I thought "flipping" was like they show on TV when they remodel and fix a house up and then sell it and make more money. Is that illegal? Linda Farrell-Hooker Lathrop Hooker-North List Owner http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/h/hooker-north.html#HOOKER-NORTH ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Consider having your DNA tested at The Hooker DNA Project https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/h/hooker/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Cynthia Van Ness To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Has any relative bought an auctioned house Veering off topic again, I see. Sorry, gotta jump in. Not that you were considering doing this but I have to post a warning in case anyone else was. Buying Buffalo houses at online auctions and promptly reselling them at higher prices without making any improvements is a fraudulent practice called flipping. It has destructive consequences for the surrounding neighborhoods. There is a made-in-Buffalo documentary about it: http://flippedmovie.com/news.php There is also a task force charged with halting it. See: http://www.buffaloflipping.com/ Apologies for being lecturesome. We now return to our regularly scheduled genealogical programming. --- zona himmelsbach <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the name of your relative in Erie County who bought an > auctioned > house? > > Look what I found on a google search > http://www.bid4assets.com/auction/index.cfm?auctionID=373537 > > zh > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here in Buffalo the pattern has been to fix *nothing* before inflating the price and reselling. I urge you to visit the Mayor's Anti-Flipping Task Force website to learn mroe. --- Linda Lathrop <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought "flipping" was like they show on TV when they > remodel and fix a house up and then sell it and make > more money. Is that illegal? > > Linda Farrell-Hooker Lathrop > Hooker-North List Owner > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/h/hooker-north.html#HOOKER-NORTH > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > Consider having your DNA tested at > The Hooker DNA Project > https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/h/hooker/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cynthia Van Ness > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:30 PM > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Has any relative bought an auctioned > house > > > Veering off topic again, I see. > > Sorry, gotta jump in. Not that you were considering doing > this > but I have to post a warning in case anyone else was. > Buying > Buffalo houses at online auctions and promptly reselling > them at > higher prices without making any improvements is a > fraudulent > practice called flipping. It has destructive consequences > for > the surrounding neighborhoods. There is a made-in-Buffalo > documentary about it: > > http://flippedmovie.com/news.php > > There is also a task force charged with halting it. See: > > http://www.buffaloflipping.com/ > > Apologies for being lecturesome. We now return to our > regularly > scheduled genealogical programming. > > --- zona himmelsbach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What is the name of your relative in Erie County who > bought an > > auctioned > > house? > > > > Look what I found on a google search > > > http://www.bid4assets.com/auction/index.cfm?auctionID=373537 > > > > zh > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* > Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com > http://www.BuffaloResearch.com > > "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city > living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is > tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated > population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they > can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." > --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)