5 minute freewrite 2773 prompt we can't import it
This is my post for #freewriters 2773 prompt we can't import it hosted by @mariannewest
I am so upset, and to make it worse, my sisters are on my case to do something about it, which I have no control over.
Neither of them wanted to have the hassle of selling our mom's property in Alabama, so I said I would do it. I hired a realtor in that area, and we had an offer one day after it went on the market. The offer was for 5 thousand less than we wanted, so I turned it down. Within hours, they came back and said they would pay the full asking price.
We had to get a couple of extensions, it was to close on 5-30-25. At the last minute, we were told there was another brother and sister they could not contact. This was news to us because we had two brothers who had passed away, not a brother and a sister. I was finally able to talk to the Title company, and they told me the names of these two who they had as my mother's children. They were my Dad's kids before he married Mom, so that was cleared up.
I told them we had two brothers, and they wanted to know why our two brothers were not listed as part owners in the property. I explained to the man that they were deceased. Now he wanted to know if they had ever married and if they had children, I told him no on both.
Now he wants death certificates for both. I am sure Mom would have had them in her belongings, but my sisters said they had not seen them when going through Mom's things, and honestly, I do not think they wanted to look for them. I sent the title company a picture of their graves.
So we had to get another extension because our local Vital records place said they passed so long ago that they do not have a record for them, we had to send by mail an application and wait for the death certificates to get back to us, and then mail them to Alabama. Then, on the 10th of June, we had to meet with a mobile notary to sign 54 pages of paperwork. In this paperwork, we had three options to receive our checks from them. We all chose overnight delivery by FEDEX or UPS because it would be a cashier's check.
One of the other options was to have them directly deposited to our bank accounts, but with being on Medicaid,we can't import this that way, we can not have that much money deposited into the bank account without it causing some sort of hassle, and I need to keep the Medicaid, it is the only health insurance that I have. It is not like we are getting some huge amount that is going to change our lives, it is 7K each, and a lot of it will be spent in the first week. There are three large trees close to my house that need to be taken out before we get a hurricane, which might take just about all of it.
This all happened from May 30th to June 10th, and on the 11th they had the closing.
It is now 6-20-25, and still no checks. I have talked to the realtor, and she said she would find out what is going on. That was 5 days ago. Two days ago, I spoke with the lady at the title company, and she said she would find out, then told me she would not be back in the office until 6-23-25, but gave me two other people, Keith and Mike, I could speak with about the checks. I called both, and of course, I had to leave a message. When I got no answer, I emailed both of them, and Keith got back to me, but said I would need to speak to Davis, he was the one who sent the checks.
By this time, I am more than upset, but I sent Davis an email, trying to be as polite as I could be. This is what I sent to him I keep being handed off to someone else, you are #4. I hope you will help. We have not received the checks that I was told were sent on 6-12-25 by USPS, not FEDEX or UPS. We requested them to be sent overnight by FEDEX or UPS, it is in your paperwork. I am told they were sent by USPS and there is no tracking number, this upsets us, who would send checks that large and not have it certified with tracking numbers. I hope we are being told wrong, and you can give us the tracking numbers so we can go to the post office and find out where the checks are.
I had to go collect Rudy's food before it got dark, and when I came back inside, I had a reply from Davis. This is what he said I was not involved with this transaction, but happy to do what I can. I spoke with Mike, who is our director of closing, and he said that if the checks do not arrive tomorrow, we will re-issue them by FedEx overnight. Just let him/us know, he is cc’d here as well.
No one seems to know who sent the checks. Mike is the only one who has not returned any of my calls or emails. I do not like where my mind is going, but I can not help but think that maybe, for some reason, he did not send the checks, my stomach is in knots over this. I hope we are not being scammed. If and when we get the checks, this title company is going to get a bad review from me and my sisters.
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