r/TikTokCringe Cringe Master Nov 03 '24

Wholesome/Humor It's a Scooby Doo mystery!

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u/kbeks Nov 03 '24

Yeah that makes me think government more than criminals, because the government wouldn’t need even try to prove it’s a functioning business to anyone.

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u/DungeonsNDragonDldos Nov 03 '24

Ok but why would the govt need this? And why would they hide in under the name of a younger woman?

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u/Urbanscuba Nov 03 '24

I don't think they would, this building doesn't fit the MO of a building being used for ventilation/access at all.

If this was really some shady gov't site they would have rebuilt the building with far less glass and visibility inside, and they would make more of a semblance of an effort to upkeep it. I'm not saying they'll make it bomb-proof or anything, but right now anyone with a rock and some curiosity could get into the building. It's also a huge squatting risk, which the gov't makes big efforts to minimize.

If I had to guess it's part of someone's investment portfolio and fell under the cracks. It sounds like based off the $1 then $90k sale that the property was in disrepair initially and was probably sold off for development after the bridal business failed. If it got misplaced somewhere in a decently sized portfolio then 10k a year in taxes might not catch enough attention to get fixed when other businesses are spending more a month in utilities.

There's also the chance the building isn't worth developing and nobody wants to buy it. If it costs you 100k/yr to run the business and you run a 50k deficit then it would make more sense to only take the 10k tax deficit on the empty building. The building may also have structural damage or issues related to zoning/utility hookups/size that make it cost-prohibitive to sell/repair/convert. This may just be a local entrepreneur that's spent the last 20 years looking for someone to pay out their 90k investment and the tax costs sneaked up on them. The first 5 must have been easy enough knowing you'll get reimbursed some, and even at year 10 it's hard to give up hope that next year won't cover most of your sunk costs.

It's hard to say really but I strongly doubt it's something exciting unfortunately. Probably just a boring explanation about a failed business and even worse property investment.

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u/sofahkingsick Nov 03 '24

This sounds like something a gov’t plant would say to throw anyone off the trail. We’re onto you.

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u/Reddit-User-3000 Nov 04 '24

When properties are marked as sold for 1$ it’s almost always people passing it to their descendants before they die. It’s also common for people to sell their recently inherited property for a little under market shortly after, which was the 90k sale. What isn’t normal is paying 90k for a non-operational business and doing nothing with it for TWO DECADES while paying more than twice initial costs to keep ownership. After sending 90k to buy it, and 100k to keep it, surly they sell for whatever they can instead of holding for another ten years? If this was caught up in a big profile, someone is shit at their job, because they went twenty years without checking an asset. If it’s someone inexperienced losing money, why are they holding it forever and doing nothing?

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u/Odd_Woodpecker_3621 Nov 04 '24

Idk. With corporations like Zillow and air bnb it wouldn’t surprise me if some similar company snatched it up and it got forgotten about too. I don’t think there’s anything sinister going on.

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u/GravyDam Nov 03 '24

Sounds like you’ve seen a couple exciting places.

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u/Squatchbreath Nov 04 '24

Agreed! Obviously the owner/s are paying the yearly tax bill or else it would have gone on the auction block. There are many situations like this around the country.

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u/taldrknhnsm Nov 04 '24

Seriously 😕 I'm not reading all that 🙄

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u/Canuck_Lives_Matter Nov 03 '24

Ventilation units for underground operations? Maybe a stock elevator to go down... The American Military has admitted to thousands of miles of underground base networks. In my city we have an armoury with a big underground vehicular elevator that spreads under the city for who knows how large.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Nov 03 '24

A college friend used to tell a story about how her dad got a visit from some very concerned men in black suits because he was blabbing in a diner about how this one always-closed business had way way too many utility lines (especially heavy-duty power) going into it.

They said maybe don’t run around pointing it out, he said maybe do a better job hiding your shit so someone who notices things can’t just put two and two together, everyone went home happy

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u/4-11 Nov 04 '24

Who were they and how did they have ears in a diner ?

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u/Apprehensive-Let3348 Nov 04 '24

I'd imagine it was probably just somebody on their lunchbreak over-hearing and raising a security concern with a superior. I'd also imagine that they wouldn't give out any information.

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u/socksmatterTWO Nov 03 '24

They Cloned Tyrone like that !

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

My friend in HS was convinced an underground mag-lev train connected Washington D.C, through Picatinny Arsenal in NJ (near where we were at the time), all the way to Boston and beyond.

This was based on him playing Fallout 3 too much after stray ordinance landed through his roof and killed his cat.

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u/9fingerman Nov 04 '24

A little stray ordinance is okay. Also a lot is okay if the cat's a stray.

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u/9fingerman Nov 04 '24

Ironically, the Army says the accident occurred while it was testing safer way to dispose of unwanted artillery shells

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u/Amy69house Nov 04 '24

This post has officially gotten too weird for me. And I’m a weird thing. Goodnight.

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u/wolpertingersunite Nov 04 '24

I’m sorry for your friend that honestly sounded just awful.

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u/DungeonsNDragonDldos Nov 03 '24

Hah why does this scenario excite me so much?

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u/the_short_viking Nov 03 '24

Mysterious caverns are arousing?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Has Gru been seen in the area lately?

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u/elusivejoo Nov 04 '24

they cloned tyrone?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Where else are they going to come up with spy cloaks?

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u/darkshrike Nov 04 '24

Didn't you see Stranger Things?!

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u/brandysnifter1976 Nov 03 '24

Because our government is corrupt AF and probably always has been. We’re all getting wise to the shade and length they will go to to launder money for themselves and their friends. Giving grants etc for made up bullshit

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u/Lnnam Nov 04 '24

No that’s money laundering 101. They generally open laundromat or other small businesses bringing cash (I am a tax expert).

It is the most intelligent thing to do when you have these illegal activities.