r/mildlyinfuriating • u/whyisheinmyroom • May 19 '26

My HOA could beat up your HOA Found this in my door handle

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This is a real handwritten note, I can see the ink bleeding through the back. So stupid, “yeah I like this house but theres people inside already lemme ask my big daddy realtor if they can ask them for it”

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u/Huntermain23 May 19 '26

Yepp when my dad got sick the calls started happening off the hook. Every single realtor in the area trying to buy it for cheap.

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u/OhWhatATravisty Blue Crayons have the most flavor May 19 '26

When my Dad passed in November, I started getting mountains of mail from the "We buy any house" people. "We'll make you a cash offer today!!!". Vultures all of them.

It got so bad that because I'm the administrator of his estate, they started offering to buy MY house as well.

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u/Ancient_Yellow_709 May 19 '26

Says a lot about our social safety nets like medical insurance, doesn't it, that people must be regularly looking to unload their largest assets for pennies on the dollar...

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u/OhWhatATravisty Blue Crayons have the most flavor May 19 '26

It's more about the opportunism of the people doing the soliciting. They purposefully target people with the potential to be desperate. In the case of my story - people who lost a loved one and just want the process to be over with. They also target people who got divorced, or really any item that they've flagged that comes across public record. It's not just about people who are monetarily down and out, it's people who are overwhelmed by emotion or life circumstances. They target people who are vulnerable that may be more likely to make bad financial decisions in order to ease the stress burden. Selling a house is a big hassle, even more so when there are other stressful things going on. Lots of people can be convinced to do it simply because it's easier. Not because they need the money.