A festival discovers an empty lawn and immediately sees a business opportunity, which is an exciting way to spend someone else’s Saturday. Add a folding table, orange vests, and a handwritten sign, and the whole operation acquires the confidence of an airport parking concession. Apparently, the hardest part of running a fundraiser is finding a …
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42-year-old pays $25k towards house he’s due to inherit, homeowner mom protests when he refuses to continue contributing $200 a month: ‘I’m drowning in my own debt’
Should a beneficiary be financially responsible for the property they are due to inherit? Inheritance is often a tricky topic, and one that has a tendency to bring out the worst in people. It can cause rifts between family members when multiple relatives believe that they have a claim to the same thing or that …
Seguir leyendo 42-year-old pays $25k towards house he’s due to inherit, homeowner mom protests when he refuses to continue contributing $200 a month: ‘I’m drowning in my own debt’
Mom discovers money owed to 35-year-old son on unclaimed property website, then demands 50% of the findings, son refuses: ‘I thought you were kidding’
What is a finder’s fee? And does it apply in this situation? When I was thirteen, I was on a caravan trip with my family, and I found a big stack of rolled bills someone had dropped near our campsite. I was so excited, I thought I had won the lottery. It was a lot …
Seguir leyendo Mom discovers money owed to 35-year-old son on unclaimed property website, then demands 50% of the findings, son refuses: ‘I thought you were kidding’
After deciding to buy a house together, 25-year-old girlfriend backs out to help her own family instead, boyfriend’s family claims: ‘[You’re] being unfair’
When is it okay to back out of a deal? My husband and I make a lot of deals with each other, some of which we end up fulfilling, and some we forget about and move on from. It starts with small things, like making a deal that we will both start eating healthier, to …
Seguir leyendo After deciding to buy a house together, 25-year-old girlfriend backs out to help her own family instead, boyfriend’s family claims: ‘[You’re] being unfair’
Neighbor cuts resident’s trees and runs their well dry so he can build a fence between the properties, leading resident to build a case against him: ‘He made it even worse’
Is it really so hard for people to stay on their own side? What is the point of owning your own property if all people around you do is cross it whenever they want to? And what can you do to make it stop? The easy solution, the one most homeowners turn to, is building …
Seguir leyendo Neighbor cuts resident’s trees and runs their well dry so he can build a fence between the properties, leading resident to build a case against him: ‘He made it even worse’
Sibling sells beach house after brother demanded they give him the property as a wedding gift, sibling responds: ‘I never agreed to give you my house’
What is an appropriate gift to give your sibling for their wedding? When someone you know gets married, the gift you give them becomes a symbol for how close you believe you are to them. If a distant cousin or friend gets married, you will probably pick something off their registry and call it a …
Seguir leyendo Sibling sells beach house after brother demanded they give him the property as a wedding gift, sibling responds: ‘I never agreed to give you my house’
23-year-old tells neighbor the whole neighborhood hates her because her house has been under loud construction for 7 months: ‘People are tired.’
She shouldn’t be surprised that her neighbors are annoyed with the construction. Construction is often inevitable. You can’t live in a neighborhood, drive on a highway, or live in modern civilization without having to deal with being around construction for some period of time. There was construction right outside of my dorm room window, Sophomore …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old tells neighbor the whole neighborhood hates her because her house has been under loud construction for 7 months: ‘People are tired.’
Daughter refuses to sign new property documents with parents after discovering they changed the terms without her: ‘They shifted the majority of the risk onto me’
Do you need another proof of why you should never mix family and business? Personally, the closest I have ever gone to mixing family and business was when I worked for my dad in the summer before my senior year of high school. It was two months of joining him for an 8-hour day in …
Seguir leyendo Daughter refuses to sign new property documents with parents after discovering they changed the terms without her: ‘They shifted the majority of the risk onto me’
Woman discovers her in-laws charge her near market rate to stay at their paid-off vacation home, while her sister-in-law stays there for free whenever she vacations with them
A woman realizes her in-laws’ vacation home comes with a family discount that only applies when the whole family vacations together, and a nearly market rate for everyone else. She’s described herself as being salty. Now, I didn’t go check the dictionary definition of salty, but I feel like the mix of favoritism, being cheap, …
Seguir leyendo Woman discovers her in-laws charge her near market rate to stay at their paid-off vacation home, while her sister-in-law stays there for free whenever she vacations with them
Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: ‘We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.’
Why do these people think they have the right to park on their neighbor’s property? You can’t always control what your neighbor does. If you live in a neighborhood with a Homeowners’ Association, you can absolutely control the color of mulch that your neighbor uses in their front lawn by reporting the issue to the …
Seguir leyendo Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: ‘We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.’