I as a Realtor have had a very emotional couple of years dealing with what you walk into when you turn the key of a property that is in foreclosure.  Sometimes you pull up to the home and can tell immediatly that it’s going to be a diaster inside.  Most foreclosured home have dead grass, bushes and trees out front.  They also just commonly show distress of not maintance of any type for months.

Going inside can be just as distressed.  Some homes have been left in a descent condition but most of them have been distroyed by the either previous owners or renters.  Holes have been punched in doors and walls.  Kitchens have been totally removed, cabinets, counters, sink and appliances. I’ve been homes were people took 3 different kinds of ice cream syrups and drawn all over the walls.  People have poured bleach on the carpets. People have allowed their pets to take over the house and pee and poop anywhere.  I’ve seen graffiti on bedroom walls and in garages. I’ve seen homes left like they just packed their clothes and left everything else behind.  It’s so hard to handle seeing such distruction.

So what my question is how do the people that are buying these homes really feel?  Families have been living in these homes for years.  There might be hand prints left behind that was layed in a concrete slab.  Wind chimes left behind. Kids toys inside and outside. It’s go to be hard on the new owners too.  Consider how the neighbors might feel, they are probably upset their neighbors got foreclosed on and more upset that the new buyer just bought a home at maybe a third of what everyone else paid in the communtiy. It’s not to blame the buyer for the market prices in Las Vegas, it’s just really hard for all people involved sometimes.