DeadEye_Dan wrote:Today is a sad, sad day for me. I have long held the title of "the biggest asshole I know" and have warned several folks on many occasions that "I've never lost an asshole contest - so don't start with me".
Recap: agree to general terms with bro in law on the purchase of a piece of property. Within 24 hours, bil crawfishes the deal, and says he wants to get an appraisal, and would let me know when he had it. No other discussion has occurred on the matter and I assumed he was getting an appraisal.
UPDATE: Get a phone call from the bil tonight and he makes chit chat, and I know he has bad news.
He finally comes out and says "we got a call from a realtor and he wanted to know if he could show it to someone, so I told him yes"
HO-LEE-SHIIIIIT !! It took every fiber of my being not to call him a no-good, four flushing, cocksucking, dirt-bag, worthless, piece of worm shit eating faggot.
Instead I said "I thought you were getting an appraisal?? Never mind. I actually have zero interest in buying that place, ever"
Which is true. I knew a month ago that if we went forward I would end up regretting it, but damn if that's not an asshole move, I don't know what is.
The only way partnerships in Real Estate work is if the purchase is for the sole purpose of re-selling the property because you think you can make a profit. (yes, there are exceptions but they are few and far between)
Look around, you will find something that you can afford on your own and not have to put up with wishy-washy partners.
Another bad thing about having a partner in a real estate venture is that weather you want another partner or not, your partners wife will have more say in the deal than you can imagine.
You are probably lucky the deal unwound.
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