One out of every 535 properties in Cleveland is foreclosed, but what happens after? In many of the properties, Chuck Taylor comes.
CLEVELAND — Cleveland is top in the nation when it comes to foreclosed properties, according to ATTOM, the largest online marketplace for foreclosed properties. One out of every 535 properties in the city is foreclosed.
“I’ve been working in this industry for over 20 years,” he added. “It’s people from all over that are trying to buy properties in Cleveland, and they need somebody like me, a boots-on-the-ground type individual, to be able to show them what’s going on in the property, as well as secure it and protect it as best I can.”“Some of the out-of-state, and even out-of-country investors, they are the ones buying up the properties that no one wants.
“People buy properties that have people living in them and shouldn’t be, and so, I also step in and do that. We also provide eviction assistance and squatter removal as needed,” said Taylor.News 5 rode along with Taylor to different properties in Garfield Heights. One of those properties had squatters living inside. Taylor is working for the new owner, who said the squatters are not on a lease and have not paid any type of rent in months.
The squatters did not come out of the house when we were out with Taylor on Tuesday, but a neighbor, Ward Howard, did, and thanked Taylor for his help.“I went up to the building department just last week, complaining about that,” said Howard. “Everybody takes care of the property on this street, every now and again we get people who are disruptive.”
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