i found out this morning that i lost $115k because the neighbor forged my name on the warranty deed that he wrote to himself and his wife. as you will recall, we lost the first buyer. it took two years to get it out of his hands and then six months to get it out of federal court when he filed bankruptcy. for the uninformed, he borrowed $123k on my property and no one did a title search. the government's atty is primarily the person who cost me the most. she was a frigging witch from hell. she said that she knew that the property was mine but she thought some of his creditors might still have a claim to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so, while that went on, the only way we could get a buyer, to wait, was to reduce the selling price. who would want a piece of property that the government was holding?

we sued everyone that touched the paper and a f****** judge let them settle together for one lump sum of $11k. so, i'm pretty much f****** for my future. the $11k will get me through some school and the move to Austin and a little left over for savings. my lawyer waived ALL of his legal fees. and that would have been $24k.

how's that for a swift kick, first thing in the morning?