A Las Vegas woman’s story of losing everything because of a foreclosure mix up is now being disputed by the company that stole and trashed all of her belongings.
8 News Now in Las Vegas reported Nilly Mauck’s story Monday. Mauck said a mix up in addresses caused a local realtor to think her condominium was a foreclosure and had all of her belongings removed.
And of course some sorry-assed attorney has to get involved and speak for the confused realtors. The attorney and realty group believe the victim is trying to get more bang for her buck because of an obvious mistake by the realty group. However, there now appears to be even more confusion over a set of pictures of the apartment before it was cleared.
“Over here I had my couch and my chair and my dining room table over here,” said Mauck as she points where her furniture used to be located. She says Brenkus Team, a real estate group, is to blame because they wrongfully “trashed out” her home. The term is used when a home is cleared of everything inside due to a foreclosure. In this case, Mauck says it was her neighbor’s condo that was in foreclosure, not hers.
“There was no food, no clothes in the closet. It looked like the people had moved out so that’s why they thought they had the right place,” said Albert Marquis who represents the Brenkus Team. “I don’t think anything excuses the fact that there was a mistake and that damage should be paid for,” Marquis said. What must be determined now is how much is the mistake worth?
“My clients made a potential offer, I think, of $5,000, but she came back and is asking for $200,000 and that’s not going to happen,” he said. It appears this attorney believes it is okay to throw a mother and children out of their own house just days before Christmas. He also seems to think that $5,000 is sufficient to replace the contents of a home and make up for the memories lost by having photos of her wedding and children destroyed. (I personally think $200,000 is too little to ask for, especially after being insulted by these morons.)
But before even that can be settled, there is another area of dispute involving the contents in the condominium.
“This is Mrs. Mauck’s condo before they cleaned these things out,” said Marquis, who sent out a series of photos by way of a public relations firm to 8 News Now. He claims the pictures are of Mauck’s home and they show it is vacant with the exception of a few items scattered about.
They are much different that the pictures that Mauck has which show a furnished home.
“You’ve got that there and you’ve got more pictures there. How do you explain these? I was told that these were all immediately before they’re might be a few that are immediately after okay. But these are these, pictures of place that somebody already moved out,” Marquis said.
However, 8 News Now examined the photos and noticed that the layout of the kitchens was different in each photo. Also, one photo in the series shows a different condo number. 8 News Now asked Marquis about the differences in the photos and he didn’t have an answer. He believes the victim is looking for a hefty payout. “It’s like someone being in an auto accident and then faking their injuries in order to increase their damages,” Marquis said. (No, you owe this woman big money. On top of that, your clients gave you bogus photos to take on the news. Who’s faking now?)
Mauck says she only wants her possessions back or to be compensated. “If they really took it to the dump, I don’t think I will ever get any of those back. I don’t even want to come back to this place anymore,” she said.
According to the news station, the attorney said he is planning to look into the discrepancies of the photos.
I really think the realtors should take their asses on TV and explain to the world why it is okay to say this woman’s life is only worth $5,000 instead of sending an attorney to do it for them. This is probably the biggest load of crap I have ever heard – $5,000 for all of the possessions of your home – and then to use fake pictures to cover the lies – AMAZING!
It is a real shame that the realtors cannot act human and say they fuc*ed up and honestly try to fix this situation. Apparently, in the current economic climate, we can add realtors to the list with used car salesmen as dispicable professions.
I also hope the realtors’ attorney takes the time to read this decision when saying $200,000 isn’t going to happen.
