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JB3 · #61 10-24-2013, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

Funny, funny funny. More assumptions and presumptions on your part. I personally have never been in that situation but do know people who were. I did learn the hard way about Uhaul though, a long distance move with them can go south fast. HOWEVER, a Budget or Penske truck can also break down during the middle of a move so best to plan for it. There are NO guarantees in this world.

The easiest way is to hire a professional moving service to pack your things and take them to the next location. Ahhhhhhhh, sit back and have a cold one while you watch them carefully pack your things onto their truck. Hop in the benz and enjoy the sights while you roll down the highway towards your next big adventure.

I thought this was personal experience. This never happened to you? Did a guy tell you this?

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Listen dude, when you have just closed on the sale of your house and ALL of your earthly belongings have to be loaded onto a moving truck or they will literally be thrown out onto the street, you may have a different attitude.

The purchaser of your home is screaming at you to get your things out of his house NOW and you are standing there, di** in hand, trying to explain that Uhaul has no trucks available.

That's when they tell you either a; move your stuff out of MY house now or b; we'll call the sheriff and he will move them for you.

HuskyMan · #62 10-24-2013, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

No worries. If you're so smart, I probably wouldn't be buying from you. Smart people don't get foreclosed on, aren't forced to short-sell, and don't need to do a quick estate sale due to a contested will or tax arrears.

You are judgmental, aren't you? People get laid off or fired from jobs everyday. And then there is that wonderful notice when you find out your employer is either going out of business PERMANENTLY or going BANKRUPT.

Either way, you are out of work. Hard to pay a mortgage when that happens and it is happening to more and more people EVERY DAY in this country. Of course, you will come back by saying that you are self-employed and therefore have no worries of a downsizing, layoff or plant closure. The majority of people DO have a job and are impacted by it. And that, sir, DOES impact your business.

From what I gather about your business practices, you look forward to foreclosing on someone who is the unfortunate victim of bad luck. You don't allow them a break one, do you???

HuskyMan · #63 10-24-2013, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JB3

I thought this was personal experience. This never happened to you? Did a guy tell you this?

No, I have friends who are in the moving business who tell me many many stories about people who get caught up in bad timing situations. It isn't funny at all and another reason why I recommend against self-moving. Hiring a professional moving company guarantees by contract they will be at your apartment/house on such and such a date at such and such a time is the best money you will ever spend. And by professional, I mean the nationally known moving companies like United Van Lines, etc etc.

Your blood pressure will also thank you.

spdrun · #64 10-24-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

From what I gather about your business practices, you look forward to foreclosing on someone who is the unfortunate victim of bad luck. You don't allow them a break one, do you???

No: I'm interested in buying homes that are bank-owned and ALREADY foreclosed. A lot of those people took out mortgages so high as to make their monthly payment 1.5x to 2.0x what the place would rent for. That was bad investing on their part, period -- I'd not buy a property where my monthly payments vastly exceed what it can rent for, not even as a home, since I'd want to know that if circumstances were bad, I could rent it or share it and end up with low to negative costs.

Not a "slum lord" or a "bankster". (thanks for editing

) I have no interest in owning properties in a blighted area and dealing with the types that typically rent there. As far as "banksters", I'm doing this so as not to have to play the fawking bankster pigs' game. I want a predictable, steady, boring income stream, enough to pay for basic expenses and then some from my rentals within a few years. And to be able to live out the rest of my life without worrying about things like making the mortgage payment, credit card debt, or bad credit. In short, it's more about my independence FROM banksters and my ability to drop out and stay dropped out of the "rat race" indefinitely. ASAP.

While others are interested in new BMWs and big houses, I'm looking to buy things that will make me money. If I'm going to stay in this country, I have no interest in "living" like the average American, with their 50 hour work weeks and their two shyttie weeks of vacation.

t walgamuth · #65 10-24-2013, 05:11 PM

I once welded a hitch on back a normal two axle trailer and attached a tow dolly to that. I drove to GA with the intent of returning to Indiana with two 51 Cadillacs. I got them all loaded and took off. I never got close to the interstate, the last Caddy was wagging the middle trailer all over the place. I returned to the sellers home and dropped the caddy on the dolly and returned later to get it.

I can tell you that the rig in the photo was either set up for a funny pic or only driven a very short distance. I'd be willing to bet it would be white knuckle driving it anything over about 5 mph.

Way to much weight out back (even for a clever Canadian cousin!)

Oh, and I'd also bet there might have been Beer involved!

aklim · #66 10-24-2013, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

I have a policy of only dealing with people who are competent in their knowledge of the business they are involved in and who are fair with the other party and who deal in good faith (a great attitude scores MAJOR brownie points with the Husky).

I have a long long list of people who have screwed me or my friends over and I never forget who they are. I make notes of times, dates and places so that if someone asks me for a referral I can pull out the notes, dates and places so that I can provide them with SPECIFIC information in detail. In addition, I have near 20/20 memory all the way back to when I was five years old. I'm Jack Rabbit quick to make sure that any chance I have to refer business AWAY from these losers, I do so.

I know how to vet out a potential problem purchaser which saves me untold hours of headaches and trouble. They simply are not allowed to purchase what I have for sale, no matter how good a deal it may appear on the surface, trouble is coming. If I am shopping for a product or service and have the slightest indication that a seller/service provider is going to be a problem, I WALK AWAY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, it isn't worth doing business with an a**.

In my experience, only about 1 in 1000 people in any given field of endeavor are truly competent and fair dealing. The other 999 aren't worth doing business with and will most certainly result in a sub par end user experience.

Then you shouldn't even deal with YOU. Obviously you don't understand the meaning of "closing date". After we close, the property changes hands and you no longer have ownership. As to your "fair", it seems it means that they need to bend over backwards and kiss your ass.

What are the brownie points worth? You going to give someone a 50% discount? As to your referrals, unless they are to someone who holds your opinion of one incident to encompass everything, I don't think someone is missing much.

You mean like someone who closes and leaves their crap on the new owner's property and expects them to be magnanimous about it?

Again, how are we defining fair and competent? You don't even understand what the closing on a property means so how are YOU competent? Fair is when the guy gave you time to remove your crap. Actually, that is more than fair. He has every right to toss it on the street.

aklim · #67 10-24-2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JB3

with all this impressive clairvoyance, how did you allow yourself to get into such a tight time schedule with your move?

Stupid schedule, you mean. Who the hell moves OUT on closing day? When I closed on my house, I expect it to be empty or at least, last few times I did close, it was.

aklim · #68 10-24-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

Funny, funny funny. More assumptions and presumptions on your part. I personally have never been in that situation but do know people who were.

I did learn the hard way about Uhaul though, a long distance move with them can go south fast. HOWEVER, a Budget or Penske truck can also break down during the middle of a move so best to plan for it. There are NO guarantees in this world.

The easiest way is to hire a professional moving service to pack your things and take them to the next location. Ahhhhhhhh, sit back and have a cold one while you watch them carefully pack your things onto their truck. Hop in the benz and enjoy the sights while you roll down the highway towards your next big adventure.

Oh, now it is something "your friend" had happen to him/her. Previously, it was you.

That would have been common sense.

An then you will grumble that they broke something and wouldn't pay without proper documentation, etc, etc.

aklim · #69 10-24-2013, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

You are judgmental, aren't you? People get laid off or fired from jobs everyday. And then there is that wonderful notice when you find out your employer is either going out of business PERMANENTLY or going BANKRUPT.

Either way, you are out of work. Hard to pay a mortgage when that happens and it is happening to more and more people EVERY DAY in this country. Of course, you will come back by saying that you are self-employed and therefore have no worries of a downsizing, layoff or plant closure. The majority of people DO have a job and are impacted by it. And that, sir, DOES impact your business.

From what I gather about your business practices, you look forward to foreclosing on someone who is the unfortunate victim of bad luck. You don't allow them a break one, do you???

And it is the employer's fault that YOU didn't plan for the move on closing day? A date that is known to both parties?

aklim · #70 10-24-2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

No, I have friends who are in the moving business who tell me many many stories about people who get caught up in bad timing situations. It isn't funny at all and another reason why I recommend against self-moving. Hiring a professional moving company guarantees by contract they will be at your apartment/house on such and such a date at such and such a time is the best money you will ever spend. And by professional, I mean the nationally known moving companies like United Van Lines, etc etc.

Your blood pressure will also thank you.

Ah, now the "my friend" part comes along.