To him the house is a mess inside.Another area I was driving around, I stopped and talked to a neighbor that talked about the following houseshouse #1,  the man just died and she (I assume his wife) was putting it up for sale in Sept.house #2, just foreclosedhouse #3, had had a fire and the owner had been fighting with the bank for 2 years, but Zillow it says it is off the market, but no dateall 4 houses great areas.  

As we were walking around, a neighbor came by to tell us all about the house... the owner had died and the house had gone into foreclosure.  

Years ago, before the crash, before everybody and their neighbor started buying houses, you could get a deal on a HUD repo.

Otherwise, your neighbor has a legitimate beef.

Both the manager and the neighbors have been spreading the word. 

I'm an engineer near Gainesville so we are practically neighbors.

My standard response is that, 'no, you control your own costs and you don't have to subsidize your neighbors habits.'

My best tenants have came from driving by or referral from neighbors...

A neighbor's house was listed as "pre-foreclosure" on Zillow for months while the family lived in the home...

.- Usually the neighbors were nice and would look out for the house while vacant, they just wanted decent people to move in next to them and would often refer friends as potential renters (this can also be a negative).- At least in my market, easy to sell if you decide you want out.