Foreclosed Homes Trashed
December 29, 2009
CBS asked:
Many owners vacating foreclosed homes are selling off all the fixtures before they leave, further depressing home values, even their neighbors’, reports Kelly Cobiella.

25 Comments
by atsuroc on December 31, 2009 at 5:35 pm
FUCK YOU BANKS!!! Kill a banker today
by 308scoutrfl on January 1, 2010 at 8:09 am
nobody is forcing you to take the loan dipshits!if you cant pay back the fucking loan,DONT DO IT! bunch of fucking whiner,lazy,takers!live within your means! is that so hard to understand?read the contract before you sign!dont understand what an adjustable rate mortgage is? then find out!ignorant buyers,and ******* lenders created this mess,and smart ,and stable buyers,will pull us out. dont give up,and dont trash the house,it works against us!of course im buying a new house.(smart/stable)
by 912jumper on January 2, 2010 at 1:06 pm
@Nuanceqwest
Thanks for that idea. If I lose my home, which is very likely, I will be doing that. I have friends on standby to help me **** this house up. We are going to have a, “fuck this house up” party. You can’t imagine what we are going to do..lol
by benzo771 on January 4, 2010 at 10:16 pm
LMAO F U BANKS
by Andrew22915 on January 5, 2010 at 6:12 am
Poor poor bank
you pay 400,000 dollars on a 200,000 loan. And think of the intrest you could gain from all that. Almost 700,000 dollars. Banks drove themselves into the ground. And if The banl was taking my house I would do the exact same thing. I would probably tear it up even worse and poor salt all over the yard.
by 2dlamb on January 6, 2010 at 8:27 pm
why do they act so shocked. i’d take everything
by JK11451 on January 9, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I’m sorry, I know several people in foreclosure now. My own family was close to it in 2006, one family in particular plan to strip everything they can out of the home if it happens. I can’t say that I blame them. You work so hard for something so long and then it’s taken from you in less then 9 months.
by badboy94590 on January 12, 2010 at 12:20 am
down with the scum bag banks
by StrikeFreedom3K on January 14, 2010 at 12:39 pm
thats over kill but effective save some money and make some too cut and take all the feed lines for electricity to the rooms there all in the basement and easyer to sell
by Nuanceqwest on January 15, 2010 at 1:15 am
Buddy of mine said that people were putting cement in their drainage systems
by popeyeftr on January 17, 2010 at 11:37 pm
keep up the good work home owners
by craigbenting on January 19, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Beingreal40, you’re saying people who sign a pile of paperwork because a hired “professional” told them to, and then saying they didn’t know they had 2 loans or what would happen 2 years later, that those people are not idiots???
Either those people are lying about taking a risk that blew up in their faces, or they are morons. Personally, I think most of them are playing stupid to shift the blame away from themselves for their obviously bad gamble.
by oakstosler on January 23, 2010 at 4:12 am
banks ****! way to go to the owner, keep damaging houses! that’ll show the banks
by symbolmk on January 25, 2010 at 3:20 am
I love this, the fact that people are trashing their foreclosed houses makes me, honestly, prety happy. some people make bad choices, and yea not ALL can be forgiven, but when a bank says “we own your house, get out” I feal the prevous owner has the right, no responsibility, to say “well **** you” right back.
by alky69 on January 26, 2010 at 2:43 am
“duped into bad loans” you have to be kidding. Do we no longer require people to think? Do you not know your income vs payment? you took a stupid risk and lost. Sorry, now its time to move on and find an apartment, not trash a home belonging to somebody else.
by Beingreal40 on January 28, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I’m not playing economist. I did read somewhere about over 10 million people alone took out Option Arms and I did read it’s 1 in eight homes in foreclosure. I’m just defending the people that did act responsibily and trusted the professionals and ended up getting ripped off. Still now some people are going as far as charging their mortgage payments to credit cards to survive. With economy cause and effect, what will you say if you lose your job.
by inkey2 on January 30, 2010 at 8:59 pm
oh ….and another point. You say 25% of Americans? Are you serious….so you think that 1 in every 4 people you walk by recently bought a home??? Don’t you mean 25% of “home buyers”….there is a huge difference between 25% of everyone in the usa and 25% of home buyers
by Beingreal40 on February 3, 2010 at 7:16 am
But then again it is the biggest purchase. So thats why you would hire and confide in a professional to tell you where you stand. If they would have done their job and said sorry you don’t qualify to buy then a lot of this wouldn’t have happen. But instead , you know the rest “GREED.” I agree with you, I personally questioned my brokers method only to get him to say “Look I’ve been doing this for twenty years. I know what I’m doing.” So I didn’t argue. But now look around.
by inkey2 on February 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm
actually people should QUESTION EVERYTHING…..buying a new car, buying a house, having home repairs done,….its nice to say the world should be honest….but we all know thats not true. I would think that if you are making the biggest purchase of your entire life you wouldn’t just throw up your hands and say……”hey anything you tell me sounds fine with me, ill take it!!!!!!”
by Beingreal40 on February 5, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Try 25% of America so far. First time buyers who know nothing are allowed to confide in a licensed professional just as you are when you go to your mechanic or doctor. You shouldn’t have to question their methods when you assume everything is legal. It has nothing to do with IQ. You can’t compare your knowledge to the rest of the nation. You have to look at everyone. An 18 year old trust funder can buy a home and shouldn’t have to study if they’re being duped or not.
by inkey2 on February 9, 2010 at 12:37 am
how does anyone with an average IQ get “duped into buying a home”. You figure your income against your expenses. Who in their right mind does not “only accept 30 year fixed”
by Beingreal40 on February 11, 2010 at 3:00 am
Then why is it everytime a corporation or financial institution knowingly steals or refuses to take responsibility they tell the home owner/consumer ” to bad sue us.” But when a home owner/consumer takes action it a crime. You can’t be serious. These people tried and trusted to negotiate even though they were duped into bad loans and yet the crime commiting lenders offered no more than the middle finger. Don’t mean to sound rude but you got to do the research.
by inkey2 on February 12, 2010 at 9:12 pm
to beingreal40: they are not stealing form “their own homes”. They have “defaulted” on their mortgages. They have not paid them off yet. They are stealing from the bank that made it possible for them to buy the home. Doesn’t “anyone” want to take responsibility for their own mistakes anymore?
by inkey2 on February 13, 2010 at 10:39 pm
to william82oct: I just don’t see how its the “banks” fault if people buy a home they really cant afford….or they lose their jobs. I bought a place “well below” my means to make damn sure I could afford it and pay it off
by RULI1974 on February 16, 2010 at 9:04 pm
people in the u.s live upon lies, fun is over amerikkkans