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Vick Dogfighting Mansion Fails to Sell at Auction
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| December 16, 2007
Posted on 12/16/2007 5:55:59 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Welsh Rabbit
I am just trying to imagine what this guy Vick might choose in the way of interiors, wall covering, plumbing fixtures, tile etc. That stuff is expensive to redo. Think taking the house back to the studs and starting over. Even then it would always be the “Vick place”. No thanks.
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posted on
12/16/2007 6:58:18 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
I'm picturing the place modeled along the lines of Al Pacino's mansion in Scarface or something similarly gaudy.
To: rawhide
He is a little bit greedy I say. And a lot stupid. He's actually using Vick as a marketing tool, i.e., the pet-friendly B&B idea, the flagpole with the Atlanta Falcons flag as the "finishing touch" before the auction.
To: Welsh Rabbit
I wouldn’t want the house OR this real estate broker who bought it. He doesn’t seem to be terribly smart.
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posted on
12/16/2007 7:20:19 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: JEC
Thanks!
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posted on
12/16/2007 7:25:08 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: randog
No - he put $50K in it on top of his purchase price. He is in for around $500K. The offer would have been about a 50% profit... not too bad.
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posted on
12/16/2007 7:30:57 AM PST
by
TheBattman
(God, please help us to elect a Godly and patriotic man for President in 08, Amen.)
To: Zakeet
The current owner watched too many “Flip that House” shows. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and sell for a loss. /s
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posted on
12/16/2007 8:01:54 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
To: Welsh Rabbit
Well said, post #16. A lot of these athletes go into professional sports and try to “keep it real” by hanging out with the losers they grew up with. If I would have made it big in sports, I would have promptly told my “friends” to get bent.
To: Zakeet
The authorities should have seized the property, which was used in the commission of a crime. It’s done every day when cars are seized when the driver is engaged in soliciting prostitution , drug sales and various other crimes.
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posted on
12/16/2007 8:30:16 AM PST
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: Welsh Rabbit
Or Elvis’ Graceland comes to mind.
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posted on
12/16/2007 8:36:43 AM PST
by
MissEdie
(On the Sixth Day God created Spurrier)
To: Zakeet
The real problem,
there is an unknown number of unmarked shallow graves containing very large dog corpses on the property.
Each spring during the muddy season those bones could pop up anywhere on the property.
And as Stephen King warned us, you don’t go building a home on top of a pet cemetery.
To: Zakeet
Who the hell wants to live on the former site of Dogschwitz?
To: Zakeet
The disgraced NFL star has lost millions in endorsement deals and will lose the final $71 million of his Falcons contract. He also might have to repay the team nearly $20 million
It boggles the mind how much entertainers get paid in this country. I wonder how much cancer researchers are paid?
To: Welsh Rabbit; Ditter
Here's a shot of the property:
The investor forgot the primary rule of real estate, "location, location, location". The home is in Surry county which is in the middle of nowhere. Vick is from there, and built there, but the place is pretty isolated.
To: Darnright
The style is not bad as McMansions go but it is difficult to tell what it is constructed of (wood siding painted white?). What does the inside look like? There is NO landscaping and while it may be in a remote area it is not secluded at the end of a winding scenic drive. 15 acres sounds like a lot of land if you are accustomed to living in the city but it really isn’t much to protect your home from somethings that a neighbor in the country might do on his land, hunt, raise hogs to mention a couple. All of the things that are missing would appeal to a person looking for a mansion in the country.
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posted on
12/16/2007 1:33:26 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: Darnright
Another pic:
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posted on
12/16/2007 1:50:40 PM PST
by
maggief
To: maggief
Not too shabby for a $35,000 property as we were told at the beginning of this saga.
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posted on
12/16/2007 2:05:34 PM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
To: Zakeet
he probably has to sell it to pay for all the fines
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:20:27 PM PST
by
RDTF
(Remember Pearl Harbor)
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