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From Anonymoose: “This is to the person who hopes people move out of town after the assessment….Be careful what you wish for…Those moving in are using their homes as rentals properties …3/4 of the town is for rent… You just might get the other 1/4 rented too!”
Anonymoose is referring to a prior commenter who said that rising real estate taxes could be a good thing if it stimulated the owners of derelict houses to sell.
His assertion above that 75% of OG houses are rental properties seems absurd, and Anonymoose did not identify the source of that statement. No one should accept what he says without verification. However it is being posted here as a stimulus to learn more about the issue of rentals in the Grove.
I actually thought that there were less rental properties due to the trend of new owners whose properties are second homes that are actually used by the owners.
If there is anyone out there from the real estate community who can tell us what percent of residences in the Grove is for rent, please let us know. Or perhaps some of you out there who pay attention to real estate in town might have an idea.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger
BILLY JOEL “Movin’ Out”
My Broadway block has 9 houses on the north side, zero rentals; on the south side of 7 houses two are rented seasonally.
Our south side block has two two-famiiy rental homes; one of these homes is rented in the summer. Additionally, there are two single-family rental cottages, which are both year-round rentals.
Four homes are owner occupied by year-round residents. The rest are second homes belonging to “summer and weekend” residents.
My block has 11 houses. 6 are rented to one degree or another (two family or seasonal.)
Thanks Chris. This is great–a new kind of crowd sourcing for small towns. Let’s have some more sample blocks.
On my block are 7 rentable spaces but only one is rented. The rest are owner occupied.
Maybe we can start a new trend to use our real names when the subject matter does not require privacy. Of course, anonymity remains an option for all comments.
There are 15 single or two family homes on my block, and five are rented to one degree or another (mostly seasonal).
We may be able to come up with our own estimate with some random samples. My block has 11 lots and 6 of them are either fully or partially rented.