As a realtor, Kim Geffrard (@kimkgeffrard) is likely used to unusual properties. However, it looks like this two-bed Miami apartment, which will set you back by $3,000, takes the biscuit.
In this viral clip, which has amassed 5.4 million views, Kim brings users into the apartment, which, while spacious, has an open trash bag in the middle of the room with trash strewn on the floor.
“So y’all, I just came to this unit and I’m like, dang, they couldn’t clean up before I come,” she began. “Whatever, it’s cool. I come outside and I notice I’m right in front of the jail.” The camera then pans to a prison building directly opposite the apartment window, with prisoners playing basketball in the courtyard visible below.
“Look, you see?” she says, before hollering at the prisoners, who enthusiastically shout back. “That is so funny,” she said. “They’re playing basketball down there, and they have a perfect view of this unit.”
“So yeah, for only $3,000, you and your best friend can rent this two-bedroom, two-bath unit at downtown 5th Miami. Corner unit, lots of natural lighting. You know, everything else gonna get cleaned up; it’s just the view. You know, if you don’t mind having friendly neighbors, they’re right here. They’re right here.”
Kim didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment and email.
@kimkgeffrard Only in Miami do prisoners have the same $3000 view as you ??? #miamirealtor #downtownmiami ♬ original sound – Kim K
Commenters couldn’t believe it
Some commenters expressed concerns about the safety aspect, with one user writing, “This is so dangerous.” Another wrote that “the rent should actually be CHEAPER just because of [the prison],” to which Kim replies, “It is!!! $3000 is a deal.”
But not all commenters were convinced this was a good deal, with a third saying, “$3k to have the same view as the inmates? I’d rather go to jail for free, hell.”
A fourth agreed, pairing the comment “$3000 for the view of a prison” with stunned, blushing emojis.
Elsewhere, commenters were also puzzled by the location side of things. “Why is a jail in the middle of the city?” a fifth asked, while a sixth speculated, “Downtown? Girl, I think that’s the federal prison.”
Do apartments near prisons get a rent reduction?
While the rental cost of this Miami apartment might seem pretty steep, properties near correctional facilities typically have a reduced value.
A study by North Carolina State University PHD candidate Allyson Emblom-Hooe found that the opening of a new facility decreases nearby property values by 20%.
The data also shows that the further the properties are from prisons, the more their value increases.
Emblom-Hooe points to a number of reasons as to why this happens, including safety concerns, worries about noise, “civic pride,” the possibility of escaped convicts, and the fear of prisoners’ family members moving in nearby.
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