Wow, way to make sure that he will never be that generous again... This seems almost too crazy to be real, but the more I read the less surprised I am about people.
This is all insane and sad, but the best part was the charity that said they’d sell the house and give 15% of the sale cost to homeless charities but would keep 85% for “administrative costs”. That’s some expensive ass administration!
Almost same story happened to me. Except it wasn't totally free but pretty close. I had a house that was pretty beat up. I couldn't sell it outright because it wouldn't sell for what we still owed on the loan. I had a friend's daughter approach me that I hadn't seen since she was a little girl. Her and her husband/3 kids were in a tough spot and wanted to know if we'd sell the house to them. I said sure. $10,000 and $300/month until its paid off. I would have given it to them except for our own mortgage loan on our side.
Come about 2 months after they move in, and they can't make the payment. He had just lost his job. No problem. Lots of communication and they missed out on 6 months payments. No biggie. We were in a tight spot when we were first starting out too. Just pay what you can. A few payments of $50/month for a couple of months, then nothing again. She was in a car accident (true) and needed to swing the payment for a drivable vehicle. No problem. I get it. Suddenly, loss of communication. Didn't respond to texts anymore. Oh well. Maybe they're just too embarrassed to keep up with begging for time with not enough money.
I just wanted to get the place paid off and out of my own name so I could sign the place over to them. I kind of just forgot about it. So after a while, I realized it had been close to a year without hearing anything. Check out her facebook page to see they were moving in to their new place the next week. They had put in new windows and siding in the new house. I sent her a message saying "hey what's up with you guys?" Not confrontational or anything. Just wanted to know the scoop. Instantly blocked from all social media. Took me 10 months to get the house back in to my name. Finally got them to show up to the lawyer to do a quit claim.
The house was TRASHED. And I don't mean just the filth. There was garbage bags packed half way up every wall filled with baby clothes, trash, pop cans. The cupboards were still full of food from food pantries that they didn't take with them. Holes in every wall. More than half of the windows boarded up from being broken. Carpets just stained beyond belief. Broken furniture everywhere. Faucets removed and straight pipes running out of the walls.
So I decide screw it. A few months later I decide I'm just going to sell it for $1,000 to let it just be someone else's problem. The old owners show up with a trailer to "move their stuff out." I told them to take a hike. They had signed over and left the keys with the lawyer more than 2 months before, and this was after being moved out for more than 10 months.
They broke in to the house at some point, took about half of their garbage, and left all of the doors and what was left of the windows wide open. A neighbor called to tell me she thinks a homeless guy was staying in there. My own fault for not changing every lock. I seriously thought they were done with the place and didn't need to. Found again later that they (I'm assuming) broke in again to try to steal the copper out of the walls. The neighbor called to tell me the door was open again. By the time I got there nobody was there and there were holes in the walls where they were locating pipes but nothing appeared to be removed at the time.
I'm now in the final process of selling it for $1. I had tried to auction it off, and the auctioneer walked through and told me it wasn't even auctionalbe. She didnt think it would sell at all, and I would be stuck with her bill ($1,000 minimum or 10% plus advertising) plus still having the home. The new guy is a slum lord, and I hate doing that to the neighbors but there is literally nothing else i can do. Just the thought of trying to be nice and give it away again turns my stomach. It's been such a nightmare that's dragged on for more than 5 years.
I totally feel your pain. You just can't be nice enough to people without them walking over every inch of charity you have.
wake_rider141 on March 5th, 2020 at 04:53 UTC »
Wow, way to make sure that he will never be that generous again... This seems almost too crazy to be real, but the more I read the less surprised I am about people.
SupaSonicWhisper on March 5th, 2020 at 06:45 UTC »
This is all insane and sad, but the best part was the charity that said they’d sell the house and give 15% of the sale cost to homeless charities but would keep 85% for “administrative costs”. That’s some expensive ass administration!
BethicaJ on March 5th, 2020 at 08:19 UTC »
Sorry for the long post.
Almost same story happened to me. Except it wasn't totally free but pretty close. I had a house that was pretty beat up. I couldn't sell it outright because it wouldn't sell for what we still owed on the loan. I had a friend's daughter approach me that I hadn't seen since she was a little girl. Her and her husband/3 kids were in a tough spot and wanted to know if we'd sell the house to them. I said sure. $10,000 and $300/month until its paid off. I would have given it to them except for our own mortgage loan on our side.
Come about 2 months after they move in, and they can't make the payment. He had just lost his job. No problem. Lots of communication and they missed out on 6 months payments. No biggie. We were in a tight spot when we were first starting out too. Just pay what you can. A few payments of $50/month for a couple of months, then nothing again. She was in a car accident (true) and needed to swing the payment for a drivable vehicle. No problem. I get it. Suddenly, loss of communication. Didn't respond to texts anymore. Oh well. Maybe they're just too embarrassed to keep up with begging for time with not enough money.
I just wanted to get the place paid off and out of my own name so I could sign the place over to them. I kind of just forgot about it. So after a while, I realized it had been close to a year without hearing anything. Check out her facebook page to see they were moving in to their new place the next week. They had put in new windows and siding in the new house. I sent her a message saying "hey what's up with you guys?" Not confrontational or anything. Just wanted to know the scoop. Instantly blocked from all social media. Took me 10 months to get the house back in to my name. Finally got them to show up to the lawyer to do a quit claim.
The house was TRASHED. And I don't mean just the filth. There was garbage bags packed half way up every wall filled with baby clothes, trash, pop cans. The cupboards were still full of food from food pantries that they didn't take with them. Holes in every wall. More than half of the windows boarded up from being broken. Carpets just stained beyond belief. Broken furniture everywhere. Faucets removed and straight pipes running out of the walls.
So I decide screw it. A few months later I decide I'm just going to sell it for $1,000 to let it just be someone else's problem. The old owners show up with a trailer to "move their stuff out." I told them to take a hike. They had signed over and left the keys with the lawyer more than 2 months before, and this was after being moved out for more than 10 months.
They broke in to the house at some point, took about half of their garbage, and left all of the doors and what was left of the windows wide open. A neighbor called to tell me she thinks a homeless guy was staying in there. My own fault for not changing every lock. I seriously thought they were done with the place and didn't need to. Found again later that they (I'm assuming) broke in again to try to steal the copper out of the walls. The neighbor called to tell me the door was open again. By the time I got there nobody was there and there were holes in the walls where they were locating pipes but nothing appeared to be removed at the time.
I'm now in the final process of selling it for $1. I had tried to auction it off, and the auctioneer walked through and told me it wasn't even auctionalbe. She didnt think it would sell at all, and I would be stuck with her bill ($1,000 minimum or 10% plus advertising) plus still having the home. The new guy is a slum lord, and I hate doing that to the neighbors but there is literally nothing else i can do. Just the thought of trying to be nice and give it away again turns my stomach. It's been such a nightmare that's dragged on for more than 5 years.
I totally feel your pain. You just can't be nice enough to people without them walking over every inch of charity you have.