Most of the REOs I've entered have about the same overall amenities — nasty/dirty carpet, holes in doors, slashed kitchen cabinets, closet doors stacked in a corner, and the forced air intake caked solid with dust bunny sculptures. However, to date, the most specialist strange thing encountered in an REO is in what my client and I have dubbed the "drug house."

It's an ordinary suburban neighborhood. The kitchen is actually functional. The carpet isn't too nasty. Our spirits improved after walking around the front. And then we entered a guest bedroom.

As usual, the closet doors are off. The carpet is gone with tack strips circling the concrete slab. The closet is missing a sheetrocked side and the other bedroom is visible through the hole. Embedded in the ceiling are industrial strength hooks, about five across in two rows. Half buried in the closet floor is a safe—-closed, combo facing upward. Someone obviously tried to take it with them but the jack hammering just wasn't quite sufficient. About 10 inches is sticking up from the foundation….the rest is still stuck.

There's a loose 220V outlet about 4 feet off the ground.

For some reason I don't think this one is going to pass FHA appraisal.