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Buying/growing a former grow house?

Strainhunter

Tropical Outcast
Veteran
Honestly I am not sure of that. That was my next step. To find out if the growers were renting or they were the owners. But to put this much time/money into a rental would be pretty dumb/ballsy

Check public records for that.

And yeah unless it is "state legal" to grow where you live NEVER EVER grow in a rental. EVER!
 

Cheerful

Active member
Here's my experience looking at Public Records... the prop address will be shown, then the name & add where the prop tax bills are sent. If the two addresses are the same, then most likely the owner lived in the house. If the prop add is 123 Spliff St., Blue Dreams, CA, and the tax bills are sent to Joe Smith at 456 Straight St., Boring, TN, then the prop is likely used as a rental.
 

Strainhunter

Tropical Outcast
Veteran
Yeah, but what does he do with the guy's name? How does he know if the owner is the grower?

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You stated it has been vacant for over a year.

Look up who is listed in the deed. If it is BOA, Chase etc. it is a foreclosure.
If it is Joe Shmoe and has been so for over a year it obviously is the person who owned it while the grow op was happening.

You couldn't care less who was doing what on that property. However if you really wanted to know have the realtor contact Joe Shmoe and have him ask the questions to get the desired answers.

It's not rocket science.
 
cops follow people, not houses


we had issues throughout the two years we lived in a house because of the people before us and the trouble that followed them. Cops follow people's trails in "following people". Most people live in houses therefore cops visit houses. Good thing we were so stealthy, had a couple scares for sure! If there were cop problems there you should at least be aware of that and treat it as such. Stragglers were also found a couple times lurking around saying their friend lived out here etc. etc. Not trying to deter you from a potentially great situation, just proceed with caution. You never know what *any* new place will bring, and regardless of how clean or sketch this new place may be, you should always treat it like you have to be super stealthy anyway... Good luck~ Safety First! MissGD
 

paladin420

FACILITATOR
Veteran
Here's my experience looking at Public Records... the prop address will be shown, then the name & add where the prop tax bills are sent. If the two addresses are the same, then most likely the owner lived in the house. If the prop add is 123 Spliff St., Blue Dreams, CA, and the tax bills are sent to Joe Smith at 456 Straight St., Boring, TN, then the prop is likely used as a rental.
Yeap. Then maybe cross reference those names etc with court records/nexus. Just to kno u kno..
 
and by the way, its not like the feds were at our door. It was a pig salad of sheriff, troopers, whatever the categories are, that came by over the course of a couple years. it was different cops for different reasons for a couple different people doing a couple different things to a few different other shady people - that's kinda how it goes dude. Its not like its only a big deal if the feds are involved. All levels of law enforcement like to make money off us, and will if it is an easy target. careful now! I still say keep it legal, maybe you'll even get an opportunity to say, "I'm legal". Then you know you're clear after that. I'm sure you're not that important, and I'm saying that with love :) Work in to the space gradually. Blowing the mother fucker up is no piece of sage advice IMO. ~MGD
 

gaiusmarius

me
Veteran
sounds like the perfect setup to use a generator, ideally natural gas run, or even a diesel geni. then the whole power question is moot. you just have to source a couple of fuel suppliers, some people even use heating oil.
 

PoopyTeaBags

State Liscensed Care Giver/Patient, Assistant Trai
Veteran
blow it the fuck up...sounds like the previous owners/growers got into some problems. don't buy houses with drug money people..but you ain't them and they ain't you, so i'd so blow it up. crazy that they left the 2 a/c's they sound like 5 tons if it was for 30-40 lights. they ain't cheap..




lol thats 5 grand just in bulbs.... thats a killer op... wonder how they did the electric... probably stealing it... no way to light up 40 1k's without browning out the street hahaha... (jk but would a hellacoius power bill)
 

Dankgravy

Active member
and by the way, its not like the feds were at our door. It was a pig salad of sheriff, troopers, whatever the categories are, that came by over the course of a couple years. it was different cops for different reasons for a couple different people doing a couple different things to a few different other shady people - that's kinda how it goes dude. Its not like its only a big deal if the feds are involved. All levels of law enforcement like to make money off us, and will if it is an easy target. careful now! I still say keep it legal, maybe you'll even get an opportunity to say, "I'm legal". Then you know you're clear after that. I'm sure you're not that important, and I'm saying that with love :) Work in to the space gradually. Blowing the mother fucker up is no piece of sage advice IMO. ~MGD


I would definitely never blow it up. 5-6k will always be my maximum. Always under 90 # wise too..

But your situation is what I was worried about. However, I live in an extremely densely populated area so I'm thinking it might be less of a problem..
 

Dankgravy

Active member
like i said, if you can't answer this ? yourself without wasting legal growers time and server space, well then your........!


Uhhhh that is what this site is for. To ask questions and bounce ideas off others who have the same interests. And 90% of the people on here aren't legal.. I have a rec. Doesn't mean I'm legal.

No need to be a dick
 
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