My Dad Tried to Sell the House I Paid Off for Him—He Forgot One Thing: The Deed Is in My Name

payments for the past five years. Within six hours, the “buyer”—some shadowy LLC that Richard’s paralegal traced back to one of my father’s golf buddies, probably doing him a favor by participating in this scam—had backed out, citing “unforeseen legal complications.”

The next morning, a courier delivered a formal document to Oak Street: a notice to continue reading …