All Forum Posts by: Lisa Miller

@Brian Sorensen The Hare and Hound would have been fun way to end the day. Hard to recognize people by their thumb print pictures on BP and you weren't wearing your hat. It would have been nice to meet you. It's hard to tell by my pic but I was the one there with the long blond hair, down to my bum. Don't know if you saw me or not but if you did that was me. Erica couldn't make it, I wish she did, she could have introduced us. How is your GH flip house coming along? Should be almost done by now, right?

Brandon Turner was live! both he and his wife attended. Brandon had a wonderful presentation. I was most inspired when he was talking about creative financing. There are a lot of routes that seem doable and within reach. He has learned some things the hard way which I think makes a great teacher.

@Brian Sorensen were you at the meeting?

I'm registered for tonight's REAP's meeting in Kitsap county, the one hosting BP's Brandon Turner via satellite. Should be a great evening, looking forward to it.

Thanks BP for combining the two posts, makes it much easier to follow and answer!

I have an appointment with a RE attorney this evening!

Thanks for all your input, I am heading in the correct direction.

Excellent points @Sam Leon

The gutters are an issue in two places. One I noticed yesterday, a rusted out line about 6" long and water was flowing out. This about five feet away from my wall issue but the flowing water lands on cement splashing everywhere. The other is a point where three roofs combine to one gutter and in high rain it's just to much for one gutter to handle. It overflows about a foot or two beyond the combination weighing down the gutter and spilling over the edge. they should each have their own down spout hooking up to the French drain. And the other simply needs to be replaced. Great call, as I've been looking down and should have been looking up! Thanks

@Account Closed

I'm getting an attorney before anything else. Writing the memo helped me get organized and gather all the paperwork with names involved. I will turn all that over to the attorney and NOT record the memo myself. Since yesterday mornings post, you all made it very clear to hire an attorney and I have been on that goal since.

The trespass signs are up with an existing 6' tall chain link fence between the two properties. I'll work on getting my orange construction fencing up around the other three sides.

Thanks , , @Joel Owens

People were in the pending sale house this evening, I didn't want to say anything without paperwork in hand as proof so I kept driving by. My tenant said they were taking pictures of my land earlier in the day. Which leads me to believe my phone call to the title company may have at least questioned the situation. I told the title company there was an unresolved situation involving the neighboring land, my land and I needed their fax number for my attorney. That was it. Maybe they were taking pics for ugliest yard.

I spent several hours calling every real estate attorney in my city. Some were no longer in the area, one is now a judge, most were completely booked this week, a couple phone numbers just rang and rang and it seems like the majority only work for the county. I could not get an appointment this week let alone talk to anyone with a degree of any type of law. Is this common? I couldn't believe it. Kind of tells me that there may be a lot of big RE issues in my area.

I did write a memorandum, Stating (short and simple) the issue, listed what needs to be done, listed the attachments (title, plat, bids, etc), then the conclusion, how to resolve the situation, and finally listed all the people who will be getting a copy. I added everyone that could back up my claim. Including The county health dept., sewer co, designer, installer, realtor, title, purchasers, seller, etc. Tomorrow morning I'll get it reviewed by an attorney, notarized and recorded requesting the file be cross referenced to the neighbors address.

Bummed I didn't get an attorney today but I did get the memo done, it took a while compiling everything, and now I will be able to present it to who ever I hire. I'll keep you updated with what I discover and learn. Thanks for all your comments.

@K. Marie Poe, I wished I read your post before 11pm, you are correct it is just plain old property damage and a whole host of other valid civil complaints. I will get an attorney before I record and do that only if the attorney deems it ok to do so. Thanks everyone

@Wayne Brooks

The listing agent knows what's going on as he's the one that talked me into letting them on my property to disconnect the drain field allowing them to hookup to the sewer line, then ditched me and my calls to finish the work. He did show up for one bid before the disconnect and nothing since.

People were in the pending sale house this evening, I didn't want to say anything without paperwork in hand as proof. My tenant said they were taking pictures of my land earlier in the day. Which leads me to believe my phone call to the title company may have addressed or at least questioned the situation. I told the title company there was an unresolved situation involving the neighboring land, my land and I needed their fax number for my attorney.

I spent several hours calling every real estate attorney in my city. Some were no longer in the area, one is now a judge, most were completely booked this week, a couple phone numbers just rang and rang and it seems like the majority only work for the county. I could not get an appointment this week let alone talk to anyone with a degree of any type of law. Is this common? I couldn't believe it. Kind of tells me that there may be a lot of big RE issues in my area.

I did write a memorandum, Stating (short and simple) the issue, listed what needs to be done, listed the attachments (title, plat, bids, etc), then the conclusion to resolve the situation, and finally listed all the people who will be getting a copy. I added everyone that could back up my claim. Including The county health dept., sewer co, designer, installer, realtor, title, purchasers, seller, etc. Tomorrow morning I'll get it notarized and recorded requesting file cross referencing to the neighbors address.

Bummed I didn't get an attorney today but I did get something done. After the memo is recorded I will fax it to the title company hopefully with an attorney in tow. I'll keep you updated with what I discover and learn. Thanks for all your comments, I thought mechanics lien was wrong and you all resoundly confirmed it, with other great advice... without giving legal advice :) Lisa

9.5" of rain for the month of March and the average... 3.5"

Thanks for all your comments it has given me hope. The water is gone as we've had two dry days and a couple more forecasted. I'd have to rip out cement and asphalt to do a curtain drain as there is no dirt on two sides of the house. No black mold, thank goodness. I'll update as I learn and or discover more.

Thanks @Robert Leonard and @Michaela G.

I'm currently on the Kitsap County bar association web page looking for Lawyers. As soon as Realtors start answering their phones I'll get referrals and hire an attorney this morning. Thank you