DMV - DC - Homeless person - Set up shop - Right before Sale

[Aaron Hughes]

Hello,

My name is Aaron, my brother & I have been renovating my Grandma’s house and are now at the point of Sale.

Days before, a homeless man set up shop a few houses up from ours.

Setting: Neighborhood In SE, DC. The house is on the outer street with woods across the street, and a recreation center on the other side of the woods.

The man has set up shop at the edge of the woods a few houses up the street.

I’m sure this is a huge deterrent for most when buying a house; it would give me pause as well.

What should I do?

What can I do?

Has anyone been in a similar situation?

Please help!

Thank you very much!

Respectfully,

Aaron

[Russell Brazil]

Have you considered hiring him to pull rickshaws?

[Russell Brazil]

Nothing you can do about it. Control what you can, ignore what you can't.

[Justin Lanciault]

so he is down the street from the house and not in it? I'd call that a win. 

[Bruce Lynn]

1. Pay to get him a hotel room in a far away location.

2.  Ask social workers/homeless out reach to come check on him.

3.  Buy him a bus ticket to a new destination he would like to go.  Meet him at the station.

[Jason Mileshko]

You could try to help him out. 

[Bruce Woodruff]

You could call the cops and let them do their job....part of which is charging him with loitering, vagrancy, Etc....and part of which would be getting him some social services help.

[Bruce Woodruff]

Originally posted by @Jason Mileshko:

You could try to help him out. 

 Headsmack.....

The OP is trying to conduct a business here, not start a charity. Although we all could help our less fortunate brethren, your advice does not offer any solution for the victim (the OP).

[Jason Mileshko]

Originally posted by @Bruce Woodruff:

Originally posted by @Jason Mileshko:

You could try to help him out. 

 Headsmack.....

The OP is trying to conduct a business here, not start a charity. Although we all could help our less fortunate brethren, your advice does not offer any solution for the victim (the OP).

 Good point, however I think that business and charity can overlap and serve each other in most cases. Below is an idea of how I might handle this situation.

1. Have a conversation with the individual (human), don't look at them as vermin to be removed. This will provide information on what they're doing there, where their head is at, etc.

2. Use that information to come up with a solution, work out some kind of deal. Maybe this person wants to get somewhere better, maybe you know of a better spot for them to go, a shelter, more suitable environment, etc.

3. Spend some money to help facilitate that transaction and help the person solve a problem.

[Bruce Woodruff]

@Jason Mileshko Well you go ahead and do just that then. With your own property. The OP has a problem he needs to solve, and fast......

[Jason Mileshko]

Originally posted by @Bruce Woodruff:

@Jason Mileshko Well you go ahead and do just that then. With your own property. The OP has a problem he needs to solve, and fast......

 I'm actually trying to help the OP, the best way to deal with this sort of issue is to have a conversation with the individual, figure out what is going on, it might be crazy for you to think but homeless people, are in fact also 'people', many are reasonable, intelligent and good. They OP may be able to help the individual get some help and thus solving his problem at the same time. I'm not sure how you don't see the logic in this Bruce, it's as though you want to jump to the most extreme option first.