To make a long story long....
Several months ago, we got a legal notice about foreclosure proceedings because our landlord wasn't and hadn't been paying his mortgage on the place since he bought it. Made us wonder where our rent checks had gone.
To shorten the story somewhat, the house went up for auction last week. Needless to say, since we don't have any money and I'm still out of a job, we didn't go. Today, we get letters in the mail saying eviction proceedings have begun, and they'd like us out in two weeks.
Did I mention I still don't have a job yet? My mother doesn't have any money left either, and we've been living on her Social Security, and we went down to the county building last week to apply for food stamps. There's not the slightest chance of us scraping together any kind of security deposit much less rent.
My mom is still optimistic - she says oh, they're just the bank that bought the house at the foreclosure auction - they don't know we're not the owners and we just rent... maybe they'll let us stay if we pay rent! My position is, cluelessness of the girl my mother talked to on the phone notwithstanding, that they *couldn't have not known we were not the owners* - any bank that buys a property at foreclosure has GOT to know who the deadbeat previous owner was, as well as the tenants are.
We'll know more tomorrow after my mom talks to the people, but I am not optimistic. That's putting it mildly.
I don't have a job, and even if I got hired right now at a job I wouldn't have enough money to help us relocate.
We don't have any money. The only "Resource" we have left is my car.
I don't know what we're going to do.
I don't know what's going to happen to us.
There's nothing I can do. The only option that comes to mind is a running car in a closed garage. This place doesn't have a garage, though, so even that idea is out.
My mother still has her optimism, but I say optimism and an empty sack is worth the sack.
My heart goes out to you 
hope it works out.
Some people are like Slinkys... Not really good for anything, But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
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Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
Secondly, while you'd down there, look into Acorn or some of the other groups. They can usually help iron this stuff out, or at least make it easier on you.
Don't dispose of assets like your computer yet. Or your car. Unless you have some other option, it's better to retain some of your assets so you can more easily go to work if it's not right immediately near you.
What's the story on your brother? He working? If so, why not?
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Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
BTW.. You're like.. older than me. Why the fuck dont you have a job? I'm sure theres a story here somewhere that I may have missed on why you dont, but I'm curious. And, more importantly.. why do you have a level 41 pally on WoW if you have no job, and you're in enough financial trouble to get evicted and have no options?
This is a Karma hint that you need to sort your life out.
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Yeah, what Deth said...BTW.. You're like.. older than me. Why the fuck dont you have a job? I'm sure theres a story here somewhere that I may have missed on why you dont, but I'm curious. And, more importantly.. why do you have a level 41 pally on WoW if you have no job, and you're in enough financial trouble to get evicted and have no options?
This is a Karma hint that you need to sort your life out.
You can play WoW during the parts of the day when there's not many places that take job applications. Like at 9pm at night.
And when you're stressed beyond all reason, a little relaxation can be a godsend. And if the account was allready paid up to a certan date, why not play while it lasts?
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Yeah, what Deth said...BTW.. You're like.. older than me. Why the fuck dont you have a job? I'm sure theres a story here somewhere that I may have missed on why you dont, but I'm curious. And, more importantly.. why do you have a level 41 pally on WoW if you have no job, and you're in enough financial trouble to get evicted and have no options?
This is a Karma hint that you need to sort your life out.
Cause he got laid off.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
My brother has a job, but it still sucks for him.
As for WoW, I bought it with a rampant hope I'd have a job in a month, so lord knows what will happen when my free month is up.
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You can play WoW during the parts of the day when there's not many places that take job applications. Like at 9pm at night.
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To be a complete dick here, You can be looking up online applications and faxing your resume out at night, And fax it over email, since a physical copy in a person's hand means they will read it, rather than an ignorable e-mail. I mean when I lost my job at Sears, I stopped at the 4 places on my way home, I was able to land a job to get me by within 3 weeks.
I would say you are fucked with the lease, since I would think it would be an agreement with the prior owner, and have nothing to do with the new owners. However you should be able to go after the prior owner with legal actions, and I would be asking were your mother¡¦s security went, I can¡¦t see NY state laws being all that different than NJ¡¦s and it is required that the security is kept in a separate account.
To get out before bad shit happen, I would be looking into a storage facility, and then possibly a cheap motel room? Sadly in my area we have high rents (I pay the cheapest in Brick at 815 per month) but if your area is like mine relying on seasonal tourists, you might be able to land a really cheap efficiency in a motel. If not look to getting you shit stored and possibly seeing if any family is willing to put your mother and brother up for a while.
---For job searching, I would not limit what you are willing to do at this point, from my own experience, look to 2nd/3rd shifts in warehouse/CSR work, or overnight crew in retail, they tend to pay more outright due to the fucked up hours. From my current search in Central Jersey, most of my jobs have offered starting pay between $12-$14 an hour, 2 jobs much higher pay but I was shot down for lack of a degree over superior experience. ¼ Getting my ass back in school soon as I can get a new job
...and it's real easy to say how easy it is/was to find a job when you have one. I couldn't even get the job opening envelopes at the book company. :/
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It has been ordained by Primus, that there will be a Chosen One who will use the Matrix to "light our darkest hour." That darkest hour may come sooner if Mr. Parcelan keeps posting things like this:
The landlord hasn't been paying the mortgage, but you've been paying rent? Isn't there something you can do about that?
Yeah... both my mother and my brother stopped sending him the rent checks.
The sad but ironic fact is the landlord never made a single payment on the mortgage for the 3+ years he's owned this house... and the mortgage payment amount was such that *we* could have been paying the mortgage payments easily if we'd bought the place when the previous owner sold it. Mightion Defensor fucked around with this message on 01-18-2006 at 12:09 AM.
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How much Mightion Defensor can a Mightion Defensor-chuck chuck?
The previous landlord vanished. Even the address when my mother sent the rent checks was foreclosed. It was totally empty when the police went there to serve the notices....and it's real easy to say how easy it is/was to find a job when you have one. I couldn't even get the job opening envelopes at the book company. :/
It's time to start applying to the places that aren't hiring. Who knows, they may be about to fire someone whose job you can take. Rough, but true.
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The landlord hasn't been paying the mortgage, but you've been paying rent? Isn't there something you can do about that?
He could sue the landlord to have the lease upheld or for him to pay costs which resulted from his failing to uphold his end of the contract, but since the landlord is apparently utterly bankrupt he won't have much luck with that since there are much more influential debtors like banks fighting over the proceeds from the bankruptcy. There may be local renter protection laws that could help him however.
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Mightion Defensor impressed everyone with:
The previous landlord vanished. Even the address when my mother sent the rent checks was foreclosed. It was totally empty when the police went there to serve the notices.
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Then Contact the bank were your security is supposed to be held?
-Be looking at the want-ads in the paper constantly, there's always temp work out there who will train you on the job (you live in Buffalo correct? there should be no shortage of unskilled labor temp positions in a town that size)
-Have applied to every major fastfood restaurant/grocery store/retail store in the area.
-Sold my PC (and any other non-essential things I can do without), Libraries have free internet access if you need to check email/look for jobs online.
-Contacted friends & associates to see if they know of anyone who needs a worker
This is all stuff that you need to simply swallow your pride and do. When faced with unemployment, there is no job beneath you. Work at the crappy temp jobs while still looking for a more permanent career.
It'll suck but it's better than living on the street. Reynar fucked around with this message on 01-18-2006 at 01:13 AM.
As mentioned earlier, government subsidized housing.
Hell, if you were a bit younger, I would advise the military. Even going in as E1 will give you a decent paycheck, and since you get paid for your time in training, you would be able to arrange for the money to be sent to a bank that your mother or brother has access to, and bam, instant rent deposit and guarenteed employment for 4 years. Sign your mother up as your dependant, and you're set.
If you arent TOO much older than 36, you may even be able to apply for a waver...
Seems you are at the point where being picky isn't an option.
You do have a car, pizza delivery could even be considered.
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Trent had this to say about Matthew Broderick:You do have a car, pizza delivery could even be considered.
I agree, Im a pizza delivery driver right now and its a pretty good job for the money. I live in sort of a small town too, and I still make at least 10 bucks an hour. Im sure living in Buffalo would bring in much much more. The only catch is you'll need a reliable car. Ive been working as a delivery guy for about a year now and its really taken a beating to my car. Gas is also a matter, but its small compared to how much I make.
Cheer up, it'll work out, ending the story isn't always the best choice.
Push come to shove, though, get a shitty job. A job is a job. Might not be glamorous, but it brings in money.
I disagree with selling the computer, though. Fact is your computer won't go for much at a pawn shop, if you wipe the HD someone might still find your information, and it costs a hell of a lot more to get a computer back than you got selling it.
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That's all it boils down to.
I'm going through something quite similar right now.
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Maradon! had this to say about Jimmy Carter:I'm going through something quite similar right now.
comforts Maradon.
Suppose we all chip in to a PP account and help these people?
Some people are like Slinkys... Not really good for anything, But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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comforts Maradon.Suppose we all chip in to a PP account and help these people?
To be totally honest, The amount we could scrape together won't help two people in financial trouble.
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Verily, Mightion Defensor doth proclaim:
This Week: World of Warcraft 78 Hours
Dont get me wrong.. I've done the whole "Breadlines" thing before. You and all your friends need jobs.. nobody seems to be hiring. Or if they are hiring, they aren't hiring YOU. You finally land a job only to be layed off.. But I was never to proud or too picky to sling pizza for a few bucks.
And I actually LIKE Mightion. Yeah, I could be nice and all that, and say It'll be ok.. shit'll get better, you just hang in there, pal. But the house went up for auction last week, and he's spent 60+ hours in WoW since then. He needs a wakeup call, not a buncha sugar coated "The world is a happy place" bullshit.
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comforts Maradon.Suppose we all chip in to a PP account and help these people?
Last time we did that, I don't think it worked out well at all.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Some people are like Slinkys... Not really good for anything, But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
For the record, I bought WoW with my Christmas money and that "9 hours a day" is mainly from after dinner to about 2-4 am. A lot of weekday afternoons I go to my other brother's house from 2-5:30 pm to watch his kids when they get home from school until he or his wife get home.
And I don't want you guys to send us money, that's not why I posted this.
Some people are like Slinkys... Not really good for anything, But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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Well, my brother is in the process of trying to buy this place. He works for a bank, though not the bank that bought this place - that's out in Utah somewhere.For the record, I bought WoW with my Christmas money and that "9 hours a day" is mainly from after dinner to about 2-4 am. A lot of weekday afternoons I go to my other brother's house from 2-5:30 pm to watch his kids when they get home from school until he or his wife get home.
And I don't want you guys to send us money, that's not why I posted this.
Seriously dude, no flame here or anything, but why are you not working a low end fast food, pizza dlivery, grocery store, or retail position until you can find some decent employment?
I know it's not good money and the work sucks, but it's better than a kick in the ass.
Some people are like Slinkys... Not really good for anything, But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
