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Deed Scam Could Cost WNY Couple Their Home in Florida

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The news recently reported the plight of a WNY Couple and the retirement home they purchased in Frostproof Florida and paid in full in the 1980's.  According to the deed they are not the owner according to the Polk Property Appraiser's Office.

The couple are dealing with the thought of losing their Florida home which they've had for almost 40 years. They live most of the year in the Western New York Town of Rushford, and while they say their Frostproof home isn't much, they say it is theirs.

Read the entire story at:  Deed Scam Could Cost WNY Couple Their Home in Florida

So it brings up an interesting question:  How can this happen?  

 

 

 


Colleen Kulikowski
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Colleen Kulikowski is your Western New York Real Estate Expert focusing on Buffalo and Niagara Falls neighborhoods of Western New York.  If you are on Twitter, please follow me... If you enjoyed this post by your Buffalo & Niagara Falls Home Sales Expert, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!

 

Comments(6)

Ken Montville
RE/MAX United Real Estate - College Park, MD
The MD Suburbs of DC

Good example of the need for good title insurance, I think.  It's a real shame.  I'm really surprised it's that easy.  I can understand what the Pascells didn't realize what was going on.  Heck, the property had been paid off for years.

Good question --- How can this happen?

Mar 27, 2008 12:37 PM
Christopher Benedict
BIG Realty - Collegeville, PA
AskTheBigGuy

I love the one line...we don't verify signatures...and to thiink people are afraid of electronic signatures???  I would sue the pants off the notary!

Mar 27, 2008 12:42 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert
Colleen dosen't it really tick you off when you see things like this.  What is even more irritating is when people try to pass the buck.
Mar 27, 2008 03:38 PM
Colleen Irwin
Retired - Irondequoit, NY
Creative Real Estate Solutions...

Ken -- scary isn't it?

Christopher -- you wonder where the responsibility is.

George -- it is...

Mar 27, 2008 11:43 PM
Neal Bloom
Brokered by eXp Realty LLC - Weston, FL
Realtor CRS-Weston FL Real Estate
Maybe it's ID theft and fraud.
Mar 27, 2008 11:55 PM
Sandra Workman
Coldwell Banker Realty - Bradley, IL
BBA, Broker, CRS, GRI, ABR, SFR, CNE, ePRO, CNHS
Wow, wonder who gets the liability on this one!  If that woman says she doesn't own it, she should sign a deed back to the REAL owners!
Mar 30, 2008 09:21 AM