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WATCH: Are These the Worst Listing Photos Ever? (AOL Real Estate)

Mar 7th 2012 7:18AM YEP....they were pretty hilarious....and uninspiring enough to
NOT even want to go "see" up close and personal.

Tho what is just as bad is realtors who put NO pictures up....
or FEW pictures up.....or have nothing but a "video" on YouTube...
as some of us have dial-up and just don't get to watch videos....

But then there are some realtors that put up such GREAT pictures
that you can actually discern the "floorplan" FROM the pictures...
which is awesome when you are 150 miles away from your "target"
area.....

Texas Family Wins Fight Against HOA to Keep Pet Kangaroo (AOL Real Estate)

Mar 5th 2012 10:52PM YEP.....am looking to move and one of the FIRST things I ask
for is any "covenants and restrictions".....whew !!

Those last ones you mentioned are EXTREME and the one
with the 4 yr. old truck....and you couldn't GIVE me a home
in a place like that....

The little subdivision I am interested in is relatively OLD...
like mid-80's old....and the restrictions are NOT "off the
chart".... Just mainly privacy fence location...number of
animals (couldn't be a hoarder here)...and really not much
more than that.... I could even put a 12x16 workshop out
back if I wanted to.

What REALLY bugs me....is the "restrictions" on a "townhouse"...
and if you wanted to replace the front door with a "full leaded
glass door"....you would have to get permission BEFORE you even
made an offer.....uh....or risk not being able to make that change
AFTER you made it "your home"....

I currently live on 3 totally wooded secluded acres with absolutely
NO restrictions whatsoever.... You could paint the house "flamingo
pink" if you wanted to.... But then hey....it's so secluded no one
could see your "little pink house" anyway......:)

Some restrictions may be good....re: junk cars,etc....but some of
them are just so "out in left field".......

98-Year-Old's Birthday Surprise: Eviction Notice From Her Son (AOL Real Estate)

Feb 18th 2012 5:14AM I seriously don't see HOW this is going to work....legally
speaking...altho he might have thought his mother would "cave"...
simply because of her age....

RE: the statement:
" In 1996, she and her husband John, now deceased, transferred the house to a trust administered by Peter Kantorowski -- on the condition that Mary would live there until her death. Upon her death, the home would go to Peter and his younger brother, Jack. "

THAT "condition"....that she could live there til her "death"....is
called a "life estate"....

RE: the statement:
" But in 2005, Peter quitclaimed the house from that trust to another controlled by him and his wife, giving him full ownership of the house. "

****A quitclaim deed is a transfer of property in which the homeowner "quits" ownership and transfers the property to a recipient.

I simply do NOT see HOW...he can legally "quitclaim" a property that
has ALREADY been "transferred" with a "life estate" condition attached....
and WITHOUT her SIGNATURE... AND...EVEN IF he has "power of attorney"
for her....UNTIL SHE DIES (thanks to this "life estate" attachment)....
he cannot LEGALLY do ANYTHING with this property.....even "quitclaim"
it.....

I can only assume that this "bastard of a son"....figured that his
mother would "cave in"....rather than "go to battle"....

I hope she has a REALLY good lawyer.....and a "pro bono" one
at that.

Chainsaw-Wielding FBI Team Busts Into Wrong Home (AOL Real Estate)

Feb 2nd 2012 8:00AM LOL !!....Just goes to show that "pits" don't quite deserve
the "bad rap" that they get......

And my 4lb. 5 oz. yorkie-poo would NOT have stopped
for a "potty break"....SHE'D have just gone straight
for their ANKLES !!!....LOL !!

"Woe is they"...if they had busted in on her....she'd
have NEVER "shut up" either....(but her little poodle
"sister" ...yep...they would have scared the "pee" right
out of HER)

Family Faces Eviction Over Toddler's Noise (AOL Real Estate)

Feb 1st 2012 1:17PM RE: the statement:
" Baylis has violated a contract that she signed agreeing to not run up the stairs, to prevent her dog from barking, and to cease to "use" her daughter as an excuse for noise that emanates from her apartment. "

Ummm....Evidently there were OTHER "noise issues" from this household.

And this woman wants to conveniently "forget" the OTHER issues and
turn this into a "Woe is me.....they are trying to kick me out because
of my child laughing"......

RE: her statement:
" She's just being a toddler and has no idea how loud she's being. "

True....but YOU DO....and apparently....YOU don't know how or when to
tell her to ...."BE QUIET"...."Ssshhhhhhhhh !!!!"

Sorry lady.....no sympathy from here......

Homeowners Association Forecloses on Vet for $340 (AOL Real Estate)

Jan 25th 2012 3:00PM FOR: "MakeSomeSense"....

RE: your statement:
" Most likely, a fund raiser of any kind would not be allowed in this HOA run community. It might make them appear to be of a lower class and no they wouldn't want that.."

This is probably TRUE...however....there is nothing that would
prevent them from doing so...."off site" somewhere...

Like I said.....their "actions"....go MORE to revealing
their MORAL COMPASS (or lack of)....than they actually
want to realize.

Homeowners Association Forecloses on Vet for $340 (AOL Real Estate)

Jan 25th 2012 12:17PM It wasn't even necessary to read the entire article to say......

WOW....what a "kind and gentle" community these "humans"
(and I use that term loosely)....ARE......towards their
neighbors....

Evidently....they don't have the "capacity" to host a
"benefit"....a "fund-raiser"....a "bake-sale".....
or just flat out...flat ass DONATIONS to help this
senior with 340 bucks.....

Their "actions"...or lack of "compassionate" actions...
says a LOT more about THEM....than they will want to
realize..........

HUD Renegs on Letting Evicted 101-Year-Old Return Home (AOL Real Estate)

Jan 23rd 2012 3:58PM Hmmm.....a "reverse mortgage".....WOULDN"T there have had to
be an "inspection" to get a "reverse mortgage"....or any kind
of mortgage for that matter..... Wouldn't HUD have inspected it
during THAT process ???

They kick her out and two days later tell her she can come back....
SO...WHEN did HUD schedule this "inspection"...during that 2 days ??
HUD is NOT notorious for "rushing" to do anything........

I have personal experience with FmHA....and FmHA operates under
HUD "guidelines".....

In 1983....I had a Farmer's Home House...which turned out to be
"structurally defective".... To make a LONG story short....

Byron Pitts (now of CBS news in NY)....did a news story on my
house..... During all the "brou-ha-ha" that surrounded this
3 yr. battle.... I was even "threatened" by the FmHA State
Architect on the phone.... He stated..."Young lady, you've
got yourself just enough 'education' to get yourself in
trouble"..... THAT didn't set too well...when it blasted
over the airwaves.... This story in Pitt Co.,NC reverberated
ALLL the way to the Capital in Raleigh.....and ran 2 days...at
Noon...6 and 11....in an almost 4 minute spot...

I WON that "battle".....and can tell you from experience...
There is NOTHING.....NOTHING....that is "beneath" them to
do....HUD or ANY agency connected thereof...

It would NOT be "out of character" for them to DO an inspection...
for the SOLE purpose of manufacturing a "reason" to keep her OUT
of the home...hoping the reason is "plausible enough" to NOT
draw public ire......again.

I am just SOOOO....NOT surprised.....

PETA Asks Turkey, Texas, to Change Name to 'Tofurkey' (AOL Real Estate)

Nov 17th 2011 5:12PM LOL !!!!......Can PeTA.....get ANY "nuttier" ???

With "offers" such as this one....WHO would EVER
take them seriously ???

They are just too....too.....STUPID....to take
anything they say/do seriously.

$100 Re-Launch Celebration Giveaways! (Shopping Articles Blog)

Sep 21st 2011 8:30AM UH....seriously now....does EVERYTHING have to be
done thru "facebook" or "twitter" ???? Does it ??

I neither "tweet" or "facebook"....and don't plan to
anytime soon....

However....it WOULD be nice to be able to enter this
contest "the old-fashioned" way.....

As it is NOW.....I am simply INELIGIBLE....