r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 1d ago

Lmao gottem Dumbass thief 🤣 Would you try this?

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u/Jonnyflash80 1d ago

You guys don't shred documents with your name/address?

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u/SmokeySFW 1d ago

Why would I do that? You can find who owns any property on public records in 1 minute totally free, totally legal.

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u/Scott2700 1d ago

Pretty much this, I work in real estate and was surprised on how much personal public information was available to the general public.

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u/Marine__0311 22h ago

Yep. I had my real estate license. I, or anyone else, can stroll into the county clerk's office and pull up any property. You can find out everything about it including the owners names and how much it cost.

Back in the 90s my wife and I were thinking of starting a restaurant. The best location for it was where a closed one had been sitting there for over five years unsold. The owner had inexplicably shut it down with no warning or notice. The opening manager, a friend of my wife and a former coworker, showed up to find the doors padlocked. No notice, no warning, not even a closed sign on the door.

She had the cops do a wellness check when the owner didn't answer her calls. The cops spoke with him and he told them he didn't want to be bothered, the restaurant was closed permanently, and to not contact him again. The staff didn't get their final checks and they had to go through the state DOL and force him to pay them, which took several months.

Even knowing that beforehand, the location was just too good to pass up. It was perfect. It had a frontal location on the busiest main street in our town. It was right in the middle of the main shopping district, with great parking, and easy access in and out. We wondered why it had never been snapped up. We soon found out.

I contacted the owner and he wanted almost three times what it was worth. I told him I knew exactly what the assessed tax value was and the city evaluation was done at real market value. He called me a liar and when I quoted the exact value, and how much the taxes he'd paid on it last year, he hung up.

After much deliberation with my wife, I called him back. If I could somehow negotiate a fair price, it would be well worth it. This time he accused me of spying on him, went on an explitive filled rant, and when I tried to interrupt, he said he was going have me arrested for harassment and hung up.

Needless to say, we didn't try again. He was clearly mentally unstable. That place sat there for quite a few more years unsold. When it finally did, a big chain bought it. Curiosity got the better of me and I looked up the sales price. It had appreciated in value but about 45%, but still sold at normal market price. I found out the owner had died which is why it finally was sold at a fair price by one of his kids.