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'Quit watching HGTV': Professional contractors and tradesmen share the biggest issues they experience with homeowners

'Quit watching HGTV': Professional contractors and tradesmen share the biggest issues they experience with homeowners

Elna McHilderson

‘Why would she even be mad about FREE LEMONS?’: New homeowner writes unhinged letter accusing neighbor of throwing lemons from his lemon tree into her yard, has a spot-on clap-back

‘Why would she even be mad about FREE LEMONS?’: New homeowner writes unhinged letter accusing neighbor of throwing lemons from his lemon tree into her yard, has a spot-on clap-back

Elna McHilderson

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‘They want some poor stooge to risk arrest for trespassing’: Couple offers $50 for a quick 'errand' they need run, is just a sneaky way to get a cheap home inspection of a remote property they want to buy

‘They want some poor stooge to risk arrest for trespassing’: Couple offers $50 for a quick 'errand' they need run, is just a sneaky way to get a cheap home inspection of a remote property they want to buy

Elna McHilderson

Squatters get outwitted by management company after the landlord hires a professional 'nuisance' to move in with them: 'They were out within a week'

Squatters get outwitted by management company after the landlord hires a professional 'nuisance' to move in with them: 'They were out within a week'

Elna McHilderson

'Everything is aesthetic but not functional': Professional Home Inspector Exposes the Cheap Design and Shoddy Work of a $1.8 Million House Currently on the Market

'Everything is aesthetic but not functional': Professional Home Inspector Exposes the Cheap Design of a $1.8 Million House Currently on the Market

Elna McHilderson

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'Imagine my shock!': Airbnb Hosts Share Stories of Their Most Entitled Guests That Will Make You Never Want to Host

'Imagine my shock!': Airbnb Hosts Share Stories of Their Most Entitled Guests That Will Make You Never Want to Host

Elna McHilderson

‘Boy, was I tickled pink': Couple who's lived in their home 15 years gets a 4-page passive aggressive plea to join the HOA for $70 a month, clearly turns them down

‘Boy, was I tickled pink': Couple who's lived in their home 15 years gets a 4-page passive aggressive plea to join the HOA for $70 a month, turns them down

Elna McHilderson

'The look on her red face was priceless': Suburban Karen neighbor tries pushing trash on new millennial homeowners, drive-by junk collector puts her in her place

'The look on her red face was priceless': Suburban Karen neighbor tries pushing trash on new millennial homeowners, drive-by junk collector puts her in her place

Elna McHilderson

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‘It's the bane of my existence’: Homeowners share the minor issues they ignored when buying their home that are now much bigger problems

‘It's the bane of my existence’: Homeowners share the minor issues they ignored when buying their home that are now much bigger problems

Elna McHilderson

Entitled older generation of neighbors decide to hang up U.S. military flags on younger couple's property to ‘support the troops’, property owners stop them in their tracks

Entitled older generation of neighbors decide to hang up U.S. military flags on younger couple's property to ‘support the troops’, property owners stop them in their tracks

Elna McHilderson

‘I said “nah”’: Real estate corporation tries to trick potential buyers into a bidding war, homebuyers refuse to play their games and land the contract

‘I said “nah”’: Real estate corporation tries to trick potential buyers into a bidding war, homebuyers refuse to play their games and land the contract

Elna McHilderson

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First-time homebuyer and single mom shares foreboding story about purchasing on one-income: ‘I do not regret buying… [But] please think about worst-case scenario’

First-time homebuyer and single mom shares foreboding story about purchasing on one-income: ‘I do not regret buying… [But] please think about worst-case scenario’

Elna McHilderson

'His face went white when he saw me': Wannabe slumlord finally gets his comeuppance 10 years later from a tenant he never thought he'd see again

'His face went white when he saw me': Wannabe slumlord finally gets his comeuppance 10 years later from a tenant he never thought he'd see again

Elna McHilderson

Professional Home Inspectors and Recent Homebuyers Explain How Bad is 'BAD' for Inspection Results

Professional Home Inspectors and Recent Homebuyers Explain How Bad is 'BAD' for Inspection Results

Elna McHilderson

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‘Stretched way too thin’: One bad decision doesn't spell it out for the entire real estate market, but guy with less than $150k salary who buys $500,000 home poses a common buyer mistake

‘Stretched way too thin’: One bad decision doesn't spell it out for the entire real estate market, but guy with less than $150k salary who buys $500,000 home poses a common buyer mistake

Elna McHilderson

'I'm just stunned': Parents save $20,000 for son's future home, now all grown up he's ready to put a down payment, but his wife feels uneasy about accepting the "free" money

'I'm just stunned': Parents save $20,000 for son's future home, now all grown up he's ready to put a down payment, but his wife feels uneasy about accepting the "free" money

Elna McHilderson

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Guy responds politely to job rejection email, ends up scoring an interview in a positive turn of events: “Life is strange’

Guy responds politely to job rejection email, ends up scoring an interview in a positive turn of events: “Life is strange’

'I had no intentions in someone else losing their job': Cabinet finisher is wrongly blamed for repeated customer rejections, brings in a consultant to review his work, ultimately exposing coworker’s improper prep process and leading to his termination

'I had no intentions in someone else losing their job': Cabinet finisher is wrongly blamed for repeated customer rejections, brings in a consultant to review his work, ultimately exposing coworker’s improper prep process and leading to his termination

Tax office rejects employee's work lunch deductions and claims they can drive home to make lunch, so the employee claims a larger deduction for mileage to and from work: ‘"Very well played..."’

Tax office rejects employee's work lunch deductions and claims they can drive home to make lunch, so the employee claims a larger deduction for mileage to and from work: ‘"Very well played..."’

Employee resigns, upper management fails to convince him to stay after refusing to relinquish in-person office requirement: 'They know very well I've been unhappy for 10 months'

Employee resigns, upper management fails to convince him to stay after refusing to relinquish in-person office requirement: 'They know very well I've been unhappy for 10 months'

Woman refuses to continue casual babysitting for her coworker's young daughter, after she turns up 4 hours late to fetch her because she went to happy hour with their other coworkers: 'Finally at 9:45pm Sandra shows up. I was furious'

Woman refuses to continue casual babysitting for her coworker's young daughter, after she turns up 4 hours late to fetch her because she went to happy hour with their other coworkers: 'Finally at 9:45pm Sandra shows up. I was furious'

Pokémon card reseller offers another collector 20% below asking price for a box of cards, collector refuses to give in to their scalper ways: ‘Buy them on eBay then’

Pokémon card reseller offers another collector 20% below asking price for a box of cards, collector refuses to give in to their scalper ways: ‘Buy them on eBay then’

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