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Troy Donovan and His Wife, Dayna, Find Squatters Living in Their Littleton, Colo., Home {AOL Real Estate}
Jul 15th 2012 3:11PM This is ridiculous. Eight months of court battles? A simple title check would show who clearly owned the property, and, without a legal sale and, as long as this couple was making the payments, they, with their bank, held the title.
This realtor should be forced to pay all the legal fees of the Donovans.
And the "sad and confused and distressed" squatters need a reality check.
Jail Time for Phoenix Man Who Hosted Bible Study at His Home {AOL Real Estate}
Jul 7th 2012 8:50PM What does the city do bout residents hosting parties in their backyard for birthdays, anniversaries, football games, graduations, and other cyclical events in the lives of people?
Does that mean a resident cannot have a backyard/inhouse party every Friday during football season, basketball season, track season, baseball season for their HS athlete after the game/meet? Will other residents be prohibited from putting out lawn signs that says: the party is HERE?
Or is this guy just being picked on because they are religious meetings? If so--look out, Jehovah's Witnesses! They host mid-week sessions in each other's homes for Bible study!
Vagabond Tales: Kayaking With Orcas And Dodging Icebergs In Alaska's Kenai Fjords {Gadling}
Jul 2nd 2012 8:44PM Killer whales aren't killers? Tell that to Dawn Brancheau, the Florida Sea World trainer who was grabbed by an Orca, shaken violently, and drowned as the whale pinned her under water.
While most of them seem placid enough, one would do well to remember that Man is only the top of the food chain in his own environment. Step into the forest, or the mountains, or the sea, and you're part of the food chain--and not the topmost link, either.
Family Forced to Tear Down Home With Toxic Meth-Lab Past {AOL Real Estate}
Jun 28th 2012 11:39PM Apparently, Washington State doesn't have real estate full disclosure laws. For, if they did, the sale would be nullified and the owners could sue both the realtor and the previous owner.
They need a good real estate attorney to recover their loss.
Texas Family Wins Fight Against HOA to Keep Pet Kangaroo {AOL Real Estate}
Mar 5th 2012 9:18PM HOA's are nothing more than anal retentives with nothing better to do than mind someone else's business and be self-congratulatory over their meaningless power.
A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}
Jan 14th 2012 10:03AM Amen...pretty much what I said--and this article has appeared TWICE this week! Poor, pathetic, angry little man.
A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}
Jan 14th 2012 10:01AM I forgot to add:
If you can't handle the breakfast bar, order from the breakfast menu. But be forewarned...the wait staff speaks over your plate. So does the cooking staff. You have no control over it. So, either grow a pair and put on your big-boy pants or stay at home.
The world is NOT all about YOU.
A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}
Jan 14th 2012 9:58AM Is this guy STILL whining about this? His plaintive wail about his pet peeves is posted for the second time in a week!
Okay, buddy...this from an elderly lady who travels quite a bit: SUCK IT UP. A hotel/motel is NOT your home. It's a place where people come and go at all hours.
Can't take the noise? Buy a set of earplugs.
Your sleepy-bye time is someone else's wake-up call. They have as much right to converse in the halls during normal waking hours as you do during the day when they may be taking a nap. Again...buy some ear plugs.
Can't handle the noise from the next room? Invest in a hotel/motel room that doesn't skimp on the insulation between rooms or, for the third time, buy a set of earplugs.
Are your children so perfectly behaved that they don't wake up with a nightmare? Or crying? Or turning YOUR TV on? YOU are an aggravation to some other traveler, you know!
All your petty little whines could EASILY have been addressed by, when making the room reservation, INQUIRING about a quiet room. You will be placed on an upper floor and in a location further from the elevator or or where there is less foot traffic.
A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}
Jan 11th 2012 7:54PM What a whining baby the writer of this article is!
It's pretty simple.
1. Bring ear plugs. No noise to worry about.
2. Tell the desk: no calls after (insert time here). By the way, if you're in a smoking room, there should be no problem. If you're in a non-smoking room, then simply say: Sorry, but it's not us. Thanks for the call, though--AND HANG UP.
3. Ask to be put on a QUIET floor when you make the reservation and repeat the request at check-in--but be prepared to have someone complain about YOUR babies.
4. Tell the maitre d' or the seating hostess if someone coughs or sneezes on the food. Better yet, order from the menu instead of the breakfast bar--but understand that the wait staff talks while carrying your food and you have no control over who sneezed or coughed on it during preparation and cooking.
5. Stay in a hotel that actually changes the bedding every day.
Or better yet, stay home. There are things you cannot control when you are in a hotel. Some things you can eliminate with a little forethought. The rest you deal with, like a GROWNUP.
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80 Cent 'Typo' Almost Cost Man Home {AOL Real Estate}
Jan 5th 2012 9:30PM Of COURSE, it's Bank of America!
My insurance went up but, due to a glitch in the post office, I didn't get the letter. My payment, which includes taxes and insurance went up, but I didn't get the statement that month, either...same post office, same glitch. I got a nasty phone call from B of A telling me they were going to foreclose. So, I said I'd send the the difference via Elect.Fund.Transf. immediately. What did the SOB on the other end say? Wait for it...
"Bank of American Doesn't Accept Partial Payments." A phone call to the FTC and my congressman set it right.
