Woman lives nine years in forgotten house for free
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- A decade ago, Lisa Hardy was working for a real estate company that made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Dean Renyolds reports on how the real estate downturn became her good fortune.
The only thing that angers me is why didn’t you save any money over the 10 years
I don't have to pay rent and I'm still broke af....3 kids will do that to you!
Yes!!!
@@Fartiosa good point
@@amorrissey9264 true
Well maybe she didn't have enough money to save.
This woman doesn't know how blessed she is. If I were her, I would've save every dime and eventually bought a new home with CASH
This happens a LOT
@@freekyreek404 LMAO uh where??
My idea because she knew the house wasnt hers imao
EXACTLY! Now that it’s been bought, the new owners are going to make her pay rent, so she’s going to have to come up with money for housing now. She should have saved all of the rent she would have been paying over the years and she could be the owner instead of a renter. I WISH I could live somewhere rent free for ONE year, I’d have the down payment for my own house!
EXACTLY...Who even said she had to stay there?
So you have a free house for 10 years but dont have $7500 saved?
I am a Persom exactly she probably spent it on junk
Jenny Akers yeah. Lets say her rent was only $300 a month she should have $32k saved
I am a Persom Ya that's really weird
I am a Persom if you're barely getting by you don't have money to save/invest
I am a Persom she was living free the house looked broken down the playroom had a 60s tv looks like she was unemployed all that time
I would have high blood pressure worrying that everyday was my last day😫
My question is how come she couldn't claim "squatters rights"?
Exactly my thoughts lol
Lol same
@@misslady582 that can only do her good for a month not forever
It’s obvious to me. She just stopped worrying.. for what? Won’t do you any good. After dodging so many bullets for TEN yrs.. it will become apparent to me that the Creator wants me here so why stress??
Am I the only one who noticed that she lived there rent free for 9 years. Didn't pay mortgage, rent nor property taxes. How much money do you think one would save over 9 years without any of those expenses & she couldn't come up with $7,500?
Facts
Freewheelin' Franklin remember she got THREE KIDS AND ALL HER MONEY WENT TO HER KIDS.
@@NarutoUzumaki-xb9fw
Then she failed. Providing a roof over their heads & security would be better spent money. Looking at the place, they were living comfortably & there was clearly money to be saved & the ability to BUY a house for a mere $7,500 shouldn't have been out of reach for her.
Anybody sell me a house that size for $7500 I’m in there.
Freewheelin' Franklin my same reaction! Haha
Man I wish my landlord forget about me
Facts😂😂😂
If it's not profitable, capitalist will abandon it
Lmao
Or go to prison for tax evasion lol
Doug Hobolth 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She didn't want to purchase the home for $7,500.00 which is cheap. That tells you that she hasn't saved any money living rent free. Smh
Okay that may be true but she is a single mother with children wow we dont know her full story have a heart people! It didnt used to be like this people wanted better for one another.Just like it says in the bible in the last days men's hearts will grow cold for one another..they'll loose natural affection for one another..
The only time I've EVER had even close to that amount of money is when tax refunds come in, and I also don't have to pay rent. I also only make about $1,000 a mth and have 3 kids. It's no one's damn business what she's saved and what she hasn't. Maybe she did at one point and something came up. What a rude and judgemental comment!! Especially since MANY people cannot afford anything else BUT rent, they obviously haven't saved any money either, because they can't!
@@amorrissey9264 I understand, I'm thankful that I have a mortgage.
@@amorrissey9264 Also, the house is in need of extensive repairs, and she'd have to get home-owners insurance and pay annual taxes. The cost of home-ownership seems endless.
I'm sure she was jobless when her employer went to jail and the company went other. The recession by it's very nature made it hard for ppl to find employment. Ppl with master degrees were taking jobs as maids. We don't know what this family had to endure
Ain’t no way that I would not have saved any money!
Preach! You ain't never lied. We would have build a war chest.
that is not how it works in life if you do not have the pressure of having to pay rent every month you would dave the money destine for rent saved no way 99%
of the people would not have saved money
She may have even saved the money she’s just not telling anyone. But more likely she worked low hours since her costs were very low.
@@notbot8830 I hope you are right. Because if she did not save any money all those years, this was all for not.
So for nearly 10 YEARS she was living rent-free and mortgage-free but she didn’t manage to save any sort of money? There’s no way she shouldn’t have been able to buy that house when it was only 7.5k
Or......she didn't save any money she's willing to divulge to the world.
Dang
I bet her neighbors started hating her right after this was aired.
@Reerei Dia Yes, and then the last price of $7500 was too much for her.
@Reerei Dia I find that very odd. The bank ended up selling to an investor in Singapore no less. Real estate and mortgage lending are shady. She never had a chance anyhow. A foreign bidder without money issues can swoop up anything. It happened to my friends apartment in Rio De Janeiro. She lives in Impanema Beach. Chinese investors buying up condos in her building. They have more money to blow.
She is going TO WISH SHE CAME UP WITH THE $7500 cuz that rent is gonna be more than $7500 a year!
You are so correct!
That's actually really cheap a year.. we pay 2000 a month....
Just imagine the mental maturity of the child she's raising and her understanding of financial responsibility..
Yes... Not everyone has $7500 at their disposal. But... if she didn’t save anything, go to the bank and get a loan.
My other question is.. If her boss went to jail, where was she working?
She will be lucky if it's not twice that a year. If she had saved a couple hundred a month all those yrs she could've bought the house, covered escrow, & had plenty to do all the repairs. I wonder if she could have fought back under squatter's rights?
The interviewer. .hates the lady for living for free 😂 all those years.
womensway zara 😂😂😂😂RiGhT💜 I dO tOo
😂😂😂😂
@@leannemcgill3970 u just mad bc u gotta pay rent and she doesn't
He just mad bc she gotta pay rent and she doesn't
Amen. Just bitter
If she said she couldn't buy a $75,000 house I would understand-- but $7.5k???
Maybe she was living pay check to pay check or have some medical bills?
@@Paola-jf2qf there's no excuse for her not saving money over a nine year period. Rent/ mortgage is the biggest expense for most people and she didn't have it.
@@ainttellinu6491 Her children were her biggest expense. You don't get to tell someone how their finances should be.
Facts
@@huluacct8666 After your logic her childs should be taken away since she obviously can't afford both / save money for rent + feed her children.
The only thing she did wrong was not save any money... We live and we learn!
NoeNoe82 Or we live and don’t learn🤭
Amen
yes
Yeah but she too old to make mistakes that.....naively
@@moongawddess8161 financial naiveté. Clever to do that just should have been plotting and planning for better in the meantime.
If she had saved only $75 a month for 9 years, she'd be able to buy the house for $7500 and have some cash left over.
Yep sadly she took a massive L.
Comin' with the #math !!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂
I agree, my friend; I agree.
@Tegridy __ Right lol
auxis apparently that’s too much to ask of someone that is living rent free
@@admagnificat MATH TEACHER HERE! TELL 'EM!
If you can't save 8K over 10 years WITH a job, I can't help you.
She wasn’t asking for your help
Cate Malone I saved 3,000 in 3 months...
Dear white person, she did not ask you for your help.
@@weshallrise8476 stfu, this woman had an opportunity, she missed it, end of story.
Did she have a job? I missed that part.
Why would you even come out and tell this- I would stay low key and out the way
Man that lady could have bought the house to own it and had it looking beautiful!!! No rent? 9 years sheesh! Unfortunately not everyone has the hustler mind set 🤦🏻♀️
Rose A I agree! Seems like many Americans don’t have financial aptitude. Had to teach myself, buy books and ask others! I won’t allow excuses to limit my mindset anymore.
@Tat Bas I'm a mother and if things happened between me and my childs father best belive I'd work hard af for my baby👌 making excuses wont get people anywhere🤦🏻♀️ She had the opportunity to even make a lil business while being a SAHM🤦🏻♀️ I know life happens but sis played herself 🤷🏻♀️
@@rosea6488 if she has no health issues I agree no excuses. In America we have too many opportunities
I just looked the address up, 5 yrs later house is worth $177,000
This comment is dumb. After 9 years, do you think an abandon house is beautiful on its own? A house that size requires a lot of up keep and maintenance which is what she probably used the rent on. The interviewer was very condescending like many of these comments.
Living 10 years in a home for FREE, and didn’t manage to save money to afford an entire house for $7k? 🤦🏽♀️
That’s saaad...
I'm 20 and worked 1 year and saved already saved 17k
It's pathetic
@@harisaan1393
How many children?
Maybe her job didn’t pay her enough
Harisaan that’s because you live with your mommy.
Omg... she couldn’t get $7500 for an entire house? So sad.
Jennifer Adams Franklin 🤦🏻♀️Exactly! She could of owned the darn home by now if she would of stacked her money!!! Smh.....
I would've made it happen
Right!!! OMG!!
That's like a car loan...lol
That’s less thank what’s she’ll pay in rent for a year
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Proverbs 17:9
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Where's the love?
9 years with no rent payments and she STILL can't manage to save any money????
Ridiculous.
Welcome to working class America.
Welcome to single parenthood.
Big mistake
Probably has/had an addiction, most people who never have money despite having little to no bills are abusing substances and can’t save any money
She had it good!! 😂 I would’ve never showed my face on the news!
Moon Pie I know, just saying.
ERICAKELLY 123, obviously some people don't have to have any common sense. I am with you. Remain under the F---ing radar; I wondering, why didn't save any money...
Strong Nubian Fighter She could’ve save so much money! I would have a new car, fixed the house up!
ericakelly123 that's how dumb she is
Strong Nubian Fighter cuz it's her money and she did what she wanted to do you don't have to take care of her so why is that important that's her problem maybe she couldn't afford to save y'all act like it's easy out there for everyone but it's not
Within the 1st 3 minutes, I said, "I hope she saves her money." Annnnd she did NOT. OhhhhMG! Why????
But the company she worked for was not paying her. She was just allowed to live in the house instead
So where's the money to save?
@@abdikal566 - Hey, I apologize if I was wrong. I'd go back & listen again. I only heard she'd be rent-free if working with the real estate company. She said she paid utilities only. Maybe she got a 2nd job to pay utilities, food, and everyday expenses.
Even if she saved $50 a month with interest & everything she would've had the 7500 easy
Surely she got another job though
@@abdikal566 🙄 that's just Ignorant
Wth, couldn't pay 7500 to own the home outright after 9 yearsss of free rent? That's not a good ending. She goings to pay that in the first 8 months of the first year in rent.
No doubt! Rent is definitely not cheap, but owning your property outright and only having to pay property taxes or state taxes is MUCH cheaper. It's a shame she didn't save more money during that decade. If she wasn't working 40+ hours a week during that time then I hope she at least enjoyed it! Cuz a change is gonna come...
What worse is she doesn't even qualify to get a loan for that price? Like you have 20 yr olds getting approved for 15k car loans
Yes, so sad. I wish she could of purchased it
@first last she thinks she is
I'll take it LOL
For 9 years, you are in a home, not paying rent and you can't pay $7500 to own it??
That’s so wild...
Dude I’m 19 and flip burgers and I stg I could pay that easy I don’t get it
Don't be so narrow minded, most people live in debt
@@weho_brian idk how she could be in debt, she didn't take out a loan for the house and any medical bill like an ambulance ride or stitches which costs 5k can be paid within a year working at Mcdonald's. maybe a major surgery can put her in debt but I doubt she had one. 3 kids might have lowered her savings yet she had enough money to buy new appliances. those are not cheap
Give her the money then
Buy it for $7,500?? That's an amazing price!!!!
She should have been able to afford to buy it at that price. But we don`t know her circumstances.
knightd12 true but if you figure its broken out over years she shouldn't owe much at all.
Sandra It`s unbelievable that she could live there rent free for 9 years and not have any money saved. Maybe she thought she would live there forever rent free. It`s hard to feel sorry for her.
Sandra Ruiz that's just the purchase price the real value is probably $60,000 and that's what she would have to pay taxes on.
No way is that dump with the cracking walls and abandoned houses next door worth $60,000. A $25,000 tax valuation sounds more reasonable.
I don’t like how that guy is talking to her
tune pro same
Why? She's acting like this is NORMAL! There is nothing normal about it.
Same.
E C she had an opportunity and she took it
She saw it as a blessing, she knew the situation wasn't normal.
If I saved my rent for 9 years, I’d have over $200,000. I’m jealous of this woman.
Jealous.... Of... Her being poor?
orlan do poor doesn’t have to do with anything , even if u work in MC Donald’s for 9 or less years you can save up 7.5k
Plus if she had filed taxes and her daughter was her dependent, within 9 years she could of received way more than the 7000 for that house in her tax check.
@@orlando1145 your dumb
Y’all I think they mean jealous she didn’t have to pay rent for 9 years lol
It’s unfortunate she wasn’t able to save in 10 years! That’s the kind of luck and deals that people don’t come by very often
Class can anyone spell addiction?
The money went to drugs
So she KNEW that she could be kicked out any day of that house, still had family, still she never saved money for the inevitable and 9 years rent free she still can't pay $7,500 for the house? ... That's $70 a month, wow
I don’t think she worked after that
When you have children, saving isnt very easy. Unless you are fortunate enough to make six figures a year, you have to live in the real world.
Ok lets be clear on this Christopher, she first was "homeless" and started living free there before even having children, some things in life need to be done before the others, like having your own roof over your head before bringing new life to this world.
@@user-cs3hi8zp7p it is very possible to save with children. You'll have to really hunker down and be disciplined but it's doable.
Unfortunately , We have these type people that don't really try to better them selves , She said she was scared but she wasn't that scared or she would have had money saved , she's probably paying 70 or $ 80 ,0000.00 for the house now oppose to the $ 7,500.00 she could've paid cash,
9 years no rent and she didn't have 7500 to buy the house....🤔🤔🤔
kingshawn1214 hello??!!!! Smdh
Exactly what I was thinking!
One would think after 9 years of no incident they wouldn't need to set aside large amounts of money. The 7500 may have been out of her budget, she did try to buy it twice, but the last time they made the price higher than she could afford...
you ever live in Indianapolis?
kingshawn1214 that’s what’s I’m saying wtf
I would have done the same thing. The house would have sat empty and been rotting so what is the problem.
zztimemom mom exactly!!!
Just like so many amazing houses do. It's a damn shame. I would give anything to build a lovely home in an abandoned home.
The problem is that she lived rent free for 9 years then when offered under $8,000 to buy the house which was just the taxes that were owed she didn't have it so you would think after 9 years of no rent she would have saved up enough to buy a much nicer house. Even if she saved only $100 a month she would have $108,000 wtf is wrong with this lady for real if I was given that long rent free I'd have a lot of money saved.
L3ANN87 - Exactly! If she wasn;t able to save $100 a month when she was living rent free, how is she coming up with the rent now?
Marion Braidfute so what hater
How is this a happy ending? Now she gotta pay rent.
Yes she gets to be a real adult now. Congratulations
I wish I could live in a house rent free for 10 years Ill be stacked with money
happy ending for the landlord
OH NO, reg life stuff!
They didn't mean for her. They meant for uncle sam 😒
All those years rent FREE and she didn’t save any money!?!? Not too bright!🤦🏼♀️
When u single with 3 kids i doubt if u got 7500 laying around. lmao
Amber Pamber totally
@@MrCherrihunter three children and income tax refund around $7200 to $9000 each year low ball at $5000 a year $45,000
David Anderson So u wasted ur racist time writing a ignorant comment that doesn’t bother me because my people aren’t stupid like u. . because it’s ur people that’s on the food stamp and welfare system more than mine. I live in Louisiana and most of the trash here don’t look like me. Soooo nice try!
That’s only what she told reporters, she clearly has a real estate background and knows the property value is complete crap. If she was going to purchase a house, she would purchase a nice one out of that probably abandon neighborhood. She can easily be lying. You never know, the Singapore owners could watch this and then boot her out if she says anything bad about the house in trended value. Better to just rent..
Lord I wish that I could live rent free for 9 years. I would definitely have 7500 to purchase when that time arrived
Yes I would've save some much money and I definitely wouldn't told on myself
I'd have a couple hundred grand easy. I would just by a new house. She wasn't even paying tax. That's an amazing break.
@fakeplasticbees Who's fault is it that she only makes $1,300 per month? I made less than that for a few year, then took some loans out and went for college and job training. Then I made more.
@fakeplasticbees Agreed. That's why job training is probably better for her. She could be a secretary, paralegal, electrician, plumber, network engineer, etc.
@fakeplasticbees I paid $200k in cash child support. Was nearly homeless a few times. His mother was happy to take the money and lived very well.
She couldn’t come up with $7,500 after living in a house rent free for 9yrs?!?! She’ll pay more than that in rent over the next year
missdunbar2000 right. Make it make sense
Shes probably gonna go on section 8 or housing
Jennifer Kjelgren probably so
She doesn’t wanna own the house, she saved enough money to buy a better one she’s just not saying
@@wonderwoman594 But did she agree to pay rent?
You can tell she got too comfortable. That house looks kind of bad, she could’ve fixed it up and made it something.
She didn't own the house--capital improvements are made by the landlord.
You cannot “make” money selling a home for which you do not hold the title.
Additionally, if she did not report the housing as part of her income, she committed tax fraud.
@@BonnieBlue2A she said made it something not make money from it.
It's like a building a home and getting too comfortable.
And now you got to worry about the people outside that want to get into your house.. her story just reminds me of Eve and being f***** by the snake, forcibly...
You know the snake wants his money..
No if she fixed it nice some developer would "make sure she payed or left" the fact that its mess up on one else wants it. Good for her
I am so confused. 🤔 You lived rent free for over 9 years and didn't save a minimum of $10K? She could have been saving so much money while living there. I'm not blaming her for staying there rent free (that's the company fault that hires her). I do, however blame her for not being more financially responsible.
Id Stayed TO but would be staching THAT$$ Big Time
Much savings probably went to maintaiince and utilities like they said
The suicidal Indian Utilities and Maintenance usually come from Savings after you paid rent. That’s why some ppl struggle to pay them. If she worked she still should’ve had enough saved to buy that house after 9 years. $70-75 a month saved over them years could buy it for $7500.
Celinanicole215 right! She didn’t even fix the roof tho, she wanted it all for free, Am kinda of glad she’s gonna now start paying rent
Probably wasnt working..had her government card for food etc and just leeched off the system in every way
$7500 too steep when she hadn't paid rent for nine years?
Too busy spending the money to save $70 a month for 9 years. Rather spend money on materialistic things to try and impress others.
@@JohnDoe-ld8nr what materialistic things was she buying because if you look at the house there's not much In it
@@yoshi1288
Yes i thought the same, and she look so scared talk about her free rental story
Deb Jor what about electrical and other maintinence? not to mention food, clothing, and other necessities for her and 3 children, all by herself
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the amount of empty houses is insane here in America, I live in Detroit....I seen a homeless guy, fix basically a shell into a home he didnt have a job because he didnt have a address so he did this to get back on his feet. He borrow tools and neighbors donated dry wall, and fixtures for him. He got a job a few months ago and when to see if he could find out the history of the house and the city end up giving him the house and he looks happy....he told me he was on his last straw when he was living on the streets and took this gamble...cant say I blame him
I think that with run-down and forgotten properties if a homeless person with a motivated attitude- or even a few homeless roommates that can work together to fix it up want to do so-- they should have some kind of process to allow it, monitor improvements for safety, and maybe look in on them for the first year or so to make sure things are okay for them. I live in a neighborhood where furniture and all sorts of things are tossed out. Half the people i know got most of their furniture for free. There are also lots of surplus type places where you can get plumbing, electrical, etc. It wouldn't hurt a thing and it would help depressed neighborhoods. But it makes sense, so I doubt it will ever happen.
DeAngelo Ellis me too I’m from 94 and cadiuex Nottingham and Morang but I moved too Florida
good the man found a home.
i think i'm going to America and occupy one house there.
I'm near Detroit. House like that would have gone back to nature long ago.
$7500 was too steep 🤦🏻♀️😆🤣🤣🤣 over 10 years no money saved 🤯
Wait, what? $7500 and she couldn't snap that up after living rent free for years?
I would have grabbed that.
OnGodspath right!!! Get a loan or something
Shay Taylor She shouldnt have need a loan if she was saving her money for 9 years she could have bought the house free and clear
Shea Hinton agreed
OnGodspath I want a free house. Those news interviewer people seem to be upset
Hope it is rent to own!!
She had free rent for 9 years, but thought $7,500 was too much to buy the house when it was auctioned off? Good luck ever finding a house so cheap. lol
@OnsoloT I miss the days when a one bedroom was five hundred dollars fifteen years ago.
OnsoloT You must live in one of them expensive cities because my rent for my one bedroom apartment is only $415
@Jay Kemme yeah, but he said he's paying $1750/month for rent and that lady had no rent. A kid doesn't cost THAT much.
Jay Kemme stop buying all those expensive church clothes and ya’ll been doing just fine. God doesn’t care how you dress.
Go to Detroit. Low as $100. No kidding.
All those years with no rent I would think you should have at least 7500 put back in savings.
Super_squishy_awesomeness _ was thinking did she work and save that money
Freeloading at its finest! Then stop having kids lady and living off the govt.! Sorry, just my two cents.
Sue Pete I guess you didn't hear the part about the Job she had?
She wasn't living off the government, fool and didn't have more than 1 kid!
Sue Pete... did you watch the video?
"Is it too good to be true?" She says, "No" LOL
🤣🤣🤣
That was my favorite part!!!!
i don't judge other people...if GOD allowed her to stay there 9 years that was not a freebie it was a blessing!
i am not a HATER...
Ok for the haters im sure you all would call city government and let them know u not paying rent and offer to make a payment right..she was following the last instructions that were given to her by the owners of the house
Right EXACTLY
Not a hater, just a wonderer...like why she was not saving any money? The opportunity given her was squandered. I have no problem with her ability to live rent free, but I do with her not planning for AFTER this good fortune ran out. Teach a man to fish...teach a woman to save! It was obvious she had no plan in place and was waiting for another break to come her way. As a mother she NEEDS to be proactive, not homeless!
Honesty, God was blessing her, but God was probably also saying.. "I'm giving you virtually a DECADE to save up and get your life together.. because I know you need it." ...which she obviously did NOT do.
Honesty 24/7 AMEN
So this woman lived there for 10 years for free and didn't save enough money to buy the place that's crazy you would have thought she would have stashed away thousands of dollars within 10 years but nope shame on her.....
Fidel Cashflow ikr WTH😂😂😂😂💀
she spent it all ion KFC
Fidel Cashflow nine years!!!! Why sell to a house to a company in Singapore???!!!
Fidel Cashflow yeah
This is why dumb people are poor.
I don't why we all can't get along. Who cares if she lives there.
Because they are angry people. Truly happy, grateful, people aren't mean.
Agnes Holloway ...because someone else bought it?
Kay You Are you deaf too did you not hear her say she works for the real estate company
yeah I dont blame her.. like she saw her chance and she took it..plus she has kids. If I had kids and had the opportunity to live somewhere for free, I would most certainly take it. Kids are really expensive and so are houses & if I had the chance to only pay 1, I would be in money saving heaven 😂😂
I'm actually happy for her lol
I can’t believe that she lived there for 9 yrs and didn’t pay rent. She should’ve had $7500 to buy it. There’s more she didn’t say
I can't fathom why she couldn't save or at least have enough assets to come up with 7500.00
Kids. My wife and I never had kids. It's amazing how much extra money you have each month when you don't have 3 kids to take care of. Ah, freedom!
Facts
You really don’t know what her expenses were. Don’t even waste your time speculating it’s not genius or helpful.
@@therealtampadude9175 I don't think not having kids its freedom .
@@therealtampadude9175 It's as if there isn't MASSIVE tax relief for people with kids.
Food stamps, and other welfare benefits. Along with no rent she should of had money just lying in wait.
To bad she lost out on a house for 7.5k lol. Now she has to pay rent aand pay that much every year.
The lucky get dumb, and the dumb never get smart.
Not mad she had a place to stay for free but, did she at least stack her paper, the money that would normally go towards rent? Nine years worth, I guess not. smh😒
pasadena19 u sure is right? I ain't mad at her. Oh well... But she should've saved up on some money.
Yep she should have saved, I would have cause I would not have trusted not to save,being able to stay rent free is to good to be true,I know she now feels bad she didn't save
pasadena19 right shoud of saved up
pasadena19 A 3 bedroom house in Indianapolis would cost at least $900 a month over the course of those 9 years. That comes out to a little over 97k saved during that time span. Damn near 100k saved on rental costs. She should def have some money saved up.
You sound like a hater
She couldn't save $7500 in 9 years?
THATS WHAT IM SAYING🤦🏾♀️
Unbelievable
It's funny how everyone seems to know what she had to spent every month :)
Ya-Isha Cham- Oh please. Do the math. In order to save $7500 she only needed to put away $69 a month. That’s clearly possible considering she wasn’t paying a mortgage or utilities.
+Stella Simmons with GOD all things are possible
The reporter is so condesending. poor reporting. he sitting too close to her also.
Dean Reynolds, son of late Frank Reynolds anchor at ABC Evening News in the 80s.
This was filmed in 2014...a little bit before the pandemic.
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@@annsobczak9840 “ a little bit “ 😂
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$7500 to steep?! 9 Years free rent???!! Why didn't she save her money???!!
Well with 3 kids, having to buy food, pay for medical and dental services, school for her kids, keeping the house up to date. And water, electricity, heating Bill's..... why do you think
@@edwardjones7313 it's not that expensive you dolt
@@edwardjones7313 she lived there for NINE YEARS,kids don't require. Soo much material stuff only your time and since she was working at a rental agency I doubt she was living off of minimum wage
Which money?
@@ryodwat8265 kids don't require that much? You must be joking.
9 years rent free?... I'd have a nice savings account to start fresh!
Vee C. I imagine a lot would with that safety net.
Vee C. She's Black what you think .
Ja Ja Her being black has nothing to do with it. She's just financially irresponsible (not saving money) and lacks good decision making (having a kid before being ready )
Anthony Turner 9 YEAR'S and she can't save 7500 . And still don't have any money to fix the house . You is 100 % right because I just watched 6 other post , and it look like That's a new trend around the nation , and many of them are poor white Tash , and one was making 100k a year . I wish her will these new folks , want thier 💰 it's a hustle
+Ja Ja
I think you are an imbecile.
So let me get this straight: she had the opportunity to purchase the house for $7,500 but declined??🤦🏾♂️
She didn't have the money. $7500 was to steep after 10yrs rent free?!
Yep, buy it and ya gotta pay taxes n insurance. Now imagine a plaque or war n the mass housing surplus-real estate investors would pay for tenants. For now landlords rape tenants where income is greater n supported by local government through higher property tax. Keeping income down an rent high yeilds more section 8 housing. Correct-government serves the minority rich through repression of the majority. Now you know why for every government representative there exist 6 lobbyist. Yep-for every dollar handed out for aid 8 has to be raised in taxes or borrowed. Now ya know why public debt is beyond control or ability to be paided without devaluing money through inflation. All of this has been made possible by the Feds since LBJ's "Great Society". This greed has transformed this nation from the world's police for peace into one of the most aggressive invaders . This explains why global hatred toward America gas grown.
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Carlos Collins They xan give homeless people abonded homes an hotels while hiring people to fix them up at the same time.
Shes an idiot, now shes has to pay month which will eventually add up to $7500 lol
She didn't "decline" to purchase - she just didn't have that much to spend, so she couldn't purchase.
It's not really that hard to understand, is it?
That houses would be in a dreadful state if the woman and her family didn't live in it and keep it alive. More power to her elbow.
7,500$$ ?! I woulda bought that 20 times.. SMMFH!!
j r what if i buy it for you
The Legend34 rby
The Legend34 I never understood why American humor/sarcasm had to be so morbid or cynical. And I am American.
i don't understand why a nation who speaks sarcasm 24/7 can't take sarcasm from others.
or just bought a better house for 20 times that price lol
Wow. What a missed opportunity. Planning for the long term beats living for the moment any day
Preach!!
Exactly!
Amen
that was not a good ending, a good ending would have been she bought the house for 7500 bucks!
I just don't get that.
True
JamesAndShannon Campos
She a woman and black...
Lol doesn't take rocket science to figure out why she's too broke...
MikeTheMGTOW Monk Just like Oprah right?
Yea wtf. $7500 was too much?
Shes either cheap or crazy
She died in 2018. RIP. May we all learn to be frugal and never take God's blessings for granted.
How!?!
@@RASTAGOOB yeh I'm confused too all I found is this link to this obituary
www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/tn/chattanooga/lisa-hardy-7314126
but I'm not sure if it's a different Lisa hardy or not
Never let news media interview u for free
Amen. Final say on final cut
It's always about money, we humans are so greedy
@ hung solo: Yep! She should have charged them $7500!
hung solo Right!!
Cause they'll find away to make you pay. LOL
9 years and no savings..sad...
That's what I was looking forward to. I thought she must have lots in savings but dang it got hard to watch
Tykita Boyd This is why black women have a net worth of $5. The thought process of the majority of black women is mind boggling.
Tykita Boyd very I mean that's not that much for a house.
Princess Layla I know I'm a Realtor.. shameful
This is true. That is why I taught myself about trading money and stocks. There is no excuse to live check to check.
My god 7500...where can i buy a house for that????
Harry Flashman I read where One guy bought 3 houses for $ 2,500 one house $150.00
One of my coworker bought a 5 room, 2 story house with about 2 acres for 12k at an auction
there.
Harry Flashman back taxes and unknown problems usually make it unworth it
Carlos Ruiz where was that?
There's something wrong when other countries can buy houses and Americans can't.
True. Houses in my area(semi poor/low income)they want $700+ just to rent the house and at least $5,000+ to own one. Its ridiculous! I want to live in a house but I'd need a roommate just to help. Its pathetic how they do the poor here.
No, Americans are just bad with money. 10 years should have been more than enough time to save more than $7,500.
Shidd....I would have had roommates and everything paying me rent that dont exist...lol easy comeup
Genius!
DeeMeech LMAO savage
DeeMeech ok🤣🤣🤣 me too
DeeMeech 😂😂😂
DeeMeech Facts 💯
How, after 9 years of no rent payments, did she not have $7,500 to buy the house?
She seems like one of those people who think they’re entitled to everything. Thats why she didnt save.
Was my very first question when I heard the asking price
If she didn't stay the house would of been in ruins by now. That's 9 years of repairs and upgrades.
Yeah, people act as if she was homeless or something. But, they forget she made attempts to buy it, just that it kept getting pulled. People need to be more grateful of their circumstances.
Oh please. Upgrades where? The appliances lmao
@@floridagirl386
You're a very sweet person 😆
@@heavyrain5949 well she said the roof was leaking & the walls dont look too sturdy lmao.
@Melanie Monroe PS: the house IS in ruins. Lol watch it again.
I noticed a lot of people are saying why didn't she save her money during the 9 years. I was thinking the same, however we don't know her circumstances to really know what she did or didn't do. I'm glad she had a place to stay regardless of the situation. Bless her and her family ❤
No excuse
I think its awesome she was blessed with a home for 9 years but I think it's terrible she didn't take care of the home, and she did not have money saved up that she couldn't afford to buy it for $7500 (that's less then a year worth of rent in most places) What was she doing all this time?! That part made me not feel sorry for her
Violet Carson probably sympathy
always thinking24 oh and my comment was your business? Oh ok
Did You Ever Think She Has Multiple Children Who Might Go To College Or Something..Her Money Might Be Going Some Where Important
_MaryJanesFlowers at the end of the day I don't care what she has going on she know she is staying in a house for free that's not hers and that at anytime someone can come and take it. She should have saved up for at least a year worth of rent incase she ever got kicked out. 9 years mannn there is no excuse
always thinking24 Just like I can post my opinion so can everyone else. What I don't like is everyone trying to come for me because of my opinion. I stand behind what I said. It's ok if you disagree that's fine i listen to everyones opinion. But the ignorance has to stop
I was with her UNTIL they said that she couldn't afford that 7,500$.. #YouWudDoBetterIfYouKnewBetter
j r
For real LOL
j r amen
j r would*
j r any bank would easily finance that, even for a bum
I had to stop and rewind just to know that I heard that correctly.
such a shame she couldn't come up with the $7500 that would be a steal at that price!
Should have kept her mouth shut
She had been living rent free for 9 years did she save anything.
Deborah Bryant Took the words out of my mouth!
Deborah Bryant I thought the same thing. She should have been able to save not only to buy it, but to fix it up.
Jeanie coudriet all those years she could have saved up thousands.
I ABSOLUTELY love this story. The best part about it, is the BEAUTIFUL smiles on the owner's and her daughter's faces. My soul is laughing at how God protected her ALL these years. (Our ancestors looking down on US.) Many blessings for MANY more MIRACLES. (Go Singapore)
When GOD is looking out for you their are no ancestors. This whole ancestors thing is a concept taken from idolatry. GOD has no equals. He and HE alone reigns supreme!!!
$7500 for a house? And this lady lived there for nearly 10 years. What a life
Damn maybe she still ain’t have to pay rent if she would’ve kept her mouth closed
No. The house was bought by that Singapore company. Foreign companies/investors buying homes (even small apartment buildings, or entire trailer parks), and then renting them out, is Big Business.
Seriously, a freeloader for almost 10 years wasn't enough! talking about greed...
It was legit the colonists moving in and saying all we own this place we're just coming back to take it..
I just imagine all the animals on the planet being injected into space and only a certain special few humans than animals get to stay on Earth...
@@cbulk1402 she was working for a company that basically gave her the house.
Imagine you get a house from your dad and the government says all know that doesn't belong to you..
Basically a Karen trying to take your house.
@DeadlyButSilent2 😂😂
I would have 100k in savings right now
lol RIGHT
Let There Be Truth I doubt it
At the VERY LEAST
Im ur 100th like congrats
Same here, I would’ve had a day and night job
if 7500 for a house is "too steep" you failed in life
Dude sound like he upset that she lived rent free 10 years. It was a blessing!
Well the reporter probably didn't choose this story he was probably assigned to it.... and what do you say to a squatter? Congratulations on not being caught? She obviously knew she shouldn't be there because she constantly checked to see if the house was up for auction. If anything he is trying to understand the mentality. and why if she's lived there 9 years without paying a cent can she not afford 7500 dollars. I'm happy for people when they win something, or get a good deal.... but it just seems like this lady works the system and is a sneak. But I don't see the reporter as being upset. Skeptical, distrusting, yes, upset no.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one to see the biases, jealousy and scorn in how the interviewer relayed her story. Nearly all the commenters here have taken up where he left off - disdain and judgement.
He was😂😂
Thank you! The happy ending for them was the fact that she had to pay rent
Neena, that is not what you call a blessing, that is a squatter and stupid as heck if she does not have a penny to show for not paying rent for 9 years.
She should have saved money.....she had nine years.
TonyDracon NOT, negative people love negative comments.
Felipstickk right, but she's black so she expects to live free.
Nicole Fritz-Lascola can you stop lol please , I don't see what the way someone looks has to do with this , you should make your self look as dumb to judge a whole race from one person's behavior , lol good job you played your self😚😚
Nicole Fritz-Lascola When people bring race into everything.. smh
JuniperSons your comment is ignorant in so many ways. You need an education it sounds like. Lol
Nine years rent free! An she couldn't afford to buy the home. Damn, where did all her money go?
Sun Fun I’m thinking the same thing
Remember she didn’t have a job when her boss went to jail or whatever so we don’t know how long it took her to find a new one or maybe healthcare bills. All we can do is presume..
She paid her utilities....and maintenance
Sun Fun drugs it looks like
As a single mother who was raised by upper middle class income earning professional parents who worked A LOT... Looking back, I have no doubt we were totally neglected. This was virtually normal back in my day... not all working parents were like this, but mine were definitely neglectful outside of providing a decent home and typical crap food with some vegetables every now and then... oh and braces.
When I became a mother, I chose to do whatever I could do to spend time with my children and guide them, protect them, feed them, develop them etc. etc. They eat their vegetables and are basically well adjusted and are moving in good directions as young adults... well, my youngest is 17, but I am confident about him attending college and he has aspirations. No drug problems... just normal teenager boy issues, paying stupid tax every now and then. Every dime I made went to my kids or doing what needed to be done to maintain our home. I took every opportunity to work as little as possible for the purpose of providing my time for them and with them. I had just started to work full time again, then bam, my dad is on the verge of death and needs 24 hour care, so it will be some time before I work full time again. I am broke, and I lived rent free. I chose this. No regrets.
Maybe her priorities were in the right place. It is all about what is important to you. To my parents, owning real estate was important, to me, giving my kids attention and helping them develop good habits is my priority.
There is no such thing as "forgotten house" because every inch of land is being taxed by the county.
someone deserves some good luck. why should the house remain empty while people are homeless
My thoughts exactly, it seems that whole block was boarded up and empty and now they want to charge her rent b/c some people are in their feelings about I have to pay rent so should you. I think she was ratted out
Exactly
If she was ratted out, that means she should have kept her mouth closed about her good deal!
@@msims1081 Exactly...some people talk too much telling too much of their good thing and NOT everyone is going to rally around her on this one. I wouldn't have even told my family.
@@lkofie6670 me either.....they’ll be the first ones to rat you out due to jealousy!
Reporter was hatin
rajahn lol I noticed that, too...
Anthony Turner ikr? Understandable!
rajahn. BIG TIME!!!
Talking about that's not how things work. So he act like he owns this world or you got to pay for everything, this world was here before he was here
Zhoedreamzdesignz I like that this world was there before him, dinosaurs didn't pay for treetops. He doesn't deserve what he gets from he's job as professional hater :D
We don't know her financial circumstances during those 9 years. She was probably making just enough to pay for food and utilities etc. It doesn't seem she was living lavishly either, that's a clue things were still tight. It's a shame indeed she couldn't invest in the home for herself. But stop judging.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY ON THESE COMMENTS ACT LIKE THEY SOOO PERFECT AND SHE SHOULD OF HAD THE MONEY TO BUY...
Didn’t they say her boss went to jail for fraud, and that the company went out of business? Of course money was tight! Come on people!
Lani Anthony I agree..
Ned Bass I know seriously we should just kick you out of your house and give it to her because she lost her job.
Lani Anthony smart lady! I wish I had that situation like wow!woman is a genius!
I would have taken out a loan, sold stuff, gotten a second job etc if it meant i could legally own the house ive been staying in rent free for 10 years. Should have saved smh
Honey, I would have been putting away money EVERY pay period in anticipation for that moment they say "You need to start paying". I am glad she had a happy ending and wasn't thrown out on the street though.
What makes you think she had a "pay period"? I'm betting she is a welfare queen, on PA, not working and not look for a job either. Which means her "happy ending" is government assistance to pay the rent and she will STILL be living in that house for free - on the taxpayer's dime.
I’d have had so much money saved up that when they said “$7500” I’ll be like ohhh okkkkayyy! 💴🏃🏾♀️ then sitting on the sofa eating bon bons.
It's easy to say huh? Well the air you get every day is Free! How much have you saved?
@TheJw1358 "Had" - past tense. She lost that job when her boss went to prison and the real estate company she worked for went under. She had/has kids - in one shot of her walking through the house there was a baby carrier sitting on the floor so who knows how many kids she really has living there.
She's a welfare queen, pure and simple. That's how she pays the utilities and other expenses. Has kids to collect welfare with, no husband, gets food stamps and other government assistance that allows her to sit on her @$$ and let working taxpayers foot the bill for her life of leisure.
@TheJw1358 She's squatting in an abandoned house in Detroit with a bunch of kids and can't scratch up $7500 or a loan for that amount to buy the place outright, even after living there free and not paying rent for 9 years.
I don't have to "assume" as it is obvious what the score is on this gal.
Um she payed no rent for 9 yrs and didn't have enough to buy off the house or even save some money... Lol
bankaispirits k
bankaispirits I asked myself exactly the same thing
bankaispirits. out of 9 years i hoped she saved some money
My thoughts exactly...
its on the real estate company, middle America can't take this in.
She was 1 year away from a free house
my name is Cynthia I want to no how you get a. apt to sign up for the free hause Cynthia
Cynthia Zunoga Adverse possession is the law.
+Beauty4 Ashes yea and thats why people go to jail for receiving stolen property !
Brianna C. thank
Yep
Lucky lady, she's been blessed more than once, good for her! 😊❤🙏
she wasn't blessed she stole.
Why are the people in the comments acting like she didn't try to buy the house?
Rich people get away with stuff like this all the time!
But we want to harass the heck out of poor people. Add to the fact that now she will be paying rent...satisfied?
also...her NOT paying her rent does not reduce or increase YOUR rent. Stay in your lane
I would have bought EVERY HOUSE on the block and named the street after ME PERIOD 🤦🏽♀️
seriously!!!... 10 years?!? like why don't you own that whole side of town and why yo damn roof ain't fixed🤦🏽♂️
That part
I like how you think, Munequita!!
lol
With the measure you measure to others, it will be measured back to you. Shaken together, pressed down, and running over, you will be given back what you give to others.
The merciful shall obtain mercy, the merciless shall not. Love covers transgressions, we all have serious flaws and nobody wants to be uncovered and exposed, even if the observation is true.
Proverbs 17:9
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Don't look down on your sister, we're all just finding our way..
What i don't understand is why she couldn't buy the home herself? Why was it always pulled off the market when she tried to buy the home?
Mz. Fluffy Tenacee my exact same question!! Why was the county pulling it off the market every time she went to buy it? Makes you wonder huh?
Mz. Fluffy Tenacee very good point some ppl dont listen name calling here and there as you said anyt8she want to purchase they pull it off the market
Mz. Fluffy Tenacee
GOD!!! He gave her a BLESSING!!!😀📿🕊💓
Mz. Fluffy Tenacee 🤔Come on now you know why!
Mz. Fluffy Tenacee she's full of crap bcse she said tried to buy it and they pulled it but yet she couldn't pay $7500. Also one reason they could have pulled it is they prefer or in some cases ppl buy a bulk of properties like 10 at a time and gives preference to them instead of ppl that will actually live in the community ...
I'm disappointed that after almost 10 years of living for free she doesn't have at least $7,000 saved up.
If you live free for almost ten years you should use that as a stepping stone.
She could have saved some money in those 10 years to buy her own place.
Or at least a down payment
She should be thrown out into the streets for not saving a dime
You guys are so judgmental and have no full understanding of her story. C'mon...be happy for someone else. Maybe she has saved just not equivalent to 7,500. & Outside of rent she stil has bills, a kid, could be paying for medicines, tuition for her child, insurance and maybe settling for a job that goes along with her daughters school schedule. Kmsl...you NEVER know unless you know. Dont assume. 🤷♀️
@Thomas Johnson u should let her and the kids come stay at ur house for the next ten years rent free
@@thomasturner7428 With the measure you measure to others, it will be measured back to you. Shaken together, pressed down, and running over, you will be given back what you give to others.
The merciful shall obtain mercy, the merciless shall not. Love covers transgressions, we all have serious flaws and nobody wants to be uncovered and exposed, even if the observation is true.
Proverbs 17:9
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Where's the love?
She should be rich asf. The money that would have went to rent/mortgage should have been put into various investments.
exactly if you do not plan to win, you plan to fail. She should have put away 400 dollars minimum a month KNOWING at some point they were coming for that house.
Ericka Williams She had to buy weed!
AsSeenBySheDot she's a single mom and probably makes little money. if she was able to get food stamps that would eliminate food expenses. I don't think she would be rich but I think she could've saved 7500
Mercedes Mob single parents can still save money with gov benefits coming in. And from the looks of her home inside, she did quite nicely leeching off the government.
Josh cramer furniture could've been free or came from goodwill. I've seen people rack up 6 figures worth of college loan debt and cant save a dime. so my point is we don't know what she's going through
I’m so glad for her, clearly no one needed or wanted the house. Yes!!
And how interesting that when she tried to buy it they pulled it out.
I’m so glad that this woman had the opportunity to raise her children In a safe place. Yes for the company that wants to keep her!! ❤️
Tell me where you live and I’ll come over and squat in your living room.
Good for her! Those homes sitting empty should be occupied, otherwise they fall in disrepair! Why is everyone so angry with her?? Frankly, Wells Fargo Bank should giver her an interest free loan!
Humanity is devolving into sociopathic robots that aspire to be as emotionless and soulless as ants.
TM" Why should she get a interest free loan?
I agree wiv u, can't believe all those bitchie comments stating othereise, not bein real are they ☺👍
A lot of people aren't mad about the free rent. Its the fact she has no savings to buy a home for 7500.
Same thing happened to my parents, bought their house in 2001 and shortly after the mortgage company went under and owners went to jail and i grew up in that house with my parents not paying a dime in nearly 20 years.
Shhhh keep quite🤫
Did YOU buy it yet???
Love that a family 'fell through the cracks' of our system in a positive way. YAY!
@Whoever did you watch the video? Scammer how?
@Whoever Why don't you see a family? Due to their being no father present? How do you know this families history? Based off a short video you have her life all figured out. May you never need a helpful hand, because with your mindset I'm sure it's going to be hard.
She should have planned ahead and saved $$$$ to move or buy later.
@Nick with no last name I do not care about your figures and what not. You don't know why the father isn't there. Most importantly my question was why he didn't see a "family"? Nothing you said had anything to do with my question. I didn't need to be educated on something i am fully aware of. My family is blessed all father's were present and accounted for.
Yeah I wish that would happen more often lol
@2:13 but wait, how is it that she's lived RENT FREE for 9 long years but yet she doesn't even have $7500 to buy the house at auction??? If she only saved as little as $70 a month she would have had $7500 in 9 years. Shame on her.
And now she actually has to pay rent when she could've had a home that was paid off already.
Initially there was no rent. Since the sale was thru an auction, the price could have gone higher. But yeah, she should have saved some money. This situation wasn't gonna last forever.
Digby Dooright if your rent free for 9 years. Yes you should have a lot more than $7500.
People never think having raw cash can make u happy as having great shoes and great clothes does!
He wasn't really being condensing she was being stupid when she replied 'no' to it being too good to be true. I mean who gets to live rent free. Come on now.