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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Foreign land deals make for good writing prompts, no?

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

I feel like there’s a book somewhere in that.

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Haha!!!

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Daniel Catena's avatar

Kudos to you for not giving up. At least you got your money back and eventually found a better plot of land. Must have been stressful though!

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

It was stressful but worth it in the end!

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Kate Elwood's avatar

Akira sounds like a young incompetent guy, it’s hard to say if he had a deliberate plan or not. It must have been really frustrating and disappointing.

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Yeah, I don't think he was willfully trying to steal my money but he didn't do anything to assuage my fears!

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Gianni Simone's avatar

I like happy endings.

We got very lucky when we bought our place. The real estate agent even helped us save some money.

Although we don't have a lake view.

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Aaron Paulson's avatar

Interesting story, well told. Happy to hear the happy ending (did you get your view of a lake?).

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Thank you and yes I did get my lake view! Not AS good as the other land but still beautiful.

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Aaron Paulson's avatar

Congratulations!

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Kominka Life Japan's avatar

So glad it worked out for you.

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Thank you!

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Tracey Parker's avatar

Great story. Wasn't expecting the happy ending. Glad it worked out for you.

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Thanks! And yes it did.

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