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Wow, spoke too soon. Remind me to never use a smiley icon again.
Developments:
1) stbx has secured a house with help from family. The plan is to move in about 30 days.
2) Her plan is to stick me with the ENTIRE mortgage payment (That's $4700/month folks) probably along with HE loan (around $600/month). She will probably try to stick me with child support too.
3) Even though she is getting a house, she is pressuring the agent to sell, Sell, SELL! She wants the price dropped another $50k.
Observations:
1) I will be fighting this in court on May 2nd. (not the moving out part, I don't care where she goes and prefers she never came back).
2) I have a checking acount that's got overdraft protection up to $15k based off of home equity. This affects her available equity too. :-)
3) I'm guessing the new home is not in her name or else I'd have to sign off on it??
4) I think she is desperate to pay her family back. It has to be my mother-in-law. I doubt it's father-in-law cuz he'd have to get that by his wife. We don't even get invited to their house.
5) Just because stbx wants to lower the price of the house doesn't mean I have to. She has not been cooperative, so I don't have to be in return. Besides, the only thing you rush in business is getting out of a bad investment (which this isn't). Impulsive rushing costs you money.
6) Securing her home *now* gives her one advantage - I cannot threaten her with bad credit if we default on the loan or the credit cards. She won't care - I'm the one who still has to get a loan for the next place.
I'll be cranking on my spreadsheets this weekend. Good thing it's my "adult" weekend.
Time for some "adult" beverages...
Developments:
1) stbx has secured a house with help from family. The plan is to move in about 30 days.
2) Her plan is to stick me with the ENTIRE mortgage payment (That's $4700/month folks) probably along with HE loan (around $600/month). She will probably try to stick me with child support too.
3) Even though she is getting a house, she is pressuring the agent to sell, Sell, SELL! She wants the price dropped another $50k.
Observations:
1) I will be fighting this in court on May 2nd. (not the moving out part, I don't care where she goes and prefers she never came back).
2) I have a checking acount that's got overdraft protection up to $15k based off of home equity. This affects her available equity too. :-)
3) I'm guessing the new home is not in her name or else I'd have to sign off on it??
4) I think she is desperate to pay her family back. It has to be my mother-in-law. I doubt it's father-in-law cuz he'd have to get that by his wife. We don't even get invited to their house.
5) Just because stbx wants to lower the price of the house doesn't mean I have to. She has not been cooperative, so I don't have to be in return. Besides, the only thing you rush in business is getting out of a bad investment (which this isn't). Impulsive rushing costs you money.
6) Securing her home *now* gives her one advantage - I cannot threaten her with bad credit if we default on the loan or the credit cards. She won't care - I'm the one who still has to get a loan for the next place.
I'll be cranking on my spreadsheets this weekend. Good thing it's my "adult" weekend.
Time for some "adult" beverages...
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Can't imagine that any judge will let her get away with sticking you with mortgage. Not when you are not keeping the house. Very happy that is not my mortgage payment. Don't know how people can afford to live in CA. I won't tell you what mine is (that I complain about) because I don't believe in kicking someone when they are down..lol. You have been trying very hard to get along..I know for the kids..but that doesn't mean that you have to take whatever she dishes out. You won't be married to her but you will still have to deal with her. New boundries to be created. If she acts like that with the boys..they will be making a bee-line to your place. She won't be able to stop that. Enjoy your adult weekend..and adult beverages.
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I'm not a judge, so I don't get a vote, but she's more than welcome to drop that price if she takes $50 out of her portion of the proceeds. And she's stuck with that mortgage payment as long as her name is on mortgage papers. Just my opinion. I'm sure you've thought of all this and more in prep for May 2nd. At least she's getting out of the house, though that still doesn't get you off the aerobed, does it?
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