Glad to hear they got themselves a beautiful house on some land! Is this the DIL who's a teacher? She'll be creative with it!

Thanks for the story! A tale of lottery woes indeed. In the end, your kids got themselves a VERY good deal! I hope they'll enjoy the home for some time to come. Congrats to them!

That is some story. Buying a house is stressful enough without that kind is sideshow going on.

Sounds like they got a nice deal. I hope the first thing they did was change all the locks.

maddielee - you beat me to it. That is the first thing I would do.

What a story! Good luck to them.

Susie...you really should block their address. Nice house.

It wasn't easy but they got what they wanted. I wish them many wonderful, happy years in that great home! Are you near them, Susie? If not, when will you be able to go see the house in person?

(Previous owner was probably selling pot. How else would they have the Navigator, etc.? It's sad. I bet the local folks will be happy to have a nice family move in.)

Congrats to your son!

For the past 4 months, our DD has been through the house buying wringer too. Not this bad, but they had to hire a lawyer to get their deposit back when the sellers lied on the listing about the property. Finally this week they entered escrow on another house with a beautiful setting beside a little lake.

There you go

Thanks !! Our son made one last offer and was ready to drop it all. This guy was kind of shady. He didn't disclose the $75,000 lein. The title company found it.

Yes, we live within 30 minutes. The same time from where they live now. I've been there about every day since they bought it. The house has everything they had been looking for. With 4 kids you need room. Their dog is in heaven with all the running he can do.

Dog? With that many acres, I'm seeing ponies ;-) It's a beautiful house Susie. I hope they enjoy it many years.

I agree100% eevery lock would be changed immediately and new locks on all windows from the inside not just the standard window locks. Locks on barn and all equipment. I will not be surprised if the guy shows up sleeping in the barn or worse. I also would not be surprised if shady characters showed up looking for drugs or money owed. I have heard horror stories about things like that. I would invest in a good full camera security system on all the property. They must keep in mind what they are dealing with. I would also let the local police or sheriff know that the house is under new ownership and the previous owners were known drug dealers.

I'm not sure I would have gone through what your son did. I probably would have walked. Congratulations for them getting what they really wanted.

I would get videos and change locks as others have suggested. One of my dad's old acquaintances used to get men driving up to his house and honking the horn. He thought it was really strange until someone told him his house used to belong to a prostitute. Lol! I'd ask for extra police patrol and change some landscaping or add signs outside to make the house look like it is under new ownership.

Umm. Blocking an address on a recently sold home does nothing for privacy. All you need is the pic. Took me 3 clicks to get the address. Just saying.

Hope you son and family enjoy their new home. Nice house.

Oh yeah. If they were growing a great deal of pot in the house there may be mold issues. I hope it was inspected. Also if meth was e being cooked there not a healthy environment. Especially for the kids. Not trying to be a debby downer but this stuff is real and important to know/check out. That house may need more than regular cleaning/painting.

Everything has been checked and rechecked!! All locks and such have been changed. Cameras are up in numerous places!! All bases are covered!! Neighbor's are also on alert. They know all our vehicles and have our phone numbers!! The police know the place well. The wife called often. The neighbor's told my son she would stand up on the upstairs deck and scream at him when he was in the barn. The guy called the neighbor one day because he couldn't find his wife. The neighbor went over to help him. They didn't find her. The next day the neighbor called and asked about her. He said, "Oh, she was passed out in a downstairs closet." They are moving to Florida.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/01/416452137/buy-a-meth-house-unawares-and-pay-the-health-consequences

The neighbors must be besides themselves with joy! Yikes!

Watch, the house has been checked and rechecked.

I read that. But it wasn't mentioned whether the house had been checked for drug or chemical residue. Since you say it has (I guess) that's great and a relief all is well.

I can only go by the info you posted. I'm sorry but the whole thing sounded shady right down to the realtor. One minute your is making the offer directly to the seller, then the house has lien on it and later the realtor is fully in charge again. Offers are made to the realtor. " Our son wanted to meet up with the guy and offer more money". Huh?

The realtor hired a middle of the night cleaning crew while the house was still occupied by the original owner. Huh?

There is nothing a in any of your posts about a full inspection. Only that another relative (a contractor) looked at the house.

If this a was a grow house it could have been much more. I'd sure want to see the certification that the house was clean. And I am not talking about housekeeping clean.

Don't kill the messenger. I am warning of possible valid issues.

The realitor had the sellers power of attorney. The people were suppose to be our by 5 on Friday and they had agreed to it. They have had weeks to move out but didn't. The realitor was fed up with the people. It was one thing after another. And yes, the neighborhood is glad they are gone. They have all come and welcomed our son and his family. They had only mowed once all summer. There were 3 adults living in this house. They had 3 big mowers. Surely, someone could have got off their butts and mowed. There was an inspection done before the loan was approved and my son ask for another one on the final day. It was done. The inspector even commented on how well this house was built. My son-in-law went because the house needed some things done and my son wanted to know what it would cost to do these things. The guy wasn't wanting to budge on anything. Our son gave him his full asking price plus an additional $15,000. Both sides of these peoples families were fed up and would not help them with anything any longer. The guys realitor knew our son was trying to help any way he could and he wanted to help him, too. The realitor paid for the crews to come in out of his own pocket. They were not a middle of the night shady group. They were suppose to be out and he got them out. You can only help so much when people aren't willing to help themselves. You would think having a very expensive house bought for you would have been a great thing. Apparently not.