City of Buffalo not getting it

You know, browsing through David Torke’s page, wherein he details his urban explorations - a key question arose.

If the City of Buffalo - a city that’s insolvent and under the watchful eye of a control board - has all these decrepit yet fixable properties available for sale, why isn’t it actively marketing them? Not even so much as a “for sale” sign. Hell, they could stick it on eBay and at least get some interest. Or they could make a deal with a realtor to market them for a heavily discounted commission - or the city could hire a licensed real estate agent to market it on the city’s own behalf via MLS, etc.

It just seems like a waste.

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