Tupperware Photography & Red Ring Tinfoil (14)

I'll tell the ASPCT on you.

DWilkin wrote in post #7839815
Alright - the joke has gone on long enough. What did you do with the Chief?

Hey....it's my brother, come lookin' for me.

Howday, Bro.

We were in Las Vegas. Now we are not. We are back in the desert up to our armpits in alligators.

One of our tenants (very nice family) bought a house a couple months ago, and were supposed to close escrow on the new house on the 28th. We had nothibng to do with that transaction. Concurrently, they were to have moved out of our house as we had people ready to move in. They had moved everything out of our house, and had it stored in a rental truck sitting in their driveway. I think they've been sleeping on the floor. On the 28th, the wife called and said there was a slight delay on closing escrow on their new house, could they stay till Friday. I'm an old softie, so I said yes, Today, she called in tears, and said they weren't getting the new house. Apparently when they went to sign papers, their lender had added about $6,000 in previously undisclosed closing costs that they just don't have.

We have another house that's vacant, and is supposed to be sold in a few months, so we put them in there. They now think we walk on water. They don't speak enough English to understand completely what the $6,000 was for, but I think it was just a shady lender trying to squeeze them. Chances are, he couldn't get the financing he had promised, and never bothered to tell them until the day the sale was supposed to close. The worst part for them is they will probably lose their earnest money deposit due to liquidated damages.

Anyway, we rolled into town, and went straight over to meet with these folks, gave them a key to the new house, and now I'm back home, writing up a rental agreement for them, and then heading right back out to get it signed.

The Las Vegas trip was a bust financially, but it was a nice ride.

Belmondo wrote in post #7840330
Hey....it's my brother, come lookin' for me.

Howday, Bro.

We were in Las Vegas. Now we are not. We are back in the desert up to our armpits in alligators.

One of our tenants (very nice family) bought a house a couple months ago, and were supposed to close escrow on the new house on the 28th. We had nothibng to do with that transaction. Concurrently, they were to have moved out of our house as we had people ready to move in. They had moved everything out of our house, and had it stored in a rental truck sitting in their driveway. I think they've been sleeping on the floor. On the 28th, the wife called and said there was a slight delay on closing escrow on their new house, could they stay till Friday. I'm an old softie, so I said yes, Today, she called in tears, and said they weren't getting the new house. Apparently when they went to sign papers, their lender had added about $6,000 in previously undisclosed closing costs that they just don't have.

We have another house that's vacant, and is supposed to be sold in a few months, so we put them in there. They now think we walk on water. They don't speak enough English to understand completely what the $6,000 was for, but I think it was just a shady lender trying to squeeze them. Chances are, he couldn't get the financing he had promised, and never bothered to tell them until the day the sale was supposed to close. The worst part for them is they will probably lose their earnest money deposit due to liquidated damages.

Anyway, we rolled into town, and went straight over to meet with these folks, gave them a key to the new house, and now I'm back home, writing up a rental agreement for them, and then heading right back out to get it signed.

The Las Vegas trip was a bust financially, but it was a nice ride.

I doubt you walk on water, but you come pretty close to it.

T.D. wrote in post #7839190
No need to hurry, unless you just want to drool (which is totally fine). It won't be ready until 5ish.

Save me some... I can't make it by five. We're going to Lonnie's for dinner...

Change of plans... We'll be up after all. Lonnie hasn't gotten the steaks yet.

Belmondo wrote in post #7840330
Hey....it's my brother, come lookin' for me.

Howday, Bro.

We were in Las Vegas. Now we are not. We are back in the desert up to our armpits in alligators.

One of our tenants (very nice family) bought a house a couple months ago, and were supposed to close escrow on the new house on the 28th. We had nothibng to do with that transaction. Concurrently, they were to have moved out of our house as we had people ready to move in. They had moved everything out of our house, and had it stored in a rental truck sitting in their driveway. I think they've been sleeping on the floor. On the 28th, the wife called and said there was a slight delay on closing escrow on their new house, could they stay till Friday. I'm an old softie, so I said yes, Today, she called in tears, and said they weren't getting the new house. Apparently when they went to sign papers, their lender had added about $6,000 in previously undisclosed closing costs that they just don't have.

We have another house that's vacant, and is supposed to be sold in a few months, so we put them in there. They now think we walk on water. They don't speak enough English to understand completely what the $6,000 was for, but I think it was just a shady lender trying to squeeze them. Chances are, he couldn't get the financing he had promised, and never bothered to tell them until the day the sale was supposed to close. The worst part for them is they will probably lose their earnest money deposit due to liquidated damages.

Anyway, we rolled into town, and went straight over to meet with these folks, gave them a key to the new house, and now I'm back home, writing up a rental agreement for them, and then heading right back out to get it signed.

The Las Vegas trip was a bust financially, but it was a nice ride.

You are a good man Charlie Brown! I hate lenders that do that crap to people. It is an all too common occurrence here.

DAyum Tom! you're seriously good people (as if we didn't know already).

Woolburr wrote in post #7841377
You are a good man Charlie Brown! I hate lenders that do that crap to people. It is an all too common occurrence here.

What really galls me about this is that these people are not sophisticated at all, and their English is somewhere between bad, and not at all. They sought out a Spanish-speaking agent and mortgage broker because they felt they could trust them. I could see their transaction was in trouble weeks ago, and I tried to get some answers for them, but ran into a stone wall when the agent refused to return my calls. When I finally caught her in her office one day, she said (in perfect English) she had clients with her, and I should call back in 20 minutes. Of course she was gone, so I went back to playing telephone tag with her. She finally called back a couple days later, but had forgotten all her English by then, and could only speak Spanish.

I couldn't leave these people in such a jam, so we hooked them up with a place to live till they get things sorted out, hopefully with a more ethical agent.

It just amazes me that these #($@#$%)$ can sleep at night. And like you said...these poor people are apt to lose everything they put up front....like they could afford that on top of all the other crap. I am a firm believer in Karma and I hope the lender and the agent both get a healthy dose of what is coming to them.

Woolburr wrote in post #7841801
It just amazes me that these #($@#$%)$ can sleep at night. And like you said...these poor people are apt to lose everything they put up front....like they could afford that on top of all the other crap. I am a firm believer in Karma and I hope the lender and the agent both get a healthy dose of what is coming to them.

I love kindness. The more that people practice it, the better off we all are. Tom sets a good example in this.

Ahhh..... the monster is back in stock.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …00mm_f_5_6L.htm​l#features

Lightstream wrote in post #7842207
Ahhh..... the monster is back in stock.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …00mm_f_5_6L.htm​l#features

yeah and it's gone up 21K since last time. What's up with that?

Chief, I forgot...I wish there were more people in the world like you and Lois.

Permagrin wrote in post #7842219
yeah and it's gone up 21K since last time. What's up with that?

Rarity and profit margin

Lightstream wrote in post #7842207
Ahhh..... the monster is back in stock.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …00mm_f_5_6L.htm​l#features

Permagrin wrote in post #7842219
yeah and it's gone up 21K since last time. What's up with that?

Just for fun I calculated what it would cost to ship it to San Diego... $638 and change.