In my mind I have written this post 7,856,943 times.....and I still haven't figured out a nice way to say this, so I'm trusting you to to just know that I am honestly trying to be nice.
We've been scammed. A fast-talking, big-haired woman with black lipstick and 2 inch tennis shoes took our money, made big promises & the only thing she gave us in return was a lot of heartache, headaches & complete aggravation!
Tonight during Karlee's soccer game (I'll post photos of that on my other blog tomorrow) Darren received a phone call from "Fraudulent Frieda's" boss. She has not only cost us money, but he's spent the last 3 1/2 weeks trying to get in touch with her & he's had the same amount of success as we have...ZERO!!! It's come to the point that "Frieda" has cost him so much money that he's going to have to shut down his entire business (and it's a pretty large Mortgage Brokerage with more than one office).
In the meantime, we are exactly where we were the end of May....cleared lot, a signed purchase agreement contingent upon a construction loan and a lost summer with nothing to show for our heartache & hard work.
You know what's funny though? I am extremely grateful! I am so grateful for a wonderful friend who was honest enough to give me a warning about doing business with "Frieda". (Sadly, she'd learned the hard way herself). I'm so grateful that all of this happened BEFORE we got into the process of building and trying to finalize loans & such. Can you imagine?!!!! I'm so grateful for sweet & patient people. And most of all, I'm so grateful for a Heavenly Father who has blessed us during this whole thing. I've been more patient and optimistic thoughout this entire thing than I ever thought possible. I've been blessed with a happy outlook and a calm feeling inside that "everything will work out".
It's been hard, I won't lie. For *YEARS* I have invested time, energy, prayers, hope and a lot of hard work into creating the house of our dreams. (Thus the title of the blog). It's made me angry that one person could be the wrecking ball of so many hopes & dreams. We aren't the only ones she has done this to. And I'm furious about that. Fortunatly we didn't loose very much moola, but I'm afraid to think about what others have lost. We're ok, I hope others will be too. We do have some other options, but, like so many who trying to get a construction loan after the big collapse of the housing market last fall, it's hard. A lot of banks want 40% cash down! Who has that kind of cash?! Uhm, not us. We'll figure it out.....in the meantime....raise a toast to honest people out there. There's got to be a few good ones out there. (Just stay away from a place that rhymes with "rElk fRidge eFinancial" & a crazy chick named "sKathy".) In the meantime, hope you don't mind if I start singing my own version of that good ol' Hank Williams Song "There's a Tear in my (Root)Beer...."! ha ha
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I am so sad for you! That is JUST AWFUL. If I need to go hunt her down, please let me know. That and the name of the dark alley. Hang in there, it will be worth the wait!
ReplyDeleteThat just stinks. I am so sorry that this has happened. But I also know that Heavenly Father knows the big picture and in the end, things will be as they should.
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