by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Dec 9, 2015 | Vacant Property
As the temperature drops, vacant properties in distressed areas are especially vulnerable to squatters, fire and criminal activities. Homeless individuals, seeking shelter from the dropping temperatures and piling snow often seek shelter in vacant homes and buildings....
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Nov 17, 2015 | Vacant Property
AURORA, Ind. — Police are investigating a string of copper thefts hitting at least 11 vacant Aurora homes within the last month. Aurora Police Chief Josh Daughtery said investigators believe all of the recent cases are connected, particularly because they have one...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Nov 16, 2015 | Detroit, Vacant Property
They’re easy to find and hard to ignore. In Detroit, many residents live and shop near hulking vacant buildings that have been abandoned for years, places that attract crime, vagrants, graffiti and scrappers. Many of these blighted buildings line well-traveled...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Oct 19, 2015 | Real Estate
Rising from the ashes of the 2007 housing market crash, is a thriving single-family rental market. Single-family rentals now comprise nearly 40% of the total rental market, this is not far off the multi-family rental marketshare which is 42%. (Source: CoreLogic) The...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Oct 19, 2015 | Community Outreach, News
DAWGS is always looking for ways to support the men and woman who have selflessly served the United States in military duty. In spring of this year, Chicago’s American Legion Post #2091 was in need of a new location. DAWGS donated time and materials to secure...