Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Escrow

Today we signed some escrow papers on our house. Basically this transfer the title of the house over to us when we close.

On another escrow front, we are VERY unhappy with our real estate agent, lawyer, and escrow people in Chicago (the ones handling the condo). As of now, they shall go unnamed. Courtney, you know who they are, and I am NOT HAPPY. Our condo closed on July 7th. The money was to be overnighted to us, ensuring a delivery by July 8th. Today is July 9th, there is no money, and what is worse, the lawyer and his escrow people are pushing the blame onto each other. Each says they it was the other's responsibility to get the checks out. To top it all off, the REAL ESTATE LAWYER decided to put the check in the mail, like a birthday card. WTH? And this guy passed law school and the bar? You don't put tens and hundreds of thousands into the regular mail. You get it certified, wired, FedExed, whatever!

Courtney, please pass around this negative referral to any friends and family you might have who may or may not use this agent and his crappy referral of a lawyer.

1 comment:

Courtney Craig said...

Oh man! I'm so sorry! We never got to this point with him, but you bet we won't use him when we go to sell our condo for real next time. I hope you get the check soon!