Transformation at 6117 N. Cedar St.

Last September, 6117 N. Cedar St. was the second worst one Lee Arnold had ever been inside. Now, walking through the house at 6117 N. Cedar St., you’d never know the house was formerly occupied by a man who used a metal newspaper stand to burn beams he’d torn off the walls to stay warm. Arnold’s company, Cogo Capital poured six months into rehabbing the home.

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Mon., Feb. 20, 2017

Lee Arnold, founder and CEO of Cogo Capital walks through the backyard of a known problem house at 6117 N. Cedar St. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Spokane, Wash.

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Lee Arnold, founder and CEO of Cogo Capital walks through a known problem house at 6117 N. Cedar St. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Spokane, Wash.

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Lee Arnold, founder and CEO of Cogo Capital, walks through a known problem house at 6117 N. Cedar St. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Spokane, Wash.

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Kyle Campbell throws a TV out of a stairwell as he helps Lee Arnold, founder and CEO of Cogo Capital, clear a pathway through a known problem house at 6117 N. Cedar St. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Spokane, Wash.

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Lee Arnold of Cogo Capital walks through the basement of a problem house on N. Cedar last September. Arnold put $85,000 into the rehabilitation of the home.

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Kyle Campbell clears material out of a known problem house at 6117 N. Cedar St. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Spokane, Wash.

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This small house at 6117 N. Cedar St. in Spokane has been bought, refurbished and is selling soon, part of a program by the city to invite investors to buy abandoned, distressed and foreclosed homes. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

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This small house at 6117 N. Cedar St. in Spokane has been bought, refurbished like new and is selling soon, part of a program by the city to invite investors to buy abandoned, distressed and foreclosed homes. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

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Lee Arnold, real estate investor, sits in a newly-refurbished home Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in north Spokane and talks about how he is able to partner with the city of Spokane to find distressed and abandoned homes in need of refurbishing. The home at 6117 N. Cedar St. was one of the worst he’s seen, with a man living inside it long after the utilities were turned off, and it was packed with garbage and human feces. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

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A former unfinished basement of this small house at 6117 N. Cedar St. in Spokane now has been turned into two bedrooms and a bathroom, plus laundry room. The derelict house was bought, refurbished like new and is selling soon, part of a program by the city to invite investors to buy abandoned, distressed and foreclosed homes. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

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The dark interior of this small house at 6117 N. Cedar St. in Spokane has been turned into a light, airy space after it was bought, refurbished like new and put on the market. The house was full of garbage and human waste. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

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