My daughter and I were put on the streets after a real estate agent scammed my dad for over 250,000.00.
My dad needed to sell his house that my daughter and I had been living in for fourteen years, he needed to pay for cancer treatments. He told me that he would give me proceeds from the loan so I could get another place. Sadly that would never take place.
My dad had entrusted his neighbor and real estate agent to do a walk through and then he would put an offer up. He did a walk through and informed my dad that the garage was being used to cook drugs. My dad asked me if that was true, I told him no, why would he ask me that? He replied; “because he’s a real estate agent!” I stopped him there and walked out. That would be the last time I ever spoke to my dad, until the day before he died. My dad chose to believe that agent and in turn the agent himself bought my dads house for $100,000.00. The house could of been sold for 350,000.00. The agent took advantage of a dying man and a strained relationship between father and daughter.
The agent never followed any Washington state laws when dealing with a drug lab. If I had been cooking in the house we would of been forced to leave the premises until it was cleaned by an accredited lab and pass an inspection. The agent also informed my dad that the house would need to be ripped down to the studs. The agent himself never did that to the house.
I was fortunate to stay in the house for another year while Covid was taking place and the CDC’s moratorium was still in place. Unfortunately for me that moratorium would be overturned a day before my ejectment hearing. I didn’t realize until I’m in court via zoom that had taken place. I lost that case, I was no match to a seasoned lawyer and the judge ruled that I was not a tenant and would not be receiving a court appointed attorney. Not sure how that computes? I would have 24 hours from the time the sheriff serves me.
Needless to say I didn’t have a storage unit yet because there just was not one available. I finally got one just days before I was to be out. In the end I had two bedrooms that I barely moved anything out of that I had to leave and wait for this agent to release to me. When that day came he gave me very little notice and charged me $283.00 for storing my belongings in my former house for 11 days, that was a “reasonable storage fee.”
I noticed right away that some of my things were not out there so I called the cops, the cop verified that the items I spoke of were in the house but that agent never did return them to me. I had to set up another time to get my things and was reprimanded by his lawyer, saying; “hadn’t he already gone above and beyond for me?
That agent whom I’ve never met before came into my home and in ten minutes destroyed my life as I knew it. My dad never spoke to me until his death, nothing could ever fix that, everything else can be fixed or replaced but I will never get to have that time with my dad back. The snowball effect from that agents actions have cost me dearly, and it keeps going, all my possessions are about to be sold at the storage unit if I don’t pay them $800 and move out. I would have to pay for another storage and be able to move it to one in a moving truck.
I have ran out of options? I’m hoping to somehow get into a mobile home. It’s the only affordable alternative for me.
I will forever be great full for any help I do receive. I’m ready to take this experience and turn it into something positive for my daughter and myself.