Back and Forth

So basically my day today was a shitty one. Emails were going back and forth between all parties to this real estate transaction. Quick scenario is I am representing the
Buyer. Another agent is representing the Seller who technically is a bank (IndyMac). We are SUPPOSED to close tomorrow.

Except... well, except that the Senior Asset Manager acting as Seller has been holding up our escrow since yesterday morning. He's trying to short my client $330 in a credit that was and always has been agreed to be paid by the Seller. Yes, I know, it's only $300 but I refuse to cave in. It's in writing, signed by all parties, on 2 different contracts since 45+ days ago.

I would have let the whole thing slide and picked up the $330 and thought nothing of is, except for a snide little remark he made to the Escrow Officer (neutral 3rd party to the sale) saying, "a rose is still a rose."

Now I'm heated. I'M FUMING at this point. I'm so pissed off at his stupid little remark that my hands are trembling as I'm typing my response email to him. In short I tell him that all involved are not idiots and a contract is a contract; he signed it AND rewrote it stating the same, therefore he needs to honor it since it's a legal and binding agreement. I also happened to end it with YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO YOUR REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS CONTRACT. Yeah, I know, bad Virg **slaps hand**

More back and forth between me and the other real estate agent who is basically telling me that I am acting like a child throwing a tantrum and I am looking silly in front of my client. EXCUSE ME, but I am PROTECTING my client and their "measley $300," as you so kindly put it and, please correct me if I'm wrong, but STICKING TO THE CONTRACT. I tell him that I am sorry that he feels like I am throwing a tantrum, but that I will stand up for what is right, and that people like dick-head above get away with these kinds of things because people like him do not stop them.

In the end, dick-head wrote me in an email, "I do not think you are stupid. I DO think you are sneaky and crooked. You wrote the contract in this in hopes that we would not catch it. I hope you are happy. Your client will receive their ill gotten gain."

FUCK YOU very much! I hope that this one little person here that doesn't hold a prestigous title, such as yourself, has finally been the one to stand up to your smug ass. For the record, I am not sneaky or crooked, nor did I intend for him to interpret my specific wording in a contract. I am knowledgeable and experienced today in my career because of all the past mistakes and having to pay for them monetarily. I've learned to cross all my Ts and dot all my i's. I guess holding a corporate title doesn't automatically make a person wiser.

My Heart Just Breaks

I love catching up on my Hollywood gossip from PerezHilton.com. The tone is almost always humorous. However, every once in a while he also posts really serious events. I am SERIOUSLY behind on my Perez Hilton blogs! Today I just read another sad story.

The blog entry is about this 11 year old boy who hung himself at home after being bullied at school for possibly being gay. Perez comments on his blog that the news stated the little boy went to school officials (teachers, counselors, principal) to let them know what was going on. And yet the bullying and harassment continued.

Apparently there was another suicide by hanging from another little boy in Massachusetts for the same thing. What the hell is going on in this world?! Do people not teach their children acceptance and respect anymore??? We sit here and sterilize cats and dogs... I think it's about time we do the same to these idiots that don't know how to raise kids to become better human beings so the world can be a better place for EVERYONE.

I have always taught my kids NOT to be cruel to other kids; to be respectful of other people and their property and to STAND UP FOR OTHERS WHEN THEY ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY. I am sure that my kids act totally different at school away from me, but I know for damn sure that I ingrained in their brains that certain things are just not right.

Little kids killing themselves for being harassed at school for being gay??? ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME?!?!! Too, too sad!

Better Late Than Never

Or something like that. I've been trying to catch up on my fav blogs before I could get myself to update my own. Let's see... work (real estate) has been extremely busy. All dull stuff, except for last week when one of my co-workers whispered to me how his wife told him about the KFC Oprah link online. You woulda thought this was like Top Secret info that would self destructed in 5 seconds. Well, after dude went to KFC and got him some free grill' chick'n, he decided he would be Mr. Nice Guy and let the rest of the office in on the little secret.

HOLY SHIT! I have NEVER in my ENTIRE EXISTENCE seen any adult work their keyboards, computers and printers with such determination, such tenacity. You would have thought their lives depended on printing these damn coupons! What nearly had me pissing my pants though was when their printers weren't printing the coupons quick enough, which of course, had them hitting the print button over and over and over and over and (you get the idea). They were on the phone calling their real estate friends and significant others, "Honey, KFC is giving away free grilled chicken. I'm printing the coupons now!" And when their coupons wouldn't print... well SHIT!!!! NOW WHAT, BARB?!?!?! They all started calling the receptionist (who just turned 21 and "by golly, Susan, SHE will know how to print our KFC coupons!!!") all in a panic, "HELP!!!"

HILARIOUS I TELL YOU!!!!

A few days later I happen to catch the morning news that people were rioting over KFC running out of chicken. RIOTING?!?!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? Good lord, peeps... get a life!

Yup, that's the highlight of my work life. On a brighter note, "The Man" is supposed to roll out a policy that will allow anyone who buys a primary residence (single-family home or condo, makes no difference) to use that $8,000 tax credit towards their down payment for 2009 purchases. If you bought in 2008 and didn't use that tax credit you should seriously have someone amend your tax return so you can use it... but remember, it's basically a low interest loan from "The Man."

Another real estate related brighter note is there's a new program Making Home Affordable to help homeowner's modify their current loan payments/terms to new affordable monthly payments. It's new, so I'm sure there are still kinks to work out. I just called today for a Bank of America borrower, so I'll keep you posted. BUT, an actual PERSON ANSWERS on, like, the first or 2nd ring!! NO JOKE!!



BABY UPDATE: I had the ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and found out I wasn't as far along as the doc thought, AND that it's a boy. I was gonna name him Jackie Chan since he was moving a lot, AND I kinda look Asian-ish with a Hispanic kick, and because I think I have MAD karate skills, but then none of that makes sense because it's not the same ethnic stuff and well... whatever, I lost myself too, but now Jackie Chan isn't moving as much as a couple weeks ago... so maybe I'll name him the opposite of Jackie Chan and Speedy Gonzalez...

Either way, I'm about 19 or 20 weeks and Jackie Chan/Slowpoke Rodriguez should look something like this:


My little bros band went on a mini-tour to Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico... but that Swine Flu caused his shows to get postponed for 2 weeks, so they just stayed in the States. I'm so jealous though because they were in Vegas the last couple of days, and tonight they're in San Diego.... Oh how I love me some San Diego...