Talked with kid that lived in our foreclosure we bought

[moneymaker]

If I were to talk to the previous “owners” of the house we “purchased” the main thing I would like to do is thank them for not destroying it before they left. While looking for a house we saw many that were vandalized and I’m thankful we ended up with one that was not-good karma if you ask me.

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.

[CBad]

[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.

[AK]

Yes, brave and perhaps a bit risky to contact the former owners, but I hope it helps to give the kids a bit of closure.

One of the first REOs I toured had hand prints and signatures on the garage walls from the original owners. I agreed with my partner (who went through a couple of foreclosures as a kid) that if we bought the place, we’d preserve that wall as a tribute to one family’s dreams. Unfortunately the bank painted it over a few days later.

I felt substantially less sorry for the parents when I found out how much equity had been extracted from the house, but I still felt bad for the kids.

[AK]

Yes, brave and perhaps a bit risky to contact the former owners, but I hope it helps to give the kids a bit of closure.

One of the first REOs I toured had hand prints and signatures on the garage walls from the original owners. I agreed with my partner (who went through a couple of foreclosures as a kid) that if we bought the place, we’d preserve that wall as a tribute to one family’s dreams. Unfortunately the bank painted it over a few days later.

I felt substantially less sorry for the parents when I found out how much equity had been extracted from the house, but I still felt bad for the kids.

[AK]

Yes, brave and perhaps a bit risky to contact the former owners, but I hope it helps to give the kids a bit of closure.

One of the first REOs I toured had hand prints and signatures on the garage walls from the original owners. I agreed with my partner (who went through a couple of foreclosures as a kid) that if we bought the place, we’d preserve that wall as a tribute to one family’s dreams. Unfortunately the bank painted it over a few days later.

I felt substantially less sorry for the parents when I found out how much equity had been extracted from the house, but I still felt bad for the kids.

[AK]

Yes, brave and perhaps a bit risky to contact the former owners, but I hope it helps to give the kids a bit of closure.

One of the first REOs I toured had hand prints and signatures on the garage walls from the original owners. I agreed with my partner (who went through a couple of foreclosures as a kid) that if we bought the place, we’d preserve that wall as a tribute to one family’s dreams. Unfortunately the bank painted it over a few days later.

I felt substantially less sorry for the parents when I found out how much equity had been extracted from the house, but I still felt bad for the kids.

[AK]

Yes, brave and perhaps a bit risky to contact the former owners, but I hope it helps to give the kids a bit of closure.

One of the first REOs I toured had hand prints and signatures on the garage walls from the original owners. I agreed with my partner (who went through a couple of foreclosures as a kid) that if we bought the place, we’d preserve that wall as a tribute to one family’s dreams. Unfortunately the bank painted it over a few days later.

I felt substantially less sorry for the parents when I found out how much equity had been extracted from the house, but I still felt bad for the kids.

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.[/quote]

If you think about it a bit, I don’t think it was the fact that a foreclosure occurred that was painful. What was painful was your parent’s reaction to situation, and more than likely their attempt to fight it.

Had they shrugged their shoulders, said we made a mistake, and moved to a rental without waiting until the sherrif showed up, you (the kid) would not have been the wiser.

I’ve known folks who have went through bankrupcties…once the decision was made to go through with it, life became much easier and less stressful. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Everybody makes mistakes.

[svelte]

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.[/quote]

If you think about it a bit, I don’t think it was the fact that a foreclosure occurred that was painful. What was painful was your parent’s reaction to situation, and more than likely their attempt to fight it.

Had they shrugged their shoulders, said we made a mistake, and moved to a rental without waiting until the sherrif showed up, you (the kid) would not have been the wiser.

I’ve known folks who have went through bankrupcties…once the decision was made to go through with it, life became much easier and less stressful. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Everybody makes mistakes.

[svelte]

[quote=CBad]
[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.[/quote]

If you think about it a bit, I don’t think it was the fact that a foreclosure occurred that was painful. What was painful was your parent’s reaction to situation, and more than likely their attempt to fight it.

Had they shrugged their shoulders, said we made a mistake, and moved to a rental without waiting until the sherrif showed up, you (the kid) would not have been the wiser.

I’ve known folks who have went through bankrupcties…once the decision was made to go through with it, life became much easier and less stressful. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Everybody makes mistakes.

[svelte]

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[quote=svelte]Sometimes I think that people make too much on the effect of foreclosure on kids.

Remembering back in my childhood, I did not care at all whether we rented or bought or whatever. As long as I had a place to lay my head, store my clothes and play with my toys I was happy.[/quote]

HA! I could have a really large, painful, detailed reply to this but instead I’ll just say that you should be happy that you are blissfully ignorant on this subject. I wouldn’t wish what I went through as a child on anyone.[/quote]

If you think about it a bit, I don’t think it was the fact that a foreclosure occurred that was painful. What was painful was your parent’s reaction to situation, and more than likely their attempt to fight it.

Had they shrugged their shoulders, said we made a mistake, and moved to a rental without waiting until the sherrif showed up, you (the kid) would not have been the wiser.

I’ve known folks who have went through bankrupcties…once the decision was made to go through with it, life became much easier and less stressful. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Everybody makes mistakes.

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