Cleaning Up Foreclosed Homes After the Mortgage Crisis

Junk haulers expand their business in the wake of evictees leaving behind houses in terrible condition

"I've been so busy doing foreclosures, I've felt like quitting [the clinic], and doing it full time," Correa says. "Somebody's got to do it."

In the last year and a half, Correa says he's learned a lot about the foreclosure market. He has even thought about getting his real estate license and selling the foreclosed homes after he clears them out.

Victor Correa is thinking about quitting his day job to clean foreclosed homes full time.
Daniel Kramer
Victor Correa is thinking about quitting his day job to clean foreclosed homes full time.
The Bear Creek Meadows subdivision in northwest Houston has been hard hit by foreclosures.
Paul Knight
The Bear Creek Meadows subdivision in northwest Houston has been hard hit by foreclosures.

But for now, Correa says, he'll stick with his moneymaker — cleaning out a foreclosed home and leaving it behind, quick to move on to the next.

"Foreclosures have been around forever, but it's such a big business now," Correa says. "This is the time."

paul.knight@houstonpress.com

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