The big con

We have a house that we purchased in October that we have stopped working on and moved on to another easier to fix house.

The I received an email and a phone call this week Monday morning. We are using this house for collateral on a Line Of credit. I was e-mailed that there would be an independent evaluation this week. The phone call was from our insurance company that they were going to downgrade the insurance on the house because there was a boarded up window.

That was a double call to action. I drove down to Ottumwa on Monday afternoon and purchased a new window. Tuesday morning I installed the new window. Sent a picture to the insurance company at noon to get the insurance issue corrected.

On Wednesday the house was evaluated and given a value of between $111,000 and $124,000. We purchased the house for $40,000 and put on a new roof and a few quick fixes before deciding to move to another house. Looks like time and money well spent at this point. 

Spent the rest of the week laying floors in that other house.

The bedrooms are all finished

The kitchen had a laminate floor that was starting to come apart. 

You can see we have been walking over the new floor to finish other flooring but it is in.

Yesterday I put in the bathroom floor and Micah installed the living room floor. Now all we have left to floor is the heated front porch.

While I was putting in the new window and laying floors this week I also had some fun.

Last house I advertised on Craigslist for rent I was contacted that the house was listed by someone else also. I went on-line and flagged the ad as fraud. The man was still able to get his ad up for short periods of time.

On Monday a lady called me and asked if she had been contacting me by phone to rent a house. She had not. They were ready to send "Steve" $1,000 when they thought something did not seem right. After checking with the Mahaska County recorder to see who owned the house, she called me to check if I was the person who she was sending money to. No, that house was rented.

She gave me the phone number she was in contact with, so I decided I should see if I could rent our own house from this guy named Stephen Louis Huspek (his phone is through Verizon out of Queens NY. here are our texts with my commentary in parenthesis).

Me: Is the house still available? (I figured I should find out if our tenants were still there, right?)

Steve: Hello thanks for you interest in my house, the house is available for move in now and I'm looking to rent to a reliable and trustworthy tenant. Lease 1yr,2yrs/6month also month to month. You should drive by to check it out because I'm presently not in town to show it then contact me if you want to proceed for the application. Thanks Stephen (Boy he wants a reliable tenant not sure that would be me)

Me: That looks like a nice house from the outside. When can I see the inside and get an application? (is always nice to ask to see the inside of your own hose before you take your key and go look. It is just being polite)

Steve: I won't be in town till December, and am looking to rent before then since the house is available now. Will want you to drive by first, then if you like it we go from there. requirement- stable income and clean record. Am owner of the house so I do not check credit. Just a good income and a person that will always pay his or hers rent and bills. (um excuse me I already texted that I drove by, getting redundant here Stevie boy and that good income thing might be a problem for me.)

Me: Ok how do I fill out an application. ( come on baby give me an address, I need an address to send the app to so you can be charged by the FBI for mail fraud)

Steve: I would like you to provide me with:

1. 3 references and their phone numbers

2. Your full name

3. Your full address

4. Phone number

5. are you married

6. How many people will be living in the house

7. Do you have a pet?

8. Occupation

9.When you would like to move in (date)

10. How many months /years are you willing to rent?

Get it and text me once I get these I will check it out for review and if approved we proceed to next step. I wait to read from you soonest with these details so that I can fill out my document. ( I actually thought about who I could use for references but couldn't think of anyone who would say I was reliable so though it was time to go a different direction)

Me: I found a key under the doormat. I have put electric and gas in my name and have contacted Oskaloosa Water department. I am going to move in and I will pay you when you get back to Oskaloosa. Can't wait to meet you. (Oh yea, Stevie come on down and evict me as a squatter)

Funny but I never heard back from Steve.

The house we had evaluated for collateral is not worth $111,000. It might look like it from the outside to someone who has not seen the inside but they are fooled by appearances. We put new flooring over old floors. It covered the ugly. If you take up the new floors the ugly is still there you just can't see it.

Satan is like that. He makes a life with out God look like the real thing. He tries to convince people that they are not bad people. You don't need forgiveness. You look pretty good on the out side. If there is a heaven you deserve to be there because you have lived well. He is a liar.

Satan is also like Stephen Louis Huspek (or whatever his real name may be) He is selling a false bill of goods. If you choose to believe his lies, you will have paid the price but you will have no home. He is running the big con and anyone who believes him and lives for self and the pleasures of today will pay the price and no eternal life with God. Don't be fooled by the big con.