Bushie: The Final Frontier - Update Season V

[Torie]

I approve of Jedi's parents' act. He's working, and the marginal cost to them of cooking for 3 rather than 2, is de minimus, and Jedi is saving his money to buy his first pad, and then he moves out. What a difference from the other act on display in this thread! It's like night and day.

[opebo]

This is proof that it needs to be a lot harder to get a home buying loan. A LOT harder.

I am in full accord with the above. Well done BRTD!  Bushie basically paid zero down.

I couldn't disagree more with you fellows.  There was nothing wrong with the home-ownership game when good economic policy was maintained. It is only because the overall economic policies have been so disastrous over he last 30 years that there was a massive deflation depression.

[Franzl]

Jeff, you can't hold a job for 6 months... attempting to commit bank fraud probably isn't something you should be trying to do here.  If a Michigan Supreme Court Justice can't pull it off, neither can you.

Bank fraud?  Since when did I mention anything about bank fraud??

What do you think concealing employment from your realtor and banker is?

Oh ok, I see that now.  That's part of my dilemma.  We've got to get out from under that house ASAP and going on with a normal sale could take forever in this economy.  Even the short sale could still take 2-3 months, but at least it would have an almost-defined end.

Is there no other way out of that property besides mooching off your parents until it sells, which could take a while given it's in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma?

Maybe your best bet is to find stable employment and live in it until you can sell it? Or just foreclose on it and ruin your credit. Either way, it's not fair to live at home, take naps all day and dance around trying to find a job merely to allow a short sale to go through.

I refuse to let it foreclose.  I would like to be able to rent an apartment later on, and my car is not getting any younger and will have to be replaced one of these days.  All the short sale will do is temporarily ding my credit for a year or two and prevent me from purchasing another home, which I don't intend to do anyway.  My realtor is a specialist in short sales, and she says my situation qualifies for a short sale because my hardship is that I was shipped out to Utah for work and lost my job in Utah (via a rejected two-weeks notice) and am back in Oklahoma.  Its almost like a double-hardship.  I just don't want employment to ruin all that, but I guess having a job would make it easier to deal with whatever situation comes about.  Another reason I am looking for employment right now, albeit slowly, is its easier to hire someone who has recently had a job, even if for only 4 months, than it is to hire someone who has been out of work for 3 months, 6 months, etc.

Who the heck told you a short sale is just a "ding" on your credit?  That's not true.

In my situation, the realtor told me its just a slight, temporary damage, only preventing me from purchasing another house for the next year or two.  I have never missed a payment, so that lightens the damage on its own.

1 minute of looking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_sale_(real_estate)#Credit_implications

[Obamanation]

Opebo, you're just making things worse by encouraging Bushie's parasitic lifestyle. Stop being an enabler.

[opebo]

Opebo, you're just making things worse by encouraging Bushie's parasitic lifestyle. Stop being an enabler.

Given the alternative, I think my advice is quite sage.  Better a live parasite than a dead working-class-hero.

[Obamanation]

Opebo, you're just making things worse by encouraging Bushie's parasitic lifestyle. Stop being an enabler.

Given the alternative, I think my advice is quite sage.  Better a live parasite than a dead working-class-hero.

He's going to die sooner from heart disease or a heart attack if he maintains his current lifestyle...

[opebo]

true irrational actors are rare. 

This is patently false. People make crazy decisions all the timme. You should get out more.

Or take a look around at the thread in which he's posting..

[All Along The Watchtower]

This whole saga is truly tragic. I realize that many of the posters here sincerely want to help Bushie, but I think it's becoming increasingly clear that he's not willing or able to make the choices that would create a better life for himself.

And I kinda find myself in belgiansocialist's camp, too, regarding the "Thank God I'm not like that" attitude of some people here-an attitude which  leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Everybody struggles with something, and there are things that are out of our control (and furthermore, not everybody has the same amount of control over their own lives). Bushie is just far more explicit (and a lot of the time, it seems, blissfully lacking in self-awareness) about his lack of self-control.  So try to be more...empathetic, I guess, for lack of a better term.

[memphis]

I waffle between pity and contempt when it comes to the update. There's plenty of room for both. They need not be mutually exclusive. I'm sure an English major could write a book about his grotesque character, choices, and  setting.  Obviously, all advice given to him is futile. It's like cheering on your favorite team while watching them on tv. It just enhances the entertainment experience for the viewer.

[opebo]

This whole saga is truly tragic.

Nothing other than tragedy could so perfectly capture contemporary America.  Update is a masterpiece.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

It's awful. Many posters who responds regulary don't give a s**t about helping Bushie. It's never ending "hahaha! What a retard! Let's kick him again! My life is sooo great!" fest. The fact Bushie Can't see it makes it even more distasteful.

And if Inks locks this, as it should be done, there will be so much faux outrage. That's why those guys are even bigger joke than Bushie.

[opebo]

It's awful. Many posters who responds regulary don't give a s**t about helping Bushie. It's never ending "hahaha! What a retard! Let's kick him again! My life is sooo great!" fest. The fact Bushie Can't see it makes it even more distasteful.

He sees everything precisely, and is spinning the 21st century American tale of hopelessness and delusion in the capitalist wasteland.

I don't find him to be a 'retard' at all, rather, a genius.

[Mr. Morden]

What people don't realize is we have a plan as a family.

Except when it comes to whether you should quit your job and move back to Oklahoma.  On that point, based on what you said earlier, your father plans, and you and your mother just go along with it?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think what he means is, his family has a plan for him.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Jeff, how many job applications did you put in today?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's awful. Many posters who responds regulary don't give a s**t about helping Bushie. It's never ending "hahaha! What a retard! Let's kick him again! My life is sooo great!" fest. The fact Bushie Can't see it makes it even more distasteful.

And if Inks locks this, as it should be done, there will be so much faux outrage. That's why those guys are even bigger joke than Bushie.

People have been giving him advice ever since the thread started. He just keeps ignoring it.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Jeff, how many job applications did you put in today?

Zero.  I was out of the house literally from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm getting an estimate on an air conditioner compressor for the house since the insurance company denied the claim on Thursday.  I had to wait for him from 11:45-3:15.  Then, I had to go to the police station and report another burglary, the gate was wide open with the lock still on it and the lock on the shed was in the grass next to the shop, but still in the locked position.  Nothing was out of place, but I guess they were testing the premises.  That took from 3:30-4:15.  Then, we had dinner as a family and then I went to Bible Study at my cousins from 6:45-8:45.  I just got home.  So, I was not able to put in any applications today.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Why don't you just live there? You aren't preventing a damn thing by driving by every day!

[Joe Biden 2020]

Why don't you just live there? You aren't preventing a damn thing by driving by every day!

We talked about that over dinner, but right now, it would be cost ineffective to live out there.  We're not worried about vandalism, really, because even if they break a window, it would still be cheaper than to stay out there, paying a cable and internet bill (so I could have something to do and look for a job).  There is nothing in the house worth anything.  The doors are too narrow to get the appliances out with ease and swiftness.  By driving by there every day, we can't stop anything, but we can report it promptly if anything does happen and keep the police informed.

Know this, we are exploring all of our options with the house, including the possibility of walking away.

[memphis]

He's blowing another thousand dollars on a new A/C unit! Do his parents have an endless supply of money?

[Joe Biden 2020]

He's blowing another thousand dollars on a new A/C unit! Do his parents have an endless supply of money?

We haven't committed to anything like that, yet.

[Eraserhead]

Well, at least someone is having a great time with BushOK's property!

[patrick1]

How far is your house from your parent's?

[Eraserhead]

How far is your house from your parent's?

Hope it's really, really close otherwise god knows how much money he's wasting on gas driving over there twice a day or whatever he's doing.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

He's blowing another thousand dollars on a new A/C unit! Do his parents have an endless supply of money?

We haven't committed to anything like that, yet.

1. Why is this a "we" decision?  Isn't this your house?  Start making your own decisions for once in your life.
2. Didn't we tell you that it would be pointless to move home to drive by the house twice a day?  The vandals probably don't even know you've returned.
3. You don't need cable and Internet to live in a house.  Especially when you're talking about short-selling a house.  Bank fraud, Jeff... Bank fraud.  The idea of you getting approved for a short sale for this house is just disgusting.  I think you know you shouldn't be eligible, and your actions here are truly despicable.
4. Get better locks.  Or are you sure you put it back on the shed?  Why would they take the lock off and then relock it and throw it into the grass?  Are you sure that you didn't just forget to put it back on the shed?  In that case, there were probably no vandals at all.
5. You list nothing that you did from 4:15-6:45, plus, you were home by 9:00.  It's now 10:30.  So you've had plenty of time to put in an application.

Your parents may approve of your mooching lifestyle, but you're essentially stealing from the bank through your actions here, and even if you think the banking industry has acted improperly through their mortgage actions (and they have), 2 wrongs don't make a right, and you should be ashamed of yourself.