Huge Detroit Mansion Offered At $285,000

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Huge Detroit Mansion Offered At $285,000

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There are few places other than Detroit where someone can buy a large mansion, built in 1900 with six bedrooms and four baths within 5,500 square feet for $285,000. The home is promoted as “within minutes of downtown”, which ironically why it is so inexpensive.

506 Parkview Dr, Detroit is only a short walk to the Detroit River where it flows around Belle Isle. It is in a section of the city called the “Gold Coast”, which was probably true at some time. It is only a walk to some of the worst parts of the city, where thousands of homes are abandoned, and some have been bulldozed into the ground.

The front door is framed by massive pillars. Most of the inside appears to be in good shape with polished wood floors, leaded windows, and a substantial fireplace. However, some of the interior appears to be made of cheap wood, and not the original. The outside of the home is a mess.

Detroit is, by most measures, the poorest large city in the U.S. Twenty-two percent of the households have income under $10,000. Medina household income is below $26,000. Over 40% of the population lives below the poverty level.

It is a hard sell to get anyone with a high income to move into Detroit. Granted, the downtown has been rebuilt to some extent, and their are pockets of economic renaissance, but they are small.

506 Parkview Dr, Detroit will find it tough to find a buyer, particularly at a relatively high price

The listing

Emagine yourself living in a 5500 square feet house in one of Detroits’ most emerging neighborhood. This 6 bedroom house can become home to you and your very deserving family. Come see what the excitement is about and say Hello to the Mayor, because this homes in right down the street for the Manoogian Mansion!

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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