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Possible home buyer taking pictures of neighbors house???

I am in the process of selling my home. It’s quite small - around 900 square foot house on a .2 acre lot. We have made many upgrades to our house and I would like to think it looks quite nice. The down side: directly across the street is a large house that is not maintained well at all. Neighbors mow 1x per month, lots of stuff/junk on the porch, a junk car tucked into the weeds, etc. I was outside watering my flowers this morning when two men stop and ask some basic questions about my home: lot size, days on the market, etc. they state that they are looking for a weekend home (I’m about 100 miles outside of NYC so that’s very common in my area). Several hours later these same people return except they get out of the car quickly and using a professional/semi-professional camera take several pictures of the dilapidated house across the street and drive away. Anyone have any idea why they would be taking these pictures? Note: we have had two buyers rescind offers after seeing the neighboring house on later visits. I’m very anxious first-time home seller so I may be reading too much into it but I’ve been trying to read the scenario all day in my head.

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