@PooPopsBaldHead can maybe fill you in on the details, but I'd be extremely mindful about purchasing houses built in 60s/70s. Certainly not saying they're all duds or anything.
You have to be careful of foundation issues West of downtown or not far past it. Lots of issues in Green Oaks, the neighborhoods behind WalMart and along Stark Rd. We looked at one on Clements for a game day house and you could put a golf ball on one wall and it would roll to the wall opposite it by itself. I've got co-workers that have repaired theirs in Green Oaks and its failing already again and the contractor is ghosting them. Not saying there aren't some out that way that are ok but you have to really be careful.
If you are dead set on that price range you’re probably going to be disappointed. 50+ year old 3BR/2BA houses with foundation issues are selling for $275K-$300K right now in Starkville.
@greenbean.sixpack
We lived in Green Oaks for six years and constantly had settlement cracks over our door frames and windows. Was really frustrating to look at every day. Paid thousands to have foundation repairs done and that didn’t really fix much.
I had never heard of any issues out that way but our realtor warned us and we saw a lot of it. It continues on out towards Adaton and Longview as well
We have a condo next to the leasing office in Highlands Plantation that we'll be listing soon. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2025 square feet. We've used it as a game-day house and have rented it on AirBnB with good success. Selling it fully furnished for $250k.
I've never heard anything bad about them, we looked at several in that neighborhood
Damnnnn
Hell, I'm more a drinker/partier than they are
. Cowbells isn't currently open is it?How is that area? Any issues with theft or unruly neighbors (outside of the college crowd)? My last ride through, appeared to be less maintained than other rental complexes. Was looking at couple of investment properties at the time.
You talking about Pleasant Acres? I owned a home in there for about 6 years and loved it. The house was built in 1962 and we got it for 75/foot. We put about 50,000 into it over 5 years and sold it for 120,000 more than what we bought it. It's a great neighborhood, but it is mainly homeowners with very few rentals. I know of a few times SPD came to the neighborhood for rental homes getting a little too loud. If we ever moved back to Starkville, we would start out home search there.
The front half of the Highlands is really nice, mostly quiet and you don't have much to worry about. The further you get back into the highlands the worse it gets.
No problems in our part of Highlands. We’re right next to the leasing office near the main entrance. Quiet, safe, etc.
