Ugly Houses
Saturday, September 15th, 2007I was in Queens last week, on Jamaica Avenue, and saw a bright yellow and red billboard for “We Buy Ugly Houses.Com” — the link forwards to homevestors.com, with links for buying and selling. The page orginally served up a “why sell” link — and it states:
“HomeVestors franchisees buy houses at a discount. But when they buy your house, they will: Pay cash; Pay most normal closing costs; Buy “as is”; Typically close fast.”
They seem to have a few things for sale on Staten Island, Westchester and surrounding areas.
Seems poised to cash in on the mortgage crisis. It may have been present in this area for a long time, but I had not seen any major advertising from this company before.
And they are using a caveman, à la Geico.
