Drive around Milwaukee and it’s not hard to find someone willing to buy your house.
They advertise on small, often-handwritten signs stuck into the grass or tied onto light poles. There’s usually a phone number. Sometimes a reminder that the unnamed sign creator will take your house in any condition.
Kathe Hoffman lives in Glendale and says she sees the signs around the city all the time. And she gets incessant mailers with offers to buy her home — even though she’s not selling…