Well we knew it was up for sale, BUT, she had it listed for $135,000 to start or encourage a bidding war to get anywhere near what she owes, which is closer to $300,000. It's a whole long, rather odd story... let's see if I can put it in the tiny version.... she's young, from Russia, came here, married some guy who became a prison guard (nice guy though) and when the economy turned, she, who was working mortgage deals, and being a demonstrator at grocery stores on the weekend, the FOUR houses that she bought with "little or no money down" .... well I don't know what happened exactly but I think she lost two and was getting ready to lose this one and the one that she's living in. Whew... what a run on sentence. And so... because her husband's hours got cut, she was stressed "and couldn't be nice to him" ... so they're getting a divorce, or at least that was the thing a couple of weeks ago. Last week when she called to tell me that our house sold, she said they might try counseling.

Kate

Nope, no long escrow. 30-45 days. Ugh.

Kate

Wow, that was the quickest story, with almost all the details in it that you'd need. I did tell her though that maybe God didn't want her to think she was amassing all her life's wealth all by herself... maybe she needed to be in a place of humility, to realize that we all need help from God. And maybe she needs to focus on her husband and her baby more, THEN start getting back in the real estate game.

Kate

And a sad one, too...I sincerely hope the marriage can heal and they can work things out. It sounds as if she was trying to follow some program, one of those "buy real estate and you'll be a millionaire over night" type schemes. I think whenever you play in those fields, you have to be prepared for losses as well as gains.

Sounds as if she wasn't prepared.

Here's hoping YOU can find something that meets your needs, even if it is only temporary.

Yayyyyyyyy, that's what I'm hopin for TOO!! Thanks Queenie!