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    Have to move out...

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    Sorry your not having the best luck, but personally I think its wrong to try and claim "squatters rights" on a house thats owned by your relatives. They probably were helping you out by letting you live there in the first place?

     

    Well, we can't claim squatter's rights, so no worries there. And no, us moving in when we did was never something they did to help us out. They were moving into a new house and were going to rent the place anyway but asked my mom and grandmother if they wanted to split the rent for it. So they did and we've been here ever since. I would go into detail about why they want to sell the place (and it has nothing to do with us), but this isn't the place for it.

     

    If your dad is disabled does he not get some sort of disability that would be enough to get a cheap apartment?

     

    Yes...he gets just enough $$ to make our car payment and pay for my internet service. So when you total that up, it comes to less than $400 a month.

     

    Just keep applying at retail jobs and stuff, a couple of my college friends have been able to get jobs the last few weeks. (not glamorous and not gonna get you rich, but at least you'll be getting something.)

     

    I do, everyday. But our job market is scarce here. People at Workforce have told me that with the way things are here, the only way anyone in Orlando is getting a job is if they know someone who can get us in. And sadly, I don't. But that doesn't mean I've stopped trying. I'm actually making an appointment to take the test for the 2010 Census stuff. Maybe that will pan out. Even though it's temporary, it's better than nothing.

     

    Are you guys getting any sort of government assistance?

    I see tons of people standing on the sides of the roads around my area asking for money, but most of these people never try any of the government programs to help them get back on their feet first. There are government subsidized apartments everywhere.

     

    No government assistance other than dad's SS disability check and my intermittent unemployment checks. I've not been able to find anything that can help us, so if you know of programs please clue me in. Even the section 8 housing here has a 2+ year waiting list. The first thing they tell you when you apply is "you can apply but it doesn't mean you'll get in anytime soon". So that doesn't offer much help or hope either.

    Have to move out...

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    There could be someone like that on Lulu's side of the pond. A friend in the real estate business would know, as would maybe a friend in the legal business. Who is your ward/district/county elected representative, like a councilman, magistrate, etc? They might point you in the right direction. There is also the Veterans Administration for veterans, of course, and other government entities. The great thing about the government entities is that they are pretty much free.

     

    Will keep thinking.

     

    I will have to look into that stuff, though the VA is out since my dad isn't a vet.

    Have to move out...

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    If this was the uk, they cant kick you out. 12years could claim squatters rights and he/she can do nothing, could even try to claim it for yourself if there was no contract

     

    I wonder if we have a similar law here. I'll have to look into that, because that would be awesome.

     

    your donations thing wont work, sorry. It would seem as believable as this girl from russia "yeva" who is currently emailing me about her hardship and how much she wants to come to the uk to marry me. (yes i am playing along for the lol)

     

    You're probably right. But it was worth a shot.

     

    can you prove you lived there for the lengthof time?

     

    Yep sure can.

    Have to move out...

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    +1 to the yard sale/garage sale idea (if you have stuff to sell that aren't in the "need" category).

     

    Yeah there isn't much of that, but what is there will put up in a garage sale. We've already sold some of mom's jewelry, but there wasn't much of that either.

     

    Paypal idea may get you a little, but setting up a site from scratch where are you gonna get visitors from.

    It would be easier if you had an online community already around you (this site is around piriform so a little harder),

    Or maybe if you know a you-tube/internet star they could put a word in on there page an you may get something out of that....

     

    Getting visitors was also a question I had. I'm really not sure. lol My idea had been to just put up fliers around town or something of that sort, but wasn't sure how well that work.

     

    Is it possible you both to get a partime/casual job so save a little faster or do you get more out of unemployment benefits...

     

    Mom already works full time and has been picking up whatever extra hours she can get...which is killing her. She's 68 years old and is not in prime condition anymore. I've been looking for a job since the very day I lost mine back in 08 and have gotten no where other than the odd jobs I get asked to do for friends and neighbors. But those are far and few between. And my dad is disabled and confined to a bed, so even he can't do anything.

    Have to move out...

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    Regardless of relatives owning the property and selling it I think there's a law that allows you to stay there for a number of months, i.e.; you can't just be told you have x amount of days to leave and be expected to be able to realistically comply to it. May wanna look into that law if it gives enough time to save up some money for a move. It sucks that's it's relatives involved though.

     

    I will have to check that out, thanks. I'm just not sure if it would work in our favor since my uncle never had a formal rental agreement drawn up when we moved in. In other words...no signatures or anything ever took place. But we do have lots of cancelled rent checks and a nice piece of information that could be used as blackmail should it be needed.

     

    I honestly think the PayPal thing wouldn't pan out, that and since them paying people the correct amount is up in question. You'd possibly make more money with a yard sale and get to keep all the profit without some middleman vampire taking their share!

     

    I do plan on having a garage sale. As I've been packing up things, I've been setting stuff aside for it. Just not sure how much we'd actually get that way since we really don't have that much to sell. But it's worth a shot.

     

    Thanks :)

    Have to move out...

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    You could struggle doing this lulu.

     

    I know I would not donate on the internet to someone who told me a hard-luck story.

     

    But I wish you the best of luck.

     

     

    Yeah I imagine a majority of people out there would think the same way. :unsure:

     

    Myself, I've donated like that before. I try to help anyone I can...even now when I have nothing I do what I can for people. People tell me I'm too compassionate. Maybe they're right, but it won't stop me from helping someone out if I can.

     

    Oh well, I can always go stand out on a street corner with a tin can. lol

    Have to move out...

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    I wouldn't be asking this if it wasn't necessary and since I trust all of you, I trust that you all can offer some sort of help or insight or advice or just, whatever.

     

    My parents and I have recently been told by our landlords (who happen to be my aunt and uncle) that they are going to sell the house we've been living in for almost 25 years. After losing my job in '08 and having my grandmother pass away shortly after, my mom has been struggling to keep up with bills and whatnot. Her savings are now gone and she is the only source of income. I've helped her with my unemployment money and with any extra funds I've been able to raise by doing odd jobs for friends and neighbors, but since it's not steady income, it doesn't help for very long.

     

    I took her to a lender last week, and while she qualifies for "some" assitance, it may not be available once she qualifies for a loan. Her credit score is a few points too low to qualify for one now (we had to buy another car last October so that's what brought it down), so she was told to work on bringing it up over the next 6 months and she should be ok. That's assuming the bottom doesn't fall out on us...again. That's also assuming they don't try to get us out of here before then. If they do, then I honestly don't know what will happen.

     

    So here's what I'm wondering from you guys. I know this probably sounds petty and whatnot, but if I set up a website that asked for donations (sent to my PayPal account) in order to help us move out, do you think there are people out there would donate? It would go towards a downpayment on a house; or worse case scenerio, a deposit for an apartment (which would be hard considering certain aspects of my family). Any leftover money would be donated to a charity so that others could benefit as well.

     

    What do you guys think? Do you think it's worth a shot? Or do you think my family is forever cursed and that we should just give up? lol

     

    Thanks guys :)

    A way to end social networking

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    Posted

    As I said, "Tongue in cheek" and I agree with you...........no appeal at all, I have NOT and spend no time at all with social networking. To me it the place where one can lose / have stolen one's identity. Good luck to those that participate.

     

    That's why I use a fictitious name and junk email address.

    A way to end social networking

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Don't....touch...my....Facebook! lol Seriously, it's nice if you want to find old friends or whatever and keep in touch. I was able to get in contact with some high school friends that I never though I'd ever talk to again. So it's been good for me. Though I will admit I've gotten sucked into ao couple of the apps on there. But all in all, it really isn't bad.

    Merry Christmas

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    And a lovely season's greetings to LuLu and her beautiful pic.

     

    .....I'll send her a dozen snowballs to Florida from NE Ohio in the mail to keep her in the holiday spirit.

     

    Hehe thanks!! It's been *years* since I've gotten to play in snow. Better pack them in dry ice so they don't melt! :D

    Can't send another PM for 5 minutes?

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    Posted

    Is this something new? I was PMing with someone, sent my first reply and then when I clicked the reply button to send them another message, it told me I couldn't send another one for like 5 minutes. Happened twice. It's never done that before so I was wondering if I just totally missed it or if something's amiss or what... :huh:

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