I found someone I hate even worse than Trump, and yes that's possible

[jmowreader]

It's the jackals who wholesale houses.

Right now I've got three of those bastards sending me letters all the time - I get one about once every three days - offering me money to buy my house right now.

My house is EXTREMELY customized, and because of the modifications I've done to it, it's worth somewhere between $500k and $600k. The jackals are offering half that.

I'm in no money troubles, but I'm concerned about the people who are that might fall for these assholes trying to steal their homes.

[usonian]

1. Half? I got some offers for a couple of hundred!!! Dollars, not even thousands of dollars.

Morons included their email addresses, back in the days when I knew how to access the email spambot.

But they must have enjoyed the thousands of recipes I signed them up for.

I get SF Bay Area radio and it's nonstop "Sell your home, an offer within 6 hours. No painting, cleaning etc"

I can't imagine the lowball offers.

[Maraya1969]

2. They have repeatedly contacted me but my efforts at blocking seem to be working some

I want to sell in the future and I will tell you that I will wait until I can sell to a family and not some jerk who will rent this house to college kids or others who will not take care of it.

[PJMcK]

3. We got an offer for my late mother-in-law's house

It’s in an upscale neighborhood in a tony suburb of D.C. The neighborhood comps were $800K -&950K. The vultures offered $400K “as is.”

Thankfully, my SIL (the executor) wisely told them to “piss off!”

[2naSalit]

4. I used to get them...

For the state owned rental property I lived in.

[JI7]

5. We need laws and regulations for certain homes

Some homes should only be sold to those that will live there and can't rent out. Or limit it such as just a bedroom can be rented out or something which could be a little extra money for those living there but not enough to turn it into a rental business for people that will not live there.

[gypsy11]

6. Airbnb investors

Are pretty bad too. I’m not talking about a person renting out a room in their house that they live in for some extra cash. I’m talking about the investors that are creating little boutique hotel empires out of every single entry-level priced single family home they can get their grubby little hands on. It’s a real problem in so many areas.

For example: where I live? I’ve watched the number of “entire home” full-time (that is, no one ever actually lives there) Airbnb's EXPLODE from a few hundred houses in 2021 to a few thousand in 2025. That’s a few thousand families that are shit out of luck as far as housing goes. In ONE small city.

I don’t think people realize how awful this is for communities. It breaks a social contract, drives up the cost of housing (both rents AND sales), and absolutely obliterates neighborhoods.

Stay at an actual hotel in places zoned for commercial use.

[jmowreader]

8. AirBNB is an unregulated hotel

Just as Lyft and Uber are unregulated taxis AirBNB and VRBO are unregulated hotels…which means the customer has very little protection at all against unscrupulous operators.

[gypsy11]

9. Excellent point

People who stay at short term rentals have little to no protection against unscrupulous operators. If something happens, you’re pretty much on your own. The LLC the operators use as “owners” on these places insulate them (and their profit) from harm/loss.

[PCIntern]

7. I have some fun with these assholes who call and I mistakenly answer,

or if I’m feeling argumentative i deliberately with malice aforethought answer:

I wait patiently and then say, “I am asking 1.7 million for my property, firm.” And then go quiet. They tell me then that that’s ridiculous and I answer them, “First, you cold-called me. Second, I’m a capitalist and seek a profit of great magnitude if I were to have to move, because it’s gotta be worth my time and energy. Yeah, and goodbye to you.”

I never hear from that company again.