Trashed homes part of foreclosure crisis
Mounting foreclosures have created a cottage industry in Lee County: the trashout business.
Here’s how it works:
When a lender takes back a home in foreclosure, or a landlord kicks out a recalcitrant tenant, the trashout specialists are called in to clean up their mess.
AdvertisementJillian Miller, a real estate agent with Century 21 Sunbelt in Cape Coral, said when a lender retains her to sell a house, she typically has 48 hours to change the lock and a week to get an estimate on what the house would sell for in 30 days or less.