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[katmorning]

So, I'm buying a house in the next two weeks. And as part of this whole rigamarole, several people have pushed me to select someone to list on the title as my joint tenant. That way, in the event of my death, the house is not awarded directly to the state. Now normally, this would be my husband. But, since I don't have one, I am supposed to

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[caitlyn_mc]

John's father is a realtor and he wanted to use him when we bought our house. It was so ridiculous. I told John that it was none of his father's business about ANY of our personal financial information and that would give him the ability to look up so much stuff about us. I do NOT mix family and business.

They can be pissed off if they want to be. It's your money. You're being smart. Good for you.

[katmorning]

Thank you! And I fully agree with you on not mixing family and business. It's generally a bad idea.

I did work it out with her, finally, by confronting her about avoiding me. She admitted that there was some sort of ranking points she earns by participating in sales, and she uses them to advance. But she didn't tell me anything about that. Whenever I asked her opinion on a house I'd found, she didn't answer me.

So ... basically, yes she was disappointed with me, but only because I did not use my psychic powers effectively to know her lack of communication was that she was trying to figure out this realtor licensing thing, and not that she was too busy to help out.

As a compromise, I'm letting her husband - who is an excellent builder and contractor - do the home inspection. That makes her feel involved, and keeps my personal stuff personal.

Girl drama is fun. >_>

[darkfrog24]

Yes you can. You can not put yourself in a position in which you aren't worth more to them alive. That's totally winning.