Almost blood on the streets. Help solve a mystery.

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Check out this article in the OC Register:



http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hoop-ashendorf-letter-2020425-person-city



Are we seeing the misplaced anger of a homeowner who has falling property values?



Who could do such horrific violence?



Solving this should not be too hard. The first step to narrowing the suspect(s) would be to find the neighbors who are trying to sell their home, then those who have a maxed HELOC, then those who are in foreclosure, then those who were recently laid off... Nevermind, now that I think about it, it may be very hard to solve this.
 
What a tool. Like destroying the hoop and leaving the pieces in the street is less of an "eyesore." People like that should be shot; they're wasting our air and natural resources.
 
<u>http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/04/19/blogs_and_columns/rigonomics/dpt-rigonomics04192008.txt</u>



here is a little more detail from the Pilot.



Also contains a few digs at "south county neighborliness" which are amusing.
 
Freedom, I read that this morning as well. Another good point Riggy made was the fcat that the Port Streets have basketball hoops every sixth house. They also have a virtual epidemic of those "kids playing - slow down" signs in the middle of the street. A portable basketball hoop isn't going to rive property values down - just look at some of the most affluent neighborhoods in OC, and you'll see them all over.
 
I would rather have a person threaten me directly with a baseball bat than deal with this type of madness. It would be easier to handle the situation, and at least I would know who and what I'm dealing with.
 
I didn't know portable basketball hoops could almost bleed. This thread title is tantamount to a RICK ROLL.



Also, I'm pretty sure the OCR writer just finished watching The Black Dahlia before writing this article. Let me MAD-LIBize it:



"At 8 a.m. Saturday, a crowd had gathered. Ashendorf walked out to see what was happening. And then, she says, she burst into tears.



The _____ had been dragged through an opening at the end of the cul-de-sac and mutilated. The ___ on which the ___ and ______ rest had been sawed in half. The ___ was gone and the _________ was pulverized. "



Or how about this (I hope intentionally comedic) nugget:



"This is the saga of a woman, her basketball hoop and a mysterious person determined to drive the two apart."



If I wanted to read stuff like this, I would go to theOnion.
 
A copy of the letter that was sent to the Ashendorf family was released today:



<em>"Dear Mrs. Ashendorf,



I am writing to inform you that the portable basketball hoop which you have placed in the cul-de-sac in front of your house has caused residential real estate prices to plummet nationwide. As a result, you have destroyed credit markets around the world, crashed the dollar, and a cousin of mine lost her job at Countrywide.



Little did you know that I am the Angel of Vengeance and your heinous crimes against asset values have forced me into action against the vermin (that means you) in our community. Let it be known! I act in the best interests of the neighborhood, as we all know that mysterious, creepy, fear-inducing acts of vandalism by a crazy person are actually proven to INCREASE property values! Especially after being reported in regional and national news outlets...



Yours always,



Crazy Neighbor"</em>
 
sarcasm. it'd be interesting if there's any listings in that neighborhood? i wonder how those ppl feel about this supposed guardian of neighborhood property values.
 
well, not many sales in the last few months in the state streets (i track this neighborhood a bit). Other than being a bit too close to the 405, they are nice 60s houses on nice lots, and a nice neighborhood.

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amazingly none of these are REO or short sales</strong>, i think.



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1514483

last sold 1989 for $250k, listed 53 days ago for 635, down to 600



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1422007

paid 680 in 2004, now a <strong>walkaway</strong> listed at 750 for 90 days



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1505777

paid 425 in 2002, now listed at 700 for 56 days



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1173202

paid ~150 in the 80s, listed for 205 days at 750, dropped to 680



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1541843

<strong>paid 890 a year ago</strong>, listed for 800 for 45 days



http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1538194

paid 260 in 99, listed at 725, down to 650 after 45 days





There have been three REOs listed over the past 3 months (at $440, $460, and $540), but each was taken off the MLS (no buyers?)

In addition, there have been 6 appearent foreclosure sales over the past 3 months alos.





<em>Definate pressure on this area, but the non-REO sellers haven't seen fit to lower their prices yet.</em>
 
Maybe the owners of the portable basketball hoop are nice but hoops like these should be in driveways so kids play in the driveway and not illegally placed on sidewalks or streets making kids play in the street and blocking traffic. I never had much problem with it until the neighbor from hell put a hoop outside her house and kids played day and night in the street. The kids would stay in the street and make cars go around them. These hoops cause a cul de sac to be taken over by kids in the street. I look for developments without illegal hoops and I would never buy in a neighborhood where the hoops are allowed to block sidewalks or streets. It's a blight. The presence of these hoops does subtract from the pool of potential buyers.
 
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