Real Estate Shenanigans

Well, it looks like I might end up buying in Fitchburg after all... we shall see.

Long story short, the house I spent 6 months trying to buy as a BoA short sale (if you see short sale mentioned, WALK AWAY) for $55k went into foreclosure after I walked away from it, sick and tired of their paperwork, foot-dragging, and outright bullshit.

Guess the new asking price, now that it's been foreclosed and had its value re-assessed?

$34k.

Yep, they won that one... congratulations Bank of America shareholders, this is how your company makes money! By frustrating prospective buyers so much they walk away after offering way, way more than a property is worth.

Oh, the best part is that the owners still had $127k left on their mortgage.

Yep... good job BoA.

Anyways, I'm putting another offer on it, after checking to make sure the title isn't FUBAR of course.

AFTER closing, I fully intend to tell them (if they don't notice) that I'm the same guy from before and they probably should have maybe looked at my paperwork and actually sold me the house instead of wasting my time and taking less of my money.

Some people...

... So apparently enough people actually voted for this lady that she won. Yet it seems she, well, doesn't know that Arizona shares a border with Mexico. Yeah, you read that right.


I am shocked and appalled by the results of our educational system...

UPDATE - the video no longer works. Apparently Miss Ignorant decided to put in a copyright claim so she wasn't on the internet looking stupid anymore!

Dye laser built with parts from Home Depot, eBay, Electronics Goldmine, and... Staples?!

This man is my new hero - http://www.jossresearch.org/tjiirrs/015a.html

Yes, that is a working organic dye laser built using mostly non-specialized components. The most expensive things I see in his design are parts of the power supply (HV electronics components, this is where eBay is the best), the laser cavity tube itself (fused silicate glass, not in the plumbing aisle at Home Depot), the xenon arc lamp (Electronics Goldmine), and the mirrors.

Where does Staples come into this whole thing? The dye used - on the third page he tries it out with dye extracted from a Sharpie highlighter. It worked.