Today, I found out that the piece of vacant land I purchased for $20,000 is illegal to build a house on, due to acreage restrictions. Thank you, realtor. FML
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Today, my partner and I went to the inspection of a house we wanted to buy. The whole roof was illegal. This is the second time our realtor has shown us a house with major issues. FML
Today, I found out that my childhood vacation home was on sale for 149K. We sold it for 99K 9 months ago. FML
Today, I found out the house I want to buy is being re-listed, because I can't have an open house to get people to see and buy my current house, because no one can go out in the this fucking quarantine. FML
Today, I learned that just because I inherited a house doesn’t mean I get to move into it to escape my crappy neighbourhood and asshole neighbours. Thanks to inheritance tax I have to sell the house to afford the taxes. FML
Today, I rented a house for 5 years with my girlfriend, only to find out she is the actual owner. FML
Today, we lost our dream house because the current owner heard us discussing our plans to landscape the massive back garden, and she decided she couldn’t sell to someone who planned to rip out all the flowerbeds she spent years cultivating. Why sell the house then, selfish cow? FML
Today, after a couple of months of enjoying an informal parking arrangement with a local bank, I found out they sold their extra lot without telling me. The new owner's towing company heard about the deal, though. FML
Today, my father gave me the best birthday gift, a piece of real estate. I got a grave, which is leased. FML
Today, a realtor came to take a look at my house. I had worked all morning to make it look lovely. When they took pictures, I explained a number of ways I could change things so everything would look as good as possible. After the house tour, they told me it should be bulldozed. FML
Today, I asked my landlord if I could get a dog. He said no, and gave me an illegal rent increase. FML
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evilplatypus 39
I would have done research with the town first. With any kind of construction you want to talk to people about ordinances first. The realtor just wants to sell sell sell.
Zachthejoker 10
Could always build a paintball course and get revenue from that
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Comments (73)
MrRayBans 8
I think you should bitch your heart out to the BBB, and to the real estate company, and also, if they're on Yelp, give them one star. That'll show them!
rcgirl2 11
You should've done your research Op. This is your fault.
coderedninja 6
Then what's the point of buying that vacant land if you can't really do anything with it? Geez that sucks.
haycassidy 7
The point of the FML went right over your head didn't it?
citymayer 7
I think they mean why is that land for sale if you can't build.
coderedninja 6
Exactly what I meant.
TheDrifter 24
Park a camper on it and crack a beer, private campground for you.
cassbird09 12
You should have checked with the local council first.
ceegee415 5
Ydi for not doing your research. Dumbass
KiddNYC1O 22
Very firm, sir.
KiddNYC1O 22
Just $20,000 for that amount of soil in California?
LizzJizz 16
My thoughts exactly.
hockeyoceancity 13
You can't build though, lowers the chances of of it being useful. although OP could figure something out, maybe buy the lot next to it and make a nice house with a big front/back yard.
itsme1321 3
Seriously? 20k for less than 1 acre is cheap in CA?! Here in VA, you can get 5 acres, with wooded perimeter and perked well for 20k...seems a pity to pay 20k for less than an acre of land that's most likely going to be underwater or part of an island w/ in the next 10 years :/
Shrike 24
No shit, and who says the land he bought was even in the same State? Sounds like OP has enough money to blow that it's probably for a second home.
itsme1321 3
Uh...shrike...if op had enough $ to blow, then he probably wouldn't give a flying **** about 20k & this wouldn't be a fml...and how do you figure it's land for a second home...? It seems much more likely that op was trying to get a home as cheap as possible by buying a vacant lot & developing it
KiddNYC1O 22
My question was asked sincerely.
MCRaddict15 15
Exactly what I thought.
the_true_batman 10
I hope that you can sue the realtor. They obviously didn't do their job.
misterjez 15
Or they did their job really well...
rayne2021 5
If u discovered this w/in a certain time frame u can dispute the purchase to get ur money back. Most property purchases can b nullified w/in 30-60 days if u have a good reason
AliceLockehart 18
*within. I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a grammar nazi about it but it was driving me nuts.
itsme1321 3
"w/" is shorthand for the word "with". Thus, "w/in" is shorthand for "within". You just attempted to correct something that was, in fact, already correct.
AliceLockehart 18
I know but it's still ******* annoying. People misuse the English language enough without being lazy & using shorthand. Thumb me down if you want, I really don't care. It's not going to hurt to take the extra few seconds to write the word properly.
kittenvks 11
There is a difference in using actual shorthand, which the commenter did, and text language. Shorthand is recognized as proper in the appropriate situation such as typing. Considering this is the Internet, I see it as appropriate. You just wanna be a douche.
itsme1321 3
Alice - "I know but it's still ******* annoying. People misuse the English language enough without being lazy & using shorthand...It's not going to hurt to take the extra few seconds to write the word properly." So, why didn't you take the extra few seconds to write the word "and" properly?
LizzJizz 16
Sexual harassment....Panda!