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A ‘watcher’ stalks home while poltergeists pester Homeowners claim that they’re afraid of a mysterious person who is angry that they purchased their house, while others wonder about hauntings. DEAR MR. MYERS: Are you familiar with a property in New Jersey that’s called “The Watcher” house? If so, what’s its story? ANSWER: The six-bedroom, fourbath house in the upscale suburb of Westfield, N.J., has burst into newspaper headlines recently. Built in 1905, its two-story Dutch Colonial design is a bit reminiscent of the infamous Amityville Horror House, which was gutted and redesigned several years ago. Derek and Maria Broaddus thought that the Westfield property would become their dream home when they purchased it for $1.35 million in 2014. But that dream turned into a nightmare: The Broadduses never even moved in after they started getting creepy letters from an anonymous writer shortly after the sale closed. The first letter welcomed them to the neighborhood, but it also asked: “Why are you here? I will find out.” Subsequent letters alarmed the Broaddusses even more, in part because the writer suggested that he or she had also
About Real Estate DAVID MYERS learned the names of their three children. “Have they found what is in the walls yet?” one note read. “In time, they will. I am pleased to know your names and the names now of the young blood you have brought to me.” “My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s, and my father watched in the 1960s,” another eerie passage stated. “It is now my time.” With few leads in the ensuing investigation, some law-enforcement officials and residents simply dubbed the letter-writer “The Watcher.” After deciding against moving into the house, Mr. and Mrs. Broaddus sought other alternatives. The first was to file a lawsuit against the previous owners, claiming that the sellers had failed to disclose that they, too, had received at least one letter from the mysterious suspect. A series of more lawsuits and countersuits followed. On Oct. 17 of this year, a New Jersey Superior Court judge dismissed most of the complaints filed by the buyers and
sellers against each other. Earlier, the Broadduses had also filed a request with the local township to have their spacious parcel split and then redeveloped into two smaller homes. Residents, though, complained to the Township Council that dividing the lot would depress the value of neighboring homes. The couple’s request was rejected earlier this year. Now the home is back on the market for $1.25 million $100,000 less than the Broadduses paid for it in 2014, even though prices for other homes in the ssociates &A area have soared R E A LT Y since then. * * *
DEAR MR. MYERS: I’ve heard that the Lalaurie House in New Orleans is one of the most haunted homes in America. But is it true that it’s owned by actor Nicolas Cage? ANSWER: It was purchased by Cage in 2006, but he lost it at a foreclosure auction in 2009. Though the bank wiped the actor’s name off the property’s title, it may never be able to erase its ghastly past. Located at 1140 Royal St., the house was bought by Madame Delphine Lalaurie and her rich husband in 1831. Though prominent in social circles, Madame Lalaurie apparently had a secret cruel streak as long and dark as the nearby Mississippi River.
One night, a neighbor saw her chase a child of one of her many slaves onto a balcony with a bullwhip. The girl then either jumped, fell or was pushed to her death. It was later discovered that the body had secretly been dumped in a well behind the house. Not long after, a devastating fire broke out at the house. It reportedly was started by a slave cook, who had been permanently shackled inside the kitchen and had lost the will to live. Firefighters and other rescuers found about a dozen slaves in the home, many either dead or dying, chained to the walls or strapped to makeshift operating tables. Some had been horribly maimed and
tortured. Madame Lalaurie escaped by carriage as an angry mob approached the home, and she never publicly resurfaced. The hauntings apparently began in the late 1830s, after a new owner bought the property and rebuilt it. Several ghostly apparitions were reported over the ensuing years, including the figures of disfigured slaves and the Madame herself. Lights would turn on and off as if switched by unseen hands, the eerie sounds of invisible chains being dragged across the floor became commonplace, and disembodied screams would float down from the attic, where many of the slaves had been held. Few of the subsequent owners or
renters stayed in the property for long over the next 100 years. The home became a run-down tenement by the 1920s, and residents began complaining of a new ghoul: A ghostly man who would walk about the house, cradling his severed head in his arms. No credible incidents of paranormal activity have been publicly reported since then. Some wonder whether the tortured spirits of Madame Lalaurie’s mansion are happy with the new, cheerier decor and can finally rest comfortably in their graves. Some others, though, suggest that she’s just taking a “respite in hell,” waiting for an opportunity to torment a new generation.
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ommend requesting tax returns to fully verify the financial information, but those aren’t always given even if requested. Personally, I have never asked for tax returns for the properties I have purchased. I believe it to be overkill, but just want to mention that you could. It is more common for these to be requested on a larger property that someone is holding in a separate business entity. For smaller properties, it’s not very common. Request a rent roll if you have not received that yet. The rent roll should list every tenant, their lease rate, and lease dates. You should also get the actual copies of all the leases to verify the accuracy of the rent roll and income. Yes, this means that if you are buying a 24-unit building, you will want to go through each and every lease to make sure the names, rental rates, and dates match up with the rent roll you were given. You can also request tenant es-
lease rates and dates. Going over the leases is also an important part of the legal inspection. You need to know how things are structured and what your obligations will be. You will have to honor those leases until they expire before
Stillwater NewsPress • Friday, November 3, 2017
We’ve covered the physical inspections and the different strategies to take if something arises. However, the most crucial aspect of the due diligence period is the financial review. Just as accurately running numbers was the most important part of analyzing and selecting the property, your due diligence on financial side is an incredibly vital at this stage. Now is the final step to ensure that all of your analysis is correct. Verify that all the numbers the seller provided you were true and accurate. If you have not already, you should ask for a couple years of income and expense reports (also called a profit and loss statement) as well the current year to date’s report. Never trust the pro-forma given for a property. Pro-formas are notoriously inaccurate. It is common for sellers or brokers to inflate the income by claiming the “market rental rates” instead of the actual lease rates of a property. It’s also common for them to significantly under-represent expenses or completely leave off expenses. Income and expense reports can be altered too though. Some people rec-
What you need to know about the homebuying property inspection waiver By Kenneth Wohl` RCB Bank
Appraisals are a necessary part of the homebuying process, and for years, they were required to obtain mortgage financing on all new purchases or refinances. Now, in some cases, the Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, may waive an appraisal for eligible transactions. Not all homes
qualify. In fact, Fannie Mae states that the majority of transactions will not receive a Property Inspection Waiver (PIW), meaning an appraisal is required to establish the market value. Minimum standards for a PIW include one-unit properties at or below 80-percent loan-to-value for principal residences and second homes. Fannie Mae uses a database of more
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than 26 million appraisal reports as well as a proprietary analytics system to determine if the current market value of a property is acceptable or should be confirmed. For example, properties located in disaster-impacted areas will require new appraisals. If your property receives the inspection waiver, you still have a choice to order your own appraisal.
Appraisals are important. An appraisal verifies the value of the property you are purchasing. It helps you and your lender ensure you are not overpaying based on current market conditions. A PIW, in my opinion, will best serve refinances. There are limitations for refinances too. Not all will qualify. Do your homework. A PIW may
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disease issues. • March 15. Prune roses as they begin to break bloom. Do some research on rose rosette disease if have not already done so. See OSU Fact Sheet #EPP 7329 Rose Rosette Disease. This is a good time for first fertilization of cool season turfgrasses like tall fescue. • March 1020. Crabgrass pre-emergent needs to be applied and activated (i.e. watered in). This date has been bumped back a few days earlier than our long-term norm.
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with disease resistant options. • April 20-May 7. First fertilization of warm season turf grasses like bermuda and zoysia. For a more extensive list of gardening tasks, see OSU Fact Sheet HLA6408 Landscape
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Any late freezes kill crabgrass but if we don’t get one, crabgrass can sure germinate and take off in March. Early germination has led to some failures the last few years. • April 7. Average last freeze date. Average means virtually nothing here with freezes possible into early May. Proceed with caution with early plantings. • April 15-20. Generally safe to plant frost sensitive crops. This is also a good time to begin preventative spray programs for disease sensitive ornamentals and fruit trees. A better option might be to replace these plants
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With last week’s hard freeze, we can officially put the garden season of 2017 to rest. With the chores mostly completed, now is a good time to begin looking forward to next year. A great way to do that is by noting some key dates on the calendar. I mention this because one of my primary roles in the extension office is to advise clients in dealing with landscape pests, be they disease, insect, or weed. In many (dare I say most) cases, by the time the client walks in, the damage is done and a simple, effective solution is beyond reach. Being proactive with timely reminders can pay big dividends in stopping pest outbreaks before they become problems. There is nothing magical about the following calendar days, they are just close approximations based on our historical weather patterns. Please note I did not use the word “normal” related to the weather! Space does not permit an adequate explanation for some of these tasks. We will try to address specifics over the winter months. • January and February. Anytime the weather is over 50 and sunny with light winds is a
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FBI: Home buyers’ billion-dollar scam problem getting worse account. • In January, a Denver couple signed a contract to buy a $504,000 new home. They had sold their previous house and planned to use R. HARNEY the $272,536 in proceeds as a down payment. Somewhere home buyers. The bureau describes the along the path to the scheduled closing in current growth rate April, criminal hackof this type of theft ers gained access to as “steep,” though the sharp statistical the email system of the title company, rise may be partialrealty agent or mortly attributable to gage company – no increased reporting of such hacks by con- one seems to know which. The couple sumers, banks and received genureal estate industry participants It’s also ine-looking email inshocking and devas- structions on wiring the down payment tating to the home cash in preparation buyers involved. Consider two recent for the settlement. cases involving sub- But the instructions were bogus and the stantial losses: money disappeared. • Last May, a Nothing has been Washington D.C. recovered. couple lost $1.57 Though cybermillion when their thefts involving wire transfer of home settlements settlement funds have been occurwas hijacked after ring for several cyberthieves reyears, the number portedly penetrated of attacks and the a title and escrow company’s email sys- dollar amounts stotem and steered the len during the past year are stunning money to their own
The Nation’s Housing Column KENNETH scammer poses as the title or escrow agent whose email accounts they’ve hijacked and instructs the home buyer to wire the funds needed to close – often hundreds of thousands of dollars, but sometimes far more – to the criminals’ own bank accounts, not the title or escrow company’s legitimate accounts. The criminals then withdraw the money and vanish. According to new data provided for this column by the FBI, in fiscal year 2017, nearly $1 billion ($969 million) was “diverted or attempted to be diverted” from real estate purchase transactions, and wired to “criminally controlled” accounts. That figure is up explosively from fiscal 2016, when the FBI counted $19 million in wire transfer frauds affecting
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realty industry exthe “Financial Fraud perts, who expected Kill Chain.” The that greater public bureau says that it awareness of the may be able to stop problem would the transfer and thwart the hackers. recover consumers’ “It’s unbelievable funds if the wire how often this is transfer amount is happening,” said Jes- $50,000 or more, the sica Edgerton, asso- bank transfer is sent ciate counsel for the internationally, the National Association bank issues a recall of Realtors in Chinotice, and the FBI cago. And now real is informed of the estate clients who’ve details within 72 been scammed are hours. fighting back, seekSo what does this THE RE/MAX SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE Dedicated professionals providing unrivaled service. ing recovery of funds surge in real estate through the courts wire fraud mean and turning to an to you? If you plan FBI weapon that has to go to settlement been little known to on a house, be on the general public: alert. Red flag any
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WASHINGTON – In this year of horrendous cyberheists – Equifax the most prominent – you’ve probably taken at least a few precautions: changed passwords, stopped opening files and links from unknown senders, upgraded your computer security measures, maybe put a freeze on your credit reports. But if you’re buying a house and heading to settlement, you could still be far more vulnerable than you think to the fastest growing form of real estate cybercrime in the U.S.: thefts of home-purchase money wired to complete closing transactions. The scam generally works like this: Hackers find an opening into a title company’s or realty agent’s email account, track upcoming home purchases scheduled for settlements – the pricier the better – then assume the identity of the title agency person handling the transaction. Days or sometimes weeks before the settlement, the
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