Category Archives: Midtown

Midtown, Sacramento Warehouse for Sale – Only for someone with vision

1709 18th St., Sacramento CA 91811

$439,000

To be blunt, this warehouse is a hovel – a shell of a building that needs someone that can work some magic.

Currently grungy and dreary   

With Your Vision, Dreams and Creativity….

 


 

Keith Klassen – Real Estate Broker

916.669.9030

 

Potential New Housing Development in Alkali Flats (Midtown, Sacramento CA)

I love seeing new development that fills in blighted areas, increases sustainability, and fit in with the area.  The plan includes mixed use development to include commercial, affordable housing (town homes), and parking. This would be wonderful to see in the Alkali Flats/Mansion Flats area upgraded and fulfill its potential.  Supposedly there has been attempted development on these lots a hand full of times over the last 18 years.  Read the details

Enjoy,

Keith Klassen – Real Estate Broker

916.669.9030

Serial Killer’s Home for Sale – Midtown, Sacramento

There is already a lot of attention on this one!  I’ll just give it a little more.  The house at 1426 F St. is now bank owned and on the market.  This would be one creepy listing to take on.

When I first moved to Midtown, Sacramento (Boulevard Park) in the early 2000′s I heard the stories of Dorthea Puente – especially because I had some friends that lived on the same block.  As the story goes, in the late 1980′s, Dorthea, an older woman in her late 50′s, ran a boarding house with other elderly folks living there as borders.  The live-ins did not have family or others that cared for them … the perfect situation for Dorthea to poison them and continue to collect their social security checks.  Over time she got caught and the police dug up seven bodies in the backyard!  Supposedly the neighbors had complained about a continued stench coming from her property over the years.  And finally the social workers got suspicious when their clients began to disappear. Dorthea is in currently in prison  – serving a life sentence for murder.  For a fuller story, check out this recent article or this one for more details – or just search Dorthea Puente.

As disclosure laws go, one has to be up front with the history of a property, especially when it is as notorious as this one.  And it would be hard to hide this one in the backyard.  It’s interesting to note that the yard has been paved over – sort of like, let’s seal in whatever might lie beneath the surface.

Would you buy a home where a serial killer resided?

Is it going to sit on the market?  Or sell quickly?

Enjoy,

Keith Klassen – Real Estate Broker

916.669.9030