We recently met several of our 'neighbors' on Winona.

In an ironic twist of fate, one woman's name was Debbie and has an uncanny resemblance to sister Debbie. She has a few kids and lives a couple doors down.

She gave us the scoop on the neighborhood -- including lots of dirty details about the previous owners of our house. She echoed much of what the police man told us who visited one day while we were working.

Gangs. Drugs. Big dogs. Graffeti.

Needless to say, she and our other neighbors are thrilled to see someone coming in and cleaning up the place. Seems like everyone is really nice, protective of the neighborhood. It will make a nice spot for a family of renters.