Want to live in a spy house?

From the Record:

Russian spy home in Montclair to be sold and renovated

Marquette Road is a quiet, sleepy block in the northern part of Montclair near the town’s border with Clifton. The kind of block where Russian spies could live without much notice.

Now, a home on the street, infamous for its former owners, will be getting a makeover.

A company that buys and “flips” homes has purchased the house at 31 Marquette Rd. and intends to renovate it before it goes back on the market.

The home’s former occupants were arrested in 2010 by the FBI, as part of a Russian spy ring that authorities said had operated for years in the U.S.

The case reportedly inspired the FX TV spy drama, “The Americans.”

The couple accused of bring Russian spies, who went by the aliases of Richard and Cynthia Murphy, purchased the home in 2008 for $481,000, according to tax records. Records show the home was bought for $100 by a mortgage association in 2015 and then a bank acquired it for $1 the following year, before being bought by North N.J. House Buyers in May.

Sandy Sorkin, a regular at Township Council meetings, has lived on the block since 1978. Sorkin said he was happy to see the house under new ownership.

“It would be nice to see it occupied, be nice to see something there. It would nice to have it back on the tax rolls,” Sorkin said. “This is a very nice neighborhood, lots of nice people, and I’m sure another nice family will move in there.”

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51 Responses to Want to live in a spy house?

  1. grim says:

    Someone in the Trump campaign should buy it.

  2. D-FENS says:

    In the commie town of Montclair? Funny

  3. JJ fanboy says:

    It figures commie spies would live in Montclair.

  4. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    @business

    Comm. Director Anthony Scaramucci suggests
    Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is
    behind White House leaks

  5. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    Et tu, Reince?

  6. D-FENS says:

    Holy Sh1t

    CalExit: California Attorney General Allows Secession Effort To Move Forward

    http://www.dailywire.com/news/19047/calexit-california-attorney-general-allows-john-nolte#exit-modal

  7. D-FENS says:

    Backstory….Right leaning groups in Northern CA have wanted to make their own state of “Jefferson State” for some time.

    http://stateofjefferson.com/

  8. D-FENS says:

    I think the feelings of the people in “Jefferson State” (AKA Northern CA) are much like the feelings of people in Upstate NY and parts of NW NJ and South NJ.

  9. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    @chrislhayes

    They’ve had seven years and they are writing the bill over lunch a day before they vote.

  10. joyce says:

    First link talks about the entire state, not the northern part.

    D-FENS says:
    July 27, 2017 at 9:19 am
    Holy Sh1t

    CalExit: California Attorney General Allows Secession Effort To Move Forward

    http://www.dailywire.com/news/19047/calexit-california-attorney-general-allows-john-nolte#exit-modal
    D-FENS says:
    July 27, 2017 at 9:22 am
    Backstory….Right leaning groups in Northern CA have wanted to make their own state of “Jefferson State” for some time.

    http://stateofjefferson.com/

  11. D-FENS says:

    Yes that’s correct.

  12. D-FENS says:

    I was making the point that there are regions within CA that want to remain part of the US but do not like CA state government.

  13. Steamturd supporting the Canklephate says:

    I think Moana’s brain seceded from his head shortly after birth.

    “Et tu, Reince?”

    This is supposed to be entertaining/original? What a dolt.

  14. ex-Jersey says:

    9:19 I told ya’ll we had enough o’ ur b.s.

  15. ex-Jersey says:

    Feds can Suck it.

  16. chicagofinance says:

    Finally a champion for Pump:

    HOT OFF THE PRESS – Introducing a new comic book superhero, who just happens to have Down syndrome. Meet Jonah, a teenager taunted by his classmates for being slow and nerdy… until he finds a meteor that gives him the power to subdue foes with superhuman strength, telekinesis and telepathy. This colorful superhero debuts in “Superb,” a new comic book from Rider University professor Sheena Howard. She tells Newsworks the world needs more heroes, fictional and real, who overcome their disabilities and prejudice. She seems like the real hero.

  17. Fast Eddie says:

    I told ya’ll we had enough o’ ur b.s.

    Who is “we”?

  18. D-FENS says:

    California. C’mon Gary keep up.

  19. Steamturd supporting the Canklephate says:

    Ha! I have sleazy pass and was super pissed when I recently crossed that joke of a bridge over the entrance of the Harlem River that they charge NY Passholders $2 for but $6 for out of state EZ Passholders.

  20. Fast Eddie says:

    Lol. I said “we” because (S)he makes it sound as if (S)he is a lifelong resident of California. It’s like me moving to Indiana (G0d forbid) next week and getting all Hoosier patriotic and sh1t.

  21. Steamturd supporting the Canklephate says:

    Thousand Oaks eh? Don’t go all Amanda Bynes on us now…ya hear?

  22. Not Steamy Turd says:

    Unfortunately, this fight was started by the NJTP/GSP EZ Pass. They gave preferential treatment to NJ EZ Pass. Charging more for all other state (think truckers). Other state’s EZ retaliated in kind.

    Steamturd supporting the Canklephate says:
    July 27, 2017 at 2:34 pm
    Ha! I have sleazy pass and was super pissed when I recently crossed that joke of a bridge over the entrance of the Harlem River that they charge NY Passholders $2 for but $6 for out of state EZ Passholders.

  23. 3b says:

    He seemed happier when he lived in NJ. Go figure!

  24. chicagofinance says:

    Gary: It’s Essex ….the Kentucky hick stuck in the 1980’s with the Pharma Bro’s moral compass…….

    Fast Eddie says:
    July 27, 2017 at 2:48 pm
    Lol. I said “we” because (S)he makes it sound as if (S)he is a lifelong resident of California. It’s like me moving to Indiana (G0d forbid) next week and getting all Hoosier patriotic and sh1t.

  25. Grim says:

    Murphy picked Oliver? Oh jeez.

    BOHICA NJ

    Essex is going to look like a genius for getting the hell out.

  26. Fast Eddie says:

    ChiFi,

    I know who it is. :)

  27. The whitest guy says:

    “Murphy picked Oliver? Oh jeez.”

    Smartest pick ever to raise our taxes to the moon. Just watch everyone.

  28. Comrade Nom Deplume, The GOAT says:
  29. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    @michaelluo

    .@Scaramucci called @RyanLizza and unloaded on Priebus and Bannon and threatened to fire entire WH comms shop. newyorker

  30. The Original NJ ExPat says:


    The Original NJ ExPat says:
    May 17, 2017 at 9:50 am
    Nearly 5.2% yield on VZ right now.

    The Original NJ ExPat says:
    June 12, 2017 at 8:29 am
    Stock pick of the day: NGLOY

  31. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    “Scaramucci also told me that, unlike other senior officials, he had no interest in media attention. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own co ck,” he said, speaking of Trump’s chief strategist. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the fu cking strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.” (Bannon declined to comment.)

  32. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    @TheRickWilson

    Does anyone else think Scaramucci might be hoovering up a little Bolivian marching powder before these manic interviews?

  33. ex-Jersey says:

    2:48 what an idiot. CalExit is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a while, and while most places look at California and it’s fondness for illegal aliens it’s comical to watch all of these nonsense unfold. No I don’t think CA should secede. DumbAzz.

  34. ex-Jersey says:

    But I will say this, the Sh*t show that your hero Trump has brought to Washington is super duper entertaining. Let me know when we are great. K?

  35. ex-Jersey says:

    5:37 serve the Country what?

  36. 3b says:

    Yeah it’s a circus. And nothing is getting done. Had Clinton won no circus I assume but some scandals but still nothing would get done. So who cares?

  37. ex-Jersey says:

    The reason I care is that we are really and truly screwed.

  38. Fabius Maximus says:

    Is this the greatness Gary?

    Senate Republicans hope their own Obamacare repeal won’t become law
    GOP senators want assurances the health bill they pass will serve as a start to negotiations with the House.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/obamacare-repeal-republicans-status-241025

  39. 3b says:

    We have been screwed a long time now. This is just another manifestation of it. This did not start with Trump. He is but a reaction to the decline. As soon as those who deem themselves liberal accept this we can perhaps move forward. Left right it’s broken. And both sides are to blame.

  40. ex-Jersey says:

    Perhaps, but one side promising solutions is at the helm. I didn’t expect a lot from Trump, but what a tooooool.

  41. Fabius Maximus says:

    There are some great posts in my Twitter feed.
    https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/890614038748516352

  42. ex-Jersey says:

    thanks McCain….

  43. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    @petersuderman

    No repeal. No replace. No skinny repeal.

    Despite years of promises, Republicans had no shared health policy goals, and it showed.

  44. D-FENS says:

    When does the Menendez trial start?

  45. Grab them by the puzzy says:

    Michael Moore

    @MMFlint

    Republicans crash and burn.
    Thousands of lives saved.
    The only fix to Obamacare now is to make it single-payer Medicare for All.

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