so of course it "needs everything." A broken foundation is definitely a big issue but the rest comes standard with the $1k price territory. And personally I don't see much wrong with that location. Lots of beautiful trees, green wide open space... Just block the freeway view and you're good to go. I can see why a quick fix renter wouldn't be interested but that doesn't mean there's no value here. These homes (minus extensive foundation work) are amazing for people willing to put some sweat and elbow grease into it themselves. Sure you'll spend years fixing it up, but at the end of it someone who wouldn't normally be able to afford a home finally has one. At the $1k price range this is completely reasonable.

[@BatistaInvests]

About 5k in tree removal by itself.

[@Mike_Bloomberg]

buy a saw and a ladder

[@MoniqueBurns]

Right! The owner said they already removed most of the trees themselves. ???

[@kdude1000]

Or you can do it yourself like a man?

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@kdude1000 Except she is a woman who did it. Lol! Detroit women are tough!

[@Mojo-rd4lu]

Alot of these houses need everything. If the foundation is pretty good. It can get rehabbed.. I have a landbank home. It's not as bad as many make it to be. This will be my first home. And I'm happy I'm able to do what most are scared to do. I'm a homeowner and it's mine.

[@JanPstitches]

It is really sad what has happened in Detroit. Thanks for sharing this info. #newSub

[@MoniqueBurns]

It IS sad. But there is also all kinds of investment opportunity for people who know how to renovate all these beautiful old houses. Lots of people who couldn’t otherwise afford to buy these houses have been able to. I don’t like it that the Detroit Land Bank does a dirty deal like this though.

[@anthonysupplee858]

What has happened?

[@marliseisrael3017]

It's happening to a majority of cities across America..it's not covered much, a d also across the world. Lookup poverty in Kentucky or the UK...and you will find houses like this with people living in them. Plus this is not all of Detroit, just the blighted areas.

[@pou618]

How is a single mother going to afford to fix that?

[@POODYWORLD]

Do you think the city will let you tear it down and move a container house or you will have to keep it up and fit the house?

[@MoniqueBurns]

I don't know the rules of the land bank. It's about $10,000 to tear down a house. A container house would be better, for sure. Great question. You're better off buying a vacant lot and not dealing with the teardown expense though. The Detroit Land Bank avoids tearing down houses. They would prefer you buy them and donate them money and you deal with the eventual tear down yourself.

[@POODYWORLD]

@@MoniqueBurns thank you soo much

[@summermontgomery7630]

Thanks no THANKS ❤

[@Bigmojo1k]

I’ve live inside of a house where the bathroom was inside of the kitchen and led to the upstairs shit was pretty weird

[@MoniqueBurns]

I could imagine some awkward moments there!

[@Dallas_K]

A bathroom directly off a kitchen is often violation of code in many areas.

[@MrMarkar1959]

surely if i say $100,000 insurance and a tiny milkhouse heater someone will suspect,,,repairing gas line after dark in the cold??

[@jamesstuart3346]

Whaddya bet their truck is gone

[@MoniqueBurns]

Our eyes were never off our truck! 🤣

[@sharynduran5993]

Have to hire security while fixing it. So the copper piping, furnace and air conditioning us stolen

[@scotth388]

I agree, they should not have sold that one...need to be torn down. It is too far gone.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@scotth388 It’s unconscionable! Thx for agreeing.

[@thewolfychannel4597]

I’m not sure what the intention of this video is.? If you buy a house for $1000.00 what exactly are you expecting? Of course it’s going to need major work to bring it up to living standards, but trust me when you are done you will have a house customized to your taste for less than if you would have bought an already renovated house if similar size and location. 100% cheaper to renovate than to buy move in ready.

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

I wouldn't mind it if taxes are low and you're alowed to just knock down the building and hold it.

[@Doctor_27]

I bought a house from the Detroit Land Bank Authority and I flipped it in a year. I’m planning to either rent it or sell it this summer

[@anasanchez6778]

That's what i'm trying to do.

[@edwin7552]

How was it so far? I want to do it but I’m not sure yet. Do you think the ROI is worth it?

[@wesleyferrari8116]

Hi, I hope everything is good with u, let me ask u something,do u think is worth buy one and flip it to profit?

[@Jamesthomas12187]

Property taxes, just flip the inner belt, less tax, way way less crime?

[@HighPowerOptionsTrades]

As long as the school system is poor even with 10k sq ft homes at a bargain not sure responsible adults would put their child at risk for an opportunity like this 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@royalgoddess3284]

I see houses like this and I think flip this house 😂 I know it’s gonna cost some money to do it however after the flip it would be so worth it. It’s a nice layout and roomy

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Feb 2023: I'd say some of those estimates are lower than average. Raze the whole place and start over.

[@MoniqueBurns]

I filmed it a good year before I posted it too. So yah! Wish we remembered the address so we could see if it has been razed or what. Or maybe the nice lady who bought it proved us wrong. I hope so for her sake.

[@blessingpaye5962]

Yes I would buy it to keep it In hope developers rebuy it in few years. But it’s exciting if U don’t have a place to stay

[@davep6278]

@@MoniqueBurns Do you remember the street name or the area of the city it is in?

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@davep6278 It’s in Detroit. We are so mad at ourselves we don’t know the address anymore.

[@davep6278]

@@MoniqueBurns That's okay. If you knew the street name or area you can search the land bank's past listings and find it that way. I'll see if I can locate it.

[@TEXASBABYDOLL13]

Your husband is blunt! 😅 I feel bad for the lady... But honestly ppl need to hire a inspector before spending money just to be in the safe side

[@MoniqueBurns]

He can be blunt but I always know where I stand! Lol. Yes, always get a house inspected. Take responsibility.

[@kenwilliams4086]

The inspection would cost more than the lady paid for the house. Anyone looking at this can see its deficiencies as they are obvious.

[@TEXASBABYDOLL13]

@@kenwilliams4086 if I'm not mistaken she bought the house before even going to look at it in person

[@kenwilliams4086]

@@TEXASBABYDOLL13 oh, I see. Yah, that is not good.

[@TEXASBABYDOLL13]

@@kenwilliams4086 well next time open your ears, before jumping into the comment section with your 2 cents

[@smcgilli34]

Are house renovations a lot cheaper in the USA versus Canada? I would say that is at least $100,000 in renovations

[@MoniqueBurns]

I’m pretty sure, yes.

[@kevinmach730]

I'm fairly certain many of the estimates were on the low end in a few of the areas. I couldn't get a total feel for the size of the roof, for example, but I seriously doubt it was going be 10k redo. In fact, I'd say it's closer to double that amount, even on a modest size home.

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

@@kevinmach730 We did a roof redo on a slightly larger house. I think we spend CAD$6000 on materials. I lugged 70-pound bundles of shingles up a ladder, balancing them on my shoulder.

[@rubeninfo4883]

knock down the whole house

[@MoniqueBurns]

Don’t say that to the nice lady who bought it.

[@forsure8388]

Are there any good buys in Detroit anymore. I've searched. I'm handy guy. I filled houses but I can't find good foundation. Good bones for a good price. People are too proud of their stuff.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@forsure8388 Send me an email. [e-mail]

[@JoyceCooper-h7j]

This house should be condemned and torn down!!!!!!

[@MoniqueBurns]

Why when the city can make money off a home buyer who will pay them taxes and save them the $14k (?) it costs to condemn it? I’m with you though. 100%!

[@SecurityOfficerKellyAnne]

Would make a fun play house if you had a newer home adjascent , once its rehabbed

[@MrBigtime1986]

The city needs to tear down all of that crap and make it an industrial zone

[@MoniqueBurns]

Why? They can just sell those houses to people who dream of being homeowners. I see what you're saying. I'd prefer more orchards.

[@loando4606]

The land bank robe every house they just took it and the owner can't remodeling their house that's why so ugly

[@777bhana]

Just spend the extra 60-80k on a fixer upper in Rosedale Park…… you’ll thank me later🤑🤑🤑

[@khalilibrahim9315]

Hahaha - sound advice!

[@pltopper771]

5k for all the windows that dude is clearly not working out

[@rhondagould2704]

THOSE HOUSES CAN BE BUTIFUL

[@MoniqueBurns]

It would be fun to have someone from HGTV bring it back to life, right?

[@robertbirch4163]

It will be robbed of all your building materials as quick as you try to rebuild it !!! Crack heads got to get there money and places to live somewhere.

[@xxz258]

it's not helpful when he keep saying it will cost thousands ! at least give estimation if you already done that kind of renovation before !

[@MoniqueBurns]

I'll let him know not to say "thousands" again. I think he was making the point that "thousands" is more than the renovation is worth.

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

Someone who bought a $2,000 Detroit house of similar size spent $25,000 rebuilding the block foundations. He put up a KZbin video detailing the work.

[@timr31908]

You'd have to be entirely out of your mind to buy anyting in Detroit at least 75 per-cent of Detroit..... Unless you're joining the gang

[@MoniqueBurns]

I must be out of my mind then. We make a decent living investing in Detroit. I'm not in any gang either.

[@oldfashionedbaptistChurch]

Yes I would love to fix it up

[@MoniqueBurns]

You have money to blow??? It would be nice seeing it resurrected though.

[@sl2427]

Wow nice Land ..but needs $$ new city codes😮

[@Sedgrid]

I own several Landbank houses. Just come up with the 100k and you will have a beautiful house

[@OouchCharty]

How do you come up with it? Do you own homes in Detroit?

[@lgee9027]

@@OouchCharty my family owns Detroit homes, no one in their right mind will put 100,000 into that house in that neighborhood!!! You can find plenty of homes in better condition and areas for that amount

[@OouchCharty]

@L Gee I agree with you. I just was curious on his suggestions for "coming up with $100,000."

[@Dallas_K]

Whatever you put into it today will be gone when you come back tomorrow.

[@OouchCharty]

@@Dallas_K agree

[@MatthewJenkins-hg5qe]

solid video video maker

[@MoniqueBurns]

Thank you

[@DelzeniaMarie]

You can fix it up but remember you have to come outside your house….. good luck well you will need more than luck to make it out everyday

[@exfolios]

Even if you want to, you can't buy it, when you're not from Michigan. They don't want out of staters moving in.

[@davidmarks8318]

1,000? Ugh too much.way too much.and some poor guy gets it fixed up ..then the break ins.whatever detroit. What the f ever

[@Saltydoggdetroit]

Todays prices to redo all that it aint no 80 k its more like double that plys the city inspection

[@griswald7156]

I would knock it all down .then i would build a nice little brand new bungalow…for about 40,000$..the land is gorgeous…

[@MoniqueBurns]

There are plenty of things like that one could do.

[@Tmorans]

The city sold it to a struggling single mom ……. Do you know who has all of the money in Detroit? Do some research. Our country is heading in the same direction as Detroit.

[@MoniqueBurns]

Who do you mean has all the money? We're so polarized right now, it depends who you ask. I think it's the people running the Land Bank and their friends and family who get the good houses. The struggling single moms here are not the priority. Also the more the government can control housing, the more the government can control the people. It's very non American!

[@ronblack2700]

Maybe about 70k to 90k to fix?

[@smcgilli34]

Windows alone would be over $10,000

[@MoniqueBurns]

Same as here on windows, yes. Probably with repair work more like $15k. Canadians love buying here. Not houses like this though!

[@freeatlast.]

They should pay people to pull it down

[@MoniqueBurns]

The city should, you mean? I agree.

[@maryy9649]

Need demolition 😢

[@griswald7156]

The upstairs room could be up to the apex…….this would be a builders project in the uk….the cost would be off the scale for an unskilled homeowner…a nightmare for the cash strapped unskilled homebuyer..it would put the average buyer into the bankruptcy court..

[@MoniqueBurns]

The buyer is a lovely woman too trying to do it herself. So heartbreaking to me.

[@vashawnnelson1157]

How do we get in contact with you all-Georgetown SC

[@sl2427]

The music is given Creepiness # and 😢😮

[@luciddreamwalking4203]

So the gist of this video is she paid $1000 for a headache.

[@MoniqueBurns]

That's a good summary. She paid $1,000 to end up needing way more dollars to get out of the problem.

[@sharynduran5993]

This a tear down. Start over

[@Saltydoggdetroit]

He said 5 k to do windows i bet hes way off

[@dennism1344]

If u do the work yourself u still looking at 40 grand in material alone and hope nothing gets stolen along the way that house need more then everything nothing was rt it is a tear down

[@MoniqueBurns]

I just heard it now costs $14,000 to tear down a house in Detroit. Yet they sell it to local people who just want to be homeowners but don't realize the true expense of that.

[@parislogan9129]

Can you help me find the right house I've been searching

[@MoniqueBurns]

It’s not my expertise but I can refer you. Email me: [e-mail]. I’ll refer you to an agent who helps home owners. I sell renovated and rented houses to investors.

[@graceonline320]

Yes but the neighborhood is very bad so you would eventually lose everything.

[@u_s_e_rname]

In this economy I mean..

[@parislogan9129]

On Detroit land bank

[@MoniqueBurns]

What about the Detroit Land Bank? I only know my own experience and what others have shared with me.

[@shelleyfortier3094]

Needs to be condemned

[@annem.parent8580]

Would it be cheaper to get the house demelitioned and build a smaller prefab home.

[@MoniqueBurns]

It's about $7k-$10k to get it demolished. You can buy a "used" house in Detroit cheaper than putting up a prefab home still.

[@annem.parent8580]

@@MoniqueBurns I would never live in Detroit. I saw the latest homes row after row that all need demolition. Its absolutely terrible there. Wasn't like that in 1979.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@annem.parent8580 It’s not like that anymore. Most of those extra vacant houses are gone now and the dilapidated ones have been renovated.

[@annem.parent8580]

@@MoniqueBurns My X is from there and I won't live there. Bad memories.

[@jreding132]

overdone with sound effects and promos for social media contacts.

[@MoniqueBurns]

@@jreding132 I had a blast putting in the sound effects and the promos have helped my business. Thank you for the feedback.

[@chibamoon6410]

honestly you can claim any of these houses with adverse posesion

[@MoniqueBurns]

Which means you'd have to prove you lived it in I think 10 years. That would be tough!

[@berettatheduelist]

Good Video! Lol..

[@AlejandroLopez-kl5ef]

😳 umm just to build A totally different one but that house 🏠 there looks like the Exorcist originated from there😂

[@jimmypavone3231]

Great content. I'm looking for a starter home in Detroit

[@MoniqueBurns]

Not this one I hope.

[@jimmypavone3231]

@@MoniqueBurns haha of course not. I saw one the other day that looked good it was all brick, for 30k, the neighbors looked good, that's what I'm looking for! We don't have that here... Everything is just 2x4 I'm not quite ready to move just yet but I think it's inspiring the opportunity out there and the older architecture

[@Tmorans]

Start by rethinking your decision. Move somewhere else do yourself a favor.

[@britlew5933]

It's all about location, location, location...

[@MoniqueBurns]

That location, besides the freeway, is full of nature now. 🤣

[@tjjay2438]

new kitchen new windows?????? Give your head a shake!!!!

[@MoniqueBurns]

It needs a LOT!

[@GreggRoberts]

What is a section 8? Is that for buyers?

[@MoniqueBurns]

It’s federally funded rent subsidies that are paid to landlords to help tenants afford rent.

[@theresaj.pereda7648]

Wow, just demolish.

[@tech-hqvip3290]

The music though.

[@MoniqueBurns]

I had fun with my music!

[@gregorymcgee100]

It just needs a little paint!

[@MoniqueBurns]

What? You must be a real estate agent. 🤣. With all due respect. I am one!

[@gregorymcgee100]

@@MoniqueBurns No, if I was a licensed real estate agent I would have added with a little T.L.C. this house would have unbelievable curb appeal. HAAAAAAAA!!!!

[@marliseisrael3017]

It's called blight.

[@chuckicha]

Bomb this House with Dynamite and good is....

[@MoniqueBurns]

I hope the nice lady who bought it doesn't see this comment. It's so sad!

[@sl2427]

I'm in please give more info❤ 🛠

[@pjreynoldsa1]

So the landis worth the $1,000.00 so bull doze it and build a new house!

[@MoniqueBurns]

It costs more to bulldoze it and then where could she live?

[@Coruptanimation]

A little distressed. 😂

[@MoniqueBurns]

A lot! lol

[@roberthu4593]

relax with the background music. no need to turn it into a tv drama show

[@caifrank7425]

I want

[@joelresendez2048]

Traditionally, BLACK PEOPLE HOUSES!!

[@MoniqueBurns]

Can you elaborate?

[@lunarlove717]

how dare you talk about detroit residents like this. you all are the reason we’re losing our beautiful, historic homes and instead having to struggle to find affordable housing because you want to tear everything down and build new. please don’t gentrify our city. this entire video and comments are incredibly offensive.

[@MoniqueBurns]

I respect Detroit residents. The land bank disrespects them by selling garbage like this instead of tearing the house down. This house is not able to be saved. Plenty of houses are. We beautify Detroit every day improving the old homes. I can’t help viewers’s offensive comments.