by Lisa on January 18, 2012
The house I’m leasing here in beautiful Monument, CO went to foreclosure sale and reverted back to the bank, and then Fannie Mae, on Nov. 9th of last year.
We (my honey and I) love this house. It’s everything we were looking for and then some. It’s a gorgeous house and it backs to pine forest. As idyllic a setting as I could have hoped for.
We moved in just six months ago. We signed a three year lease because we were ready to settle in and stay for awhile. (I don’t know about you but I’m not a big fan of moving and I’ve already moved three times in the last four years. ; )
When we began getting notices regarding the impending foreclosure sale, we didn’t panic. We did our research and we knew we had rights under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act that President Obama signed into law back in May of ’09.
The PTFA in essence, requires that any purchase at foreclosure sale is subject to the terms of any existing bona-fide lease. The only exception being if the buyer intends to occupy the residence, in which case they must serve the tenants with 90 day notice.
In our case, the house reverted to Fannie Mae and of course, they aren’t going to be occupying the house, so we weren’t the least bit worried.
What we didn’t know then, that we do know now, is that the PTFA is, (are you ready for this?!) [click to continue…]
by Lisa on January 11, 2012
A few days ago, I happened across Stephen Dimmick’s website and videos and I love them. Stephen is so natural and down-to-earth in his videos that it feels as though he’s chatting with an old friend and I find that incredibly appealing.
He clearly knows his stuff and really enjoys what he does, and he keeps his videos to about three minutes making it easy for anyone to find the time to watch. That he also delivers some really great make-up tips is a nice bonus.
As his twitter bio says, he’s “dishing a daily dose of gorgeous w/ Aussie attitude and N.Y style.” And it goes on to say…”If you ain’t a nice person makeup won’t help. After all, True Beauty Only Comes From Experience.” So true.
When I happen across someone like Stephen I like to share. So yesterday I tweeted, “Do you know how to effectively spot conceal so your skin looks flawless? @dailydimmick shows you just how to do it: http://shar.es/Wy7VM ”
And surprise, surprise, it wasn’t one of my women followers who replied to that tweet. It was @TimBrownson of A Daring Adventure with this provocative reply, “ is the answer meditate on mindfulness and don’t give a shit about external beauty? 
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Oooo…the gauntlet had been thrown down. I paused in surprise for only a moment before picking it up and tossing it back Tim’s way. ; )
The rest of our brief twitter chat went like this: [click to continue…]
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