Any Vegas experts out there?

[dharmagirl]

You are right. She wants to give her kid some stability and roots. They’ve bounced around several rentals in his 7 year lifetime and she’s fed up. She’s afraid to rent another house because so many renters are now being forced out due to F-closure. As far as I know, there is no way to know if a landlord is headed in that direction.

Things sound pretty dismal in LV. My husband almost accepted a decent position there over a year ago. In retrospect, I’m so happy that we opted not to do that. LV holds little fascination for me – I hate crowds and if I’m going to ignite two $100 bills, I’d frankly rather buy a pair of shoes rathern than throw it away in a casino.

[dharmagirl]

A quick update re my friend in Vegas.

She allegedly called her realtor and said she wanted out of the contract. He tried to bully her, threatening that she would lose her deposit given to the title co, that she was “making the biggest mistake of her life”, etc.

She told him that she’d rather lose $1500 than make a $205K mistake.”

So, she drove over to his office to pick up her paperwork. This guy had copies of all of her personal records. After making her wait for over an hour, he finally handed the paperwork over.

Guess what? i dont think she was even in escrow. Just as I suspected, he could not find someone to underwrite the loan. There was a notice dated May 30 that said, “cannot underwrite.”

She also found that the realtor had forged her name on a number of documents – including a waived right to inspection and something agreeing to a loan with 7% interest.

Needless to say my friend is pretty shaken by all of this. SHe keeps saying, “but he told me he was going to take care of me and look out for my interests.”

LV Renter, I passed on your feedback. She still wants to buy. Her next step is to go to her credit union – someone there offered to help her try to get the $1500 back and look for a loan.

This is all so weird. This slimebag is a friend of her family’s and goes to the same church. Guess he’s missing a moral center. Probably goes to church to network and find other ‘marks.’

Ugh.

[dharmagirl]

A quick update re my friend in Vegas.

She allegedly called her realtor and said she wanted out of the contract. He tried to bully her, threatening that she would lose her deposit given to the title co, that she was “making the biggest mistake of her life”, etc.

She told him that she’d rather lose $1500 than make a $205K mistake.”

So, she drove over to his office to pick up her paperwork. This guy had copies of all of her personal records. After making her wait for over an hour, he finally handed the paperwork over.

Guess what? i dont think she was even in escrow. Just as I suspected, he could not find someone to underwrite the loan. There was a notice dated May 30 that said, “cannot underwrite.”

She also found that the realtor had forged her name on a number of documents – including a waived right to inspection and something agreeing to a loan with 7% interest.

Needless to say my friend is pretty shaken by all of this. SHe keeps saying, “but he told me he was going to take care of me and look out for my interests.”

LV Renter, I passed on your feedback. She still wants to buy. Her next step is to go to her credit union – someone there offered to help her try to get the $1500 back and look for a loan.

This is all so weird. This slimebag is a friend of her family’s and goes to the same church. Guess he’s missing a moral center. Probably goes to church to network and find other ‘marks.’

Ugh.

[dharmagirl]

A quick update re my friend in Vegas.

She allegedly called her realtor and said she wanted out of the contract. He tried to bully her, threatening that she would lose her deposit given to the title co, that she was “making the biggest mistake of her life”, etc.

She told him that she’d rather lose $1500 than make a $205K mistake.”

So, she drove over to his office to pick up her paperwork. This guy had copies of all of her personal records. After making her wait for over an hour, he finally handed the paperwork over.

Guess what? i dont think she was even in escrow. Just as I suspected, he could not find someone to underwrite the loan. There was a notice dated May 30 that said, “cannot underwrite.”

She also found that the realtor had forged her name on a number of documents – including a waived right to inspection and something agreeing to a loan with 7% interest.

Needless to say my friend is pretty shaken by all of this. SHe keeps saying, “but he told me he was going to take care of me and look out for my interests.”

LV Renter, I passed on your feedback. She still wants to buy. Her next step is to go to her credit union – someone there offered to help her try to get the $1500 back and look for a loan.

This is all so weird. This slimebag is a friend of her family’s and goes to the same church. Guess he’s missing a moral center. Probably goes to church to network and find other ‘marks.’

Ugh.

[dharmagirl]

A quick update re my friend in Vegas.

She allegedly called her realtor and said she wanted out of the contract. He tried to bully her, threatening that she would lose her deposit given to the title co, that she was “making the biggest mistake of her life”, etc.

She told him that she’d rather lose $1500 than make a $205K mistake.”

So, she drove over to his office to pick up her paperwork. This guy had copies of all of her personal records. After making her wait for over an hour, he finally handed the paperwork over.

Guess what? i dont think she was even in escrow. Just as I suspected, he could not find someone to underwrite the loan. There was a notice dated May 30 that said, “cannot underwrite.”

She also found that the realtor had forged her name on a number of documents – including a waived right to inspection and something agreeing to a loan with 7% interest.

Needless to say my friend is pretty shaken by all of this. SHe keeps saying, “but he told me he was going to take care of me and look out for my interests.”

LV Renter, I passed on your feedback. She still wants to buy. Her next step is to go to her credit union – someone there offered to help her try to get the $1500 back and look for a loan.

This is all so weird. This slimebag is a friend of her family’s and goes to the same church. Guess he’s missing a moral center. Probably goes to church to network and find other ‘marks.’

Ugh.

[dharmagirl]

A quick update re my friend in Vegas.

She allegedly called her realtor and said she wanted out of the contract. He tried to bully her, threatening that she would lose her deposit given to the title co, that she was “making the biggest mistake of her life”, etc.

She told him that she’d rather lose $1500 than make a $205K mistake.”

So, she drove over to his office to pick up her paperwork. This guy had copies of all of her personal records. After making her wait for over an hour, he finally handed the paperwork over.

Guess what? i dont think she was even in escrow. Just as I suspected, he could not find someone to underwrite the loan. There was a notice dated May 30 that said, “cannot underwrite.”

She also found that the realtor had forged her name on a number of documents – including a waived right to inspection and something agreeing to a loan with 7% interest.

Needless to say my friend is pretty shaken by all of this. SHe keeps saying, “but he told me he was going to take care of me and look out for my interests.”

LV Renter, I passed on your feedback. She still wants to buy. Her next step is to go to her credit union – someone there offered to help her try to get the $1500 back and look for a loan.

This is all so weird. This slimebag is a friend of her family’s and goes to the same church. Guess he’s missing a moral center. Probably goes to church to network and find other ‘marks.’

Ugh.

[Ex-SD]

dharmagirl : I sincerely hope that she can get her deposit returned without a bunch of drama but even if she loses it, that will be nothing compared to the $$$$$$ she would have lost by buying that rat-trap of a house.
Re. :The realtor friend who goes to her church”………..this is an all to common story where a lot of unscrupulous people use churches to find their marks. I don’t have anything to do with religion but have nothing against those who find what they’re looking for in the churches. I just wish people would wise up and quit being gullible and allowing themselves to be taken by these “friends that they meet in their churches”.
Anyway, I was happy to hear that she removed herself from the transaction.

[Ex-SD]

dharmagirl : I sincerely hope that she can get her deposit returned without a bunch of drama but even if she loses it, that will be nothing compared to the $$$$$$ she would have lost by buying that rat-trap of a house.
Re. :The realtor friend who goes to her church”………..this is an all to common story where a lot of unscrupulous people use churches to find their marks. I don’t have anything to do with religion but have nothing against those who find what they’re looking for in the churches. I just wish people would wise up and quit being gullible and allowing themselves to be taken by these “friends that they meet in their churches”.
Anyway, I was happy to hear that she removed herself from the transaction.

[Ex-SD]

dharmagirl : I sincerely hope that she can get her deposit returned without a bunch of drama but even if she loses it, that will be nothing compared to the $$$$$$ she would have lost by buying that rat-trap of a house.
Re. :The realtor friend who goes to her church”………..this is an all to common story where a lot of unscrupulous people use churches to find their marks. I don’t have anything to do with religion but have nothing against those who find what they’re looking for in the churches. I just wish people would wise up and quit being gullible and allowing themselves to be taken by these “friends that they meet in their churches”.
Anyway, I was happy to hear that she removed herself from the transaction.

[Ex-SD]

dharmagirl : I sincerely hope that she can get her deposit returned without a bunch of drama but even if she loses it, that will be nothing compared to the $$$$$$ she would have lost by buying that rat-trap of a house.
Re. :The realtor friend who goes to her church”………..this is an all to common story where a lot of unscrupulous people use churches to find their marks. I don’t have anything to do with religion but have nothing against those who find what they’re looking for in the churches. I just wish people would wise up and quit being gullible and allowing themselves to be taken by these “friends that they meet in their churches”.
Anyway, I was happy to hear that she removed herself from the transaction.

[Ex-SD]

dharmagirl : I sincerely hope that she can get her deposit returned without a bunch of drama but even if she loses it, that will be nothing compared to the $$$$$$ she would have lost by buying that rat-trap of a house.
Re. :The realtor friend who goes to her church”………..this is an all to common story where a lot of unscrupulous people use churches to find their marks. I don’t have anything to do with religion but have nothing against those who find what they’re looking for in the churches. I just wish people would wise up and quit being gullible and allowing themselves to be taken by these “friends that they meet in their churches”.
Anyway, I was happy to hear that she removed herself from the transaction.

[CDMA ENG]

CDMA ENG…

I grew up there and one learn thing about being in Vegas: You can only trust a very small percentage of the people you meet there. Remember, this was a town where people with little or no education could make a lot of money. That kind of place attracts a lot of people but mostly those of a bad sort. Sounds like your friend is learning this the hard way but being a vetern of the town I would have thought she knew by now. Some people are just naturally trusting and they make easy marks in Vegas.

Every repairman my mother has ever hired has tried to rip her off and she always calls me after an estimate to see if things sound legit. They usually are not.

Take care,

CDMA

[CDMA ENG]

CDMA ENG…

I grew up there and one learn thing about being in Vegas: You can only trust a very small percentage of the people you meet there. Remember, this was a town where people with little or no education could make a lot of money. That kind of place attracts a lot of people but mostly those of a bad sort. Sounds like your friend is learning this the hard way but being a vetern of the town I would have thought she knew by now. Some people are just naturally trusting and they make easy marks in Vegas.

Every repairman my mother has ever hired has tried to rip her off and she always calls me after an estimate to see if things sound legit. They usually are not.

Take care,

CDMA

[CDMA ENG]

CDMA ENG…

I grew up there and one learn thing about being in Vegas: You can only trust a very small percentage of the people you meet there. Remember, this was a town where people with little or no education could make a lot of money. That kind of place attracts a lot of people but mostly those of a bad sort. Sounds like your friend is learning this the hard way but being a vetern of the town I would have thought she knew by now. Some people are just naturally trusting and they make easy marks in Vegas.

Every repairman my mother has ever hired has tried to rip her off and she always calls me after an estimate to see if things sound legit. They usually are not.

Take care,

CDMA

[CDMA ENG]

CDMA ENG…

I grew up there and one learn thing about being in Vegas: You can only trust a very small percentage of the people you meet there. Remember, this was a town where people with little or no education could make a lot of money. That kind of place attracts a lot of people but mostly those of a bad sort. Sounds like your friend is learning this the hard way but being a vetern of the town I would have thought she knew by now. Some people are just naturally trusting and they make easy marks in Vegas.

Every repairman my mother has ever hired has tried to rip her off and she always calls me after an estimate to see if things sound legit. They usually are not.

Take care,

CDMA

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