I was attending a rules of renovation seminar in Greensboro NC, this morning when about an hour into the lecture I was asked to step out by the host. Upon exiting the conference room, the 1st question I was asked was, "Mrs Blocker, where is your husband today?". When I asked why, the response was, "I would like to know where your husband is and why he is not in attendance today." First of all, I'm sure that standard business conduct is universal. I do not know this man; this is my 1st interaction with him. I find this question highly inappropriate. I told him it was not his concern and asked for the reason for his questions. He then asked, "why is your energy negative?". My answer was clear; I drove 2 hours with my family, ( my husband and 2 small children), who are also at the hotel, to attend this event, (which I had discussed with the woman who checked me in 1 hour prior), only to be pulled out of the lecture and questioned about my personal business. He then asked 2 more times why my energy was negative, to which my response was the same l. At this point I became very agitated. He continued to ask me personal quesrions and became very derogatory. When the conversation became an argument, I asked for a refund. At that point we walked together to the hotel front desk. He then attempted to have me removed from the property but was denied. He also called the police and was told the call was frivolous and unnecessary. Not only was your representative disrespectful, condescending and derogatory, but he also attempted to intimidate and humiliate me in public. In addition to the unnecessary ordeal, I was also denied a refund of the $2000.00 attendance fee that I paid to attend this lecture. This horrendous embarrassment could have been avoided had your representative exercised the slightest bit of tact, rapport, or common decency. I certainly hope you do not condone this type of behavior from your representatives.
I attended a syminar where this company, REI Holding, was marketing a program where investors could buy liens from Counties on properties that were subject to sale due to deliquent taxes.To find out where these liens were you had to join there buyers club , and the fee for joining was $1,500. This list of liens that they would provide where suppossed to be thoughly vented by their staff so that an investor would not by a lien on a site with toxic waste. This has always been a concern about buying tax liens. Based on this assumption I purchased a lien on a duplex in Cleveland Ohio. Shortly before I was scheduled to foreclose and take possession of this property it was condemened and razed. When I adviced REI of this the solution was for me to Fly to Cleveland and try to sell the lot to a neighbor, or apply for a zoning varance to build a new structure . I was advised by a Cleveland Realtor that this lot was about one half the size needed to built on, and in his opinion the lot had little or no value.
When I asked REI if they would give me a discount on another lien to help me recover some of my loss. There response is that we don't give discounts. Basically you are SOL.
They did offer to sell me a taz deed on a boarded up house in Conn. The comment was that if you tix it up at could have "real Value". The only problem is that this property is only three housand miles from my home.
I guess the bottom line to this story is to advise others to be careful in buying tax deeds, especially from REI
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I was attending a rules of renovation seminar in Greensboro NC, this morning when about an hour into the lecture I was asked to step out by the host. Upon exiting the conference room, the 1st question I was asked was, "Mrs Blocker, where is your husband today?". When I asked why, the response was, "I would like to know where your husband is and why he is not in attendance today." First of all, I'm sure that standard business conduct is universal. I do not know this man; this is my 1st interaction with him. I find this question highly inappropriate. I told him it was not his concern and asked for the reason for his questions. He then asked, "why is your energy negative?". My answer was clear; I drove 2 hours with my family, ( my husband and 2 small children), who are also at the hotel, to attend this event, (which I had discussed with the woman who checked me in 1 hour prior), only to be pulled out of the lecture and questioned about my personal business. He then asked 2 more times why my energy was negative, to which my response was the same l. At this point I became very agitated. He continued to ask me personal quesrions and became very derogatory. When the conversation became an argument, I asked for a refund. At that point we walked together to the hotel front desk. He then attempted to have me removed from the property but was denied. He also called the police and was told the call was frivolous and unnecessary. Not only was your representative disrespectful, condescending and derogatory, but he also attempted to intimidate and humiliate me in public. In addition to the unnecessary ordeal, I was also denied a refund of the $2000.00 attendance fee that I paid to attend this lecture. This horrendous embarrassment could have been avoided had your representative exercised the slightest bit of tact, rapport, or common decency. I certainly hope you do not condone this type of behavior from your representatives.
I attended a syminar where this company, REI Holding, was marketing a program where investors could buy liens from Counties on properties that were subject to sale due to deliquent taxes.To find out where these liens were you had to join there buyers club , and the fee for joining was $1,500. This list of liens that they would provide where suppossed to be thoughly vented by their staff so that an investor would not by a lien on a site with toxic waste. This has always been a concern about buying tax liens. Based on this assumption I purchased a lien on a duplex in Cleveland Ohio. Shortly before I was scheduled to foreclose and take possession of this property it was condemened and razed. When I adviced REI of this the solution was for me to Fly to Cleveland and try to sell the lot to a neighbor, or apply for a zoning varance to build a new structure . I was advised by a Cleveland Realtor that this lot was about one half the size needed to built on, and in his opinion the lot had little or no value.
When I asked REI if they would give me a discount on another lien to help me recover some of my loss. There response is that we don't give discounts. Basically you are SOL.
They did offer to sell me a taz deed on a boarded up house in Conn. The comment was that if you tix it up at could have "real Value". The only problem is that this property is only three housand miles from my home.
I guess the bottom line to this story is to advise others to be careful in buying tax deeds, especially from REI