Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design

11 Comments

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   From jefe:

   Wait a minute, the Vietnamese organized crime ring had $6 million in “assets,” but they were too cheap to pay for their own electricity?

   August 23, 2012 at 10:07 am
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   From mel:

   Awesome reporting by the Leader! :-)

   August 23, 2012 at 10:27 am
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   From commonsense:

   Jefe, not too cheap, using too much “metered” electricity on a house of a given size is a dead giveaway that it’s a grow house. Power companies’ computers will red flag it. They even started monitoring “average use per house” behind certain transformers to catch people bypassing their own meters. I hear the new new Smart Meters even have a bypass feature that can detect if there’s too much juice flowing “behind” it.

   August 23, 2012 at 10:32 am
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   From Spoonman.:

   More clever solutions for a problem that shouldn’t exist.

   It’s not like eliminating this grow house had a measurable effect on pot availability. Just give up already.

   August 23, 2012 at 11:33 am
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   From joel:

   worthless efforts for sure, but it does give the departments involved a better record and thus good justification for keepiung their bloated budgets in tact.

   we should thank these dealers for keeping federal money flowing into houston.

   August 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm
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   From Cody:

   Best place for a growhouse: All bills paid apt complex. Can’t meter your unit. Pay ~$500-$600/month and grow away.
   .
   Just sayin’

   August 23, 2012 at 12:22 pm
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   From Spoonman.:

   Cody, I’m sure you’re joking with that, but be careful if you’re not – asset forfeitures can go on under some pretty flimsy justifications: Motel Owners in MA

   August 23, 2012 at 12:37 pm
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   From KC:

   It sounds like the best hope for the Battleship Texas is to get damaged by a hurricane.

   August 23, 2012 at 1:01 pm
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   From larrydierker:

   If you’re growing properly, the smell would be to much for an apartment complex.

   August 23, 2012 at 1:04 pm
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    From Benny Cargill:

    maybe turn Battleship Texas into a “grow ship”

    August 23, 2012 at 1:53 pm
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    From movocelot:

    that’s what I’m sayin!!
    The ‘Dome. Hydroponic medical dope.

    August 23, 2012 at 7:15 pm