Country places Inc Don Busby False advertising of House for sale Knoxville Tennessee

Below is a list of the events that transpired between the seller and the buyers of the house and owner financing agreement mentioned in the previous report.    The events listed below are documented by the following methods: email conversations, faxed documents, signed contracts, a promissory note, public records from lawsuit and eviction in Wayne County TN.  If you notice on the initial report the person did not mention their name/s.  I do not wish to get back at or smear the buyers so I will not be mentioning their names.  This report is being written to clear my name and prove that the events written in the previous report are not true.

10/31/2013:  The buyers contacted seller with an interest in the property that is being offered with Seller Financing.  Buyers are living in Texas so seller sends them pictures and description through email. 

11/18/2013:  Buyer contacts seller and states that they want to come view the property but are afraid the property will sell before they get here.  Seller agreed to accept a $600 deposit to hold the property so the buyer could travel from TX to TN later that week.  The buyer stated in their report that they forwarded half of the $5600 down payment.  This is not true.  It is documented that they only paid a $600 deposit and this was refundable if they were unhappy with house.

11/22/2013:  Buyer wanted to view the house during the Thanksgiving Holiday but seller was out of town.  Seller agreed that the buyer could go by and view the house.  Buyer stated that they were bringing their camper with them and would stay in the camper until the seller returned after Thanksgiving to complete the deal.  

11/22-11/25/2013:  During this time frame the buyer moved into the house without permission while seller was out of town visiting family for Thanksgiving.  When seller contacted the customer, they(buyer) stated that they wanted the house and would send the remaining $5000 and sign contracts to purchase the property.

11/25/2013:  Contract is mailed to the buyer.

11-25 to 12-18-2013:   One month after moving into the house the buyer has not sent back the contract or the down payment.  The buyer won't return phone calls, texts or voicemails.

12/18/2013:  Seller hires an attorney and has a notice of eviction delivered to the buyer(certified mail).  The buyer has not paid the down payment and has not returned a signed contract.

12/18/2013:  The buyer gets the certified letter and finally calls stating that they had to pay for house repairs and do not have the money to pay the full down payment.  Seller cancels the eviction and agrees to lower the down payment  to help offset the costs of the repairs that the buyer claims to have made.  Seller requested receipts/proof for the repairs.  The buyer claimed to mail the receipts but it never showed up and the buyer never supplied proof of repairs.

12/19/2013  A new contract is sent out documenting that seller reduced the down payment from $5000 to $4000.  Buyer has now lived in the house for a month and has not made any payments or their down payment.  Buyer has only paid a $600 deposit.  Again the buyer wont return calls or emails for another 10 days.

12/29/2013  The buyer(wife) calls seller at midnight and leaves a frantic voicemail stating that her husband has left her and taken all the money.  She says that he blocked her emails and thats why she hadn't responded back to seller.  She also sends an email explaining the same and says she only has $1000 that she can send toward the down payment.  Seller agrees to let the buyer pay the remaining down payment over the next 3 months and buyer agrees to sign a promissory note.  Buyer also promises to send $1000 plus her first payment the next day on 12/30/13.  but 3 weeks late seller gets only the $1000 partial down payment.

12/30/2013 Through 01/12/14 Seller emails and calls the customer each day attempting to get the signed contracts but no answer and no response from the buyer.

1/7/2014  At the request of the buyer(wife)  A revised contract is sent with only the wife's name.  Contract is sent certified and requires a signature.  When seller gets the signature card back...It was signed by the husband  who seller was told had left and would not be on the contract.

1/13/2014  Buyer emails stating that they have mailed the $1000(portion of down payment) and all signed documents.

1/18/2014 $1000 down payment arrives but no signed documents as promised.  Buyer has now been in the house for two months and has not made their first payment and they have only paid $1000 of their down payment which was reduced from $5000 to $4000.

1/18/2014 to 2/16/14  Multiple attempts are made to contact the buyer to get the signed contracts which buyer previously stated had been mailed.  Seller instructs the customer to only mail the contract and check with a tracking number.  Buyer agrees to send with a tracking number.  Buyer again wont answer calls or emails.  The contracts never show up in the mail. Buyer finally emails seller and says that they couldn't afford the extra $4 for a tracking number so everything was sent regular mail(never arrived).

3/24/14  4 months after moving into the house the buyer finally sends the signed contracts.  Buyer also submits a check for $1500 which bounces due to insufficient funds.  Buyer now owes $3000 from the down payment and is past due on the monthly payments.

3/25/14 A certified letter is sent to buyer notifying them that they are $4884.90 past due and that their contract is scheduled to terminate on April 15th if payment is not made.

3/31/14 The buyer submits a complaint to the Better Business Bureau and the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Consumer Protection.   All documents, emails and conversations are submitted by the  seller to both agencies.  Both agencies close the cases and agree that there was no wrong doing by the seller.

4/16/14 A certified letter is sent to the buyer stating that their contract has been terminated due to non payment.  Buyer is also notified that they have 30 days to vacate the property.

5/16/14  The 30 days have expired and the customer is still living in the house.  Seller hires an attorney to pursue eviction of buyer.

6/11/14  Eviction hearing at Wayne County Court.  Buyer requests extra time so they can hire an attorney.  Judge delays the trial to June 25th.  Buyer is still living in the house.

6/25/14 2nd hearing at Wayne County Court.  Buyer Claims that seller does not have rights to the property and that buyer needs more time to secure an attorney.  Judge delays the trial a second time to 7/9/14.   The buyer is still living in the house.

7/9/14 3rd hearing at Wayne County Court.  All evidence is submitted to the court and the court rules in favor of the Seller and orders the buyer to vacate the property.

7/20/14   Seller regains legal access to the property.  Upon inspection of property it is documented that all appliances had been taken from the house by the buyer.  The floors are covered in animal feces and trash.  The house is infested with fleas and is a complete disaster. 

Recap:  The buyer moved into the house without permission and it only got worse from there.  The buyer lived in this house From November 2013 till July 2014(9 months) and only made two payments.  They also only paid $1600 down payment of an agreed $4000 which was reduced from $5000.  The buyer made multiple promises stating that the "Check was in the mail" BUT the check never showed up.  The buyer would not respond to sellers attempts to communicate and resolve the situation.  The seller made every reasonable attempt to work with the customer including lowering the down payment to cover the costs of alleged repairs, delaying the monthly payment and the down payment(which was never paid).    

As a side note:

The seller would like to thank Ripoff Report for their many phone calls/emails with offers to "help me". Thank you for offering to let us join your Corporate Advocacy Program which says "Let Ripoff Report change those negative search engine listings to a positive."  It sounds like a great program but we just cant afford it at this time.  I'm sure Ripoff Report is doing a great job of exposing dishonest and corrupt people but please be aware that hard working honest people can also be unfairly targeted by anyone.