Good news on the vehicles and scooter! I'm betting the necessary papers will be arriving in the mail tomorrow. At least I'm hoping for you! Your stomach issues would surely benefit to get your hands on them. So sorry about your sister. I'll keep her in my prayers.

I am so impressed with the Southern Baptist Convention for all they have done (and I am not Baptist- I am RC). I hope you feel better soon. You are one of the angels you speak of, Raven.

I also no longer deal with Bank of America. They really are jerks. I'm using a small regional bank now and couldn't be happier. I really like the scooter!

I want to levy a curse on BoA, but not until you are clear of them! Hard to resist, but you never know where the evil you call will actually land!

Also a hard call about selling out for less than you might recoup if you did minimal work to the house and found a private buyer. Huge difference?

I would be inclined to sell to the sharks and skip additional mental and physical strain. Is there a time limit on selling out? Are these investors sure payers? Entire 'bird' in the hand immediately, and you're out?

You'll have some relief with the new scooter. Can you give yourself "Office Hours" and "Time Off" while you deal with this mess?

I agree about BoA, as well as other big banks. They treat people terribly. I had to deal with BoA regarding my Mom's account and with Wells-Fargo with my mortgage. Don't have to deal with either of them now and plan to never work with a big bank again. If you are eligible, I encourage you to join Navy Federal Credit Union. They are wonderful and treat their customers with care and respect. Am so glad y'all are moving to another location, Raven. You don't need any more travesty in your life, nor does your husband.

Best wishes for a speedy and personally tolerable path to better days, better health and moving on. No one should have to deal with two such disasters in a short period of time.

Banks, like insurance companies, live by rigid rules and procedures. Individual employees, even those at a reasonably high managerial level, have no leeway nor opportunity to apply common sense when the rules lead to illogical or unnecessary results. I have accounts with several banks and also with a credit union and I'd toss any of them overboard if I could find a better solution. The people at the credit union are nice but are like country bumpkins living in a world several decades ago, not in a good way. My credit card account with them has no transaction download capability - say what?

Whenever I have something out of the ordinary to try to accomplish with any financial-related entity, it's usually a hold my temper and hold my nose experience and I hope for the best. I don't always get done what's needed. So don't feel like you're being picked on or that B of A is all that different from others, I don't think that's the case. Maybe it's just a inept department that's overwhelmed with the flood of customers facing disaster recovery issues.

That scooter will be a great help for you. I'm glad the carrier was savageable to be used on the next vehicle you get. I hope you can get a new RV soon and have a place to call home. You sure don't need all the frustration dealing with Bank of America "again". Praying for any kind of buy-out so you can get free of that house and find yourself a new, safe location. Do you know of an address where a check could be sent to the Southern Baptist Convention? I'd like to do that and also send you a check if you will please email with an address. Maretich@Comcast.net

We asked for the address to send donations to the Southern Baptist convention so we could pay back a little. They are amazing, all retired people working so hard. They are now helping my neighbors.

The address for donations is:

Southern Baptists of Texas Convention

Disaster Relief

PO Box 1988

Grapevine, TX 76099-1988

Online donations can be made at:

SB texas. com

Thank you for the update. Have been wondering how you were.Hang in there. they won't make it easy , but YOU shall win in the end.

Glad to hear back from you. Sorry about Bank of America... they're way too large to care about the "little people". I've heard about other issues with them (from first hand friends, not just from the internet.) I am glad you are aiming to move and get away from there to someplace without flooding, and preferably without the insurance and banking nightmares. That scooter looks awesome!

Hang in there. If you read my post in another thread... my brother did fine in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. He lost some fencing and other minor things, but effectively he's totally fine. You and MarilynC I worry about.

EDIT PS: I see that scooter in bright red. Since there's a choice...

When having trouble with a (large) company, the advice used to be that it was a good idea to call them out on Twitter. Is this still true? Yes, there are rules, but there's absolutely no need to be rude or heartless-sounding when dealing with all the poor people affected. I'm sorry your sister is having a tough time, Raven. I'm glad you found a good scooter.

That's a darn good looking scooter, one you'll enjoy I hope. Better days are a coming Raven, take time to slow down and live for today. I know the pressures of what you're going through, been there. Put on some music twice a day for 20 minutes and relax and listen. It's very easy to do and calms the mind.

1. Sorry you aren't feeling well and sending good thoughts for your sister. Glad things are moving along and you will be getting a new scooter to get around. You have been through so much. Taking action so you won't have to go through this again is a good idea. Too much loss for you and worry every time there may be possible flooding. Dealing with insurance sure can be a pain and stressful. Wishing you well Raven.

Thanks for the update. And wonderful to hear about your plans for the scooter and wheelchair! So happy things are coming together for you on the vehicles too.

I totally agree about BoA. We had one rental house financed thru them for a few years (until we refi'd) and every year they had our insurance screwed up. We always had our insurance company pay the premiums directly when due, but somehow BoA managed to lose the payment within their system. So we would always get a notice & I'd have to go thru the same process every single time with our insurance company having to contact them and tell them they already had the payment. They would tell me I sent it to the 'wrong' routing or some such. Gee, what happens when we send it where YOU told us to send it!?? I have to say though that we had 2 houses financed with Chase at one time and they were awesome to deal with. Now we just use a local bank.

sjerin, I don't think that's a good idea. Many companies track dealings with customers, rewarding ones that have been fair and giving somewhat less than that to those who haven't been.

Quick personal experience - in the early days of TSA Pre, before I got it permanently through my own action by getting Global Entry, I found myself at a busy airport, the unexpected one-time recipient of that status from the very large airline I was flying with that day (I'd had a frequent flyer account with it for decades but for which I didn't have any premium status that year). Chatting in the very short (by comparison to the regular) line with the guy behind me, I expressed my surprise at having a lucky day. He was an employee of the airline in the IT department and asked "Have you been a longtime customer, have you ever had a beef with us or complained in any way?" I said Yes longtime customer, No to the rest. He replied "Do you sometimes get unrequested upgrades?" I said Yes. He said "we keep track of customer interactions and people who've complained or have been unreasonable either over the phone or in person have their files noted each time and don't get the bennies you get. Keep that in mind, that's probably why you're here".

Thanks Raven for the address for Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. I will send them a donation. And thank you for emailing me.

Prayers going out for your sister.

Love that scooter! What color are you getting? SO GLAD you'll be able to walk away from that house. How could you ever be comfortable there again, every time it rains or blows, you'll be nervous. Start over someplace fresh!

Thank you for the update! So glad you have found a scooter you like and will be able to get it soon, that will make your life a bit easier , I'm sure!

And I sure don't blame y'all for not wanting to live in that house anymore! ! I do hope you will find something somewhere that you will love just as much, but that will be as safe as a house can be for you! And please take care of yourself! You are under so much stress, there is so much work and worry, don't let it get you down. It will all come together in due time. Keeping you and yours in my prayers, also your sister.

Rusty

Nice to hear some good news from you. Sorry you're not feeling well. Hopefully, that soon passes.

Where are you thinking about living? Will you leave Texas?

Raven, for all that you have gone through and will continue doing so for a long time, you sound so 'all together' in dealing with it all. I admire you and your strengths. And if I was choosing a scooter, I'd choose the one you picked.

I'm glad you are open to selling the house and walking away. No one needs the stress of constant, unexpected flooding. So much area in major cities has been paved over, that rain no longer has anywhere to go, and places that were dry for decades are no more.

Try to do a bit of walking. I KNOW it's hard, but it's better for you. And even with a wheelchair and scooter, one must be able to do a bit of walking. The more you do, the easier it gets. I'm assuming that your doctor has not forbidden walking...

I hope something happens soon and you can get out from under this stress.

Raven is your stomach problems related to your medical condition? I am Praying daily that you recover from Harvey physically and emotionally soon. I know this is going to have an impact on you for a long time maybe forever, but I hope it will fade at least a little once you put down roots again. God Bless you and yours.

Prayers and blessings to you, raven!...you have been through so much in recent years.

Raven, I'm glad you got your chair, and I hope things start to smooth out for you. I hope if you decide to sell the house, it goes fast and you can get on to relocating in an area that doesn't flood. Having to rebuild and then flood again such a short time later is enough to break the strongest person. Hugs to you and Mr Raven. I know it has been very difficult for him as well.

I love the chair in red!

I'm also glad that you and Mr. Raven have made the difficult decision to sell your house. I'm afraid by now, it would just have bad memories for you. Even breaking even is better than nothing, and it might change. There might be a buyer out there who will offer more. Now if the bank can only get their heads out of their butts and do their job!

Marilyn I sent you an email!

Jasdip you are so right about the bank lol I think they are permanently stuck there though.

Thanks!

Thanks for the update and the BEST wishes for the future.

Moni

Thank you for your update. I am so sorry for all of your troubles and for the sadness and frustration you are going through. I wish you the very best for the future and I love that awesome red scooter! And BTW my hubs recently went through (not his first) extremely annoying/frustrating issue with BOA. He is talking about changing banks.

did I miss it -- did you get red or blue? either way, it looks snazzy!

I am so glad to hear of the progress that you've made! Fingers crossed that you get the scooter soon. I hope that the tummy troubles go away.

Oh yeah we will buy a brand new one from an area here that was not flooded. It would be difficult to try to sell an rv that flooded.

They are supposed to come get ours today. I hope they can get it out of there. All the slides are out so is the awning and the batteries are dead so they don't work to pull them back in. I explained that to them.

My husband's company owner surprised us with a bonus check to help out. Very nice, husband has worked for him for 20 years. Good people.

We found out that all the new electrical wiring that we had done last year must all be replaced and the entire electrical panel must be replaced too. Mucho money! They are trying to run dehumidifiers and dry out fans but they are tripping breakers. Water and electric do not mix well.

How wonderful of your hubby's company owner to give you a bonus check. Trying to dry out the house is going be very difficult with the electric problem. Will you actually have to do that if you are just going to sell your place to someone who will just rip it down? Hoping you get that brand new RV soon, along with your new scooter and new wheelchair.

Could you contact the Southern Baptists Convention that helped your hubby and send them to Marilyn's location?

That is terrific. Love when people show they care in such meaningful ways.

Raven, are you still thinking about remodeling?

You had a Hummer? Dang! I saw an H2 for sale yesterday....rubber necking it. I understood you'd buy an RV and travel for a bit? Is that still the plan?

I hope it's the plan Nicole. It depends on if we can get a buyer for the house now or if we have to go ahead and fix it to sell it.

I had a Hummer H3 the small one with only 20,000 miles on it. I really hated to lose it. It got great gas mileage and was a dream to drive. My husband had a brand new Ford f250 truck we pulled the rv with.

They hauled those away. The rv is supposed to go today.

Linda yes I can do that.

Today friends took me to lunch. All of us have lost our homes and vehicles. It was nice to get out together. We are all exhausted and need a little change.

I hope they don't try to make you go through with fixing the house up again. That isn't right.

Good thought and prayers to you, your husband and your sister.

What SUV are you thinking of buying next?

Going out with neighborhood friends sounds pretty nice. You all have so much in common because of circumstances. It would bring you together.