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Homeowner finds and calls contractor's mother when he takes 50% payment up front and then never shows: 'I became an internet detective and found his mother's contact information'

Brad Dickson

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Michigan homeowner discovers the previous owner leased the solar panels, still owes half the balance, and is now asking him to take over the payments

Etai Eshet

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'I think my neighbor is the reason our house was for sale': Homeowner discovers new neighbor's bad habit, HOA refuses to intervene

Remy Millisky

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New homeowner unearths a silly HVAC mod inherited from the previous inhabitant after investigating the frozen tundra of the upstairs guest room: ‘That used to be their bird room. They kept like 8 parrots in there’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'She moves in, I move out. Full stop': New homeowners sideswiped when their mother-in-law announces she's moving in to their spare room, putting the couple on blast at Thanksgiving

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New homeowners allow previous residents to stay for one more week, now they refuse to leave: 'This is why you don't do nice things for people!'

Ben Weiss

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‘I love women': With just a butter knife and no gloves, woman discovers the most beautiful tiled flooring under her old home's carpeting, goes viral

Elna McHilderson

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New homeowner gets hit with HOA violations because of unreported additions made by the previous owner: 'Turns out the guy we bought the house from had been fighting the HOA for YEARS!'

Ben Weiss

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Family man purges corrupt HOA board by becoming president and creates ideal HOA, but now 3 years later his community won't let him pass the baton: ‘Will I be stuck… forever?'

Elna McHilderson

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‘NEVER again!’: New homeowners pay an unexplained $300 HOA fee, board accidentally lets it slip that the fine is made up and the HOA fees are voluntary

Elna McHilderson

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'Planks OVER the carpet?!': Home inspector reveals atrocious violations on a $370k home that the realtor flipped themselves, potential homebuyer backs out

Elna McHilderson

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Parents remove fence and lets kids play on open land next door, new neighbors try to claim it as their own: 'They have absolutely no right to try keep my family out'

Isabella Penn

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HOA plays favorites, but homeowner who keeps getting fined fights back and gets control of the whole board: ‘[They] may dissolve it’

Elna McHilderson

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'Chores are valuable, but they don't build equity': Man refuses to give live-in girlfriend 50% equity on their first home because she refuses to put any money toward the mortgage, she insists that doing 60% of the cooking and cleaning is enough

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Their faces [were] priceless’: Older couple mooches off of younger couple next door under the guise of a "neighborly dinner," younger couple turn the tables and get the upper hand

Elna McHilderson

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'My position has been eliminated': New homeowner closes on deal on first house, only to be fired from his job 15 minutes later

Ben Weiss

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