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Home loan - True Story?
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Don't knoe if this is really true, but if it is, its amazing!
A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer 3 months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply (actual letter): "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we
compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the
proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."
Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter): "Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I note that you wish
to have title extended further that the 194 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country,
particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803, the year of origin
identified on our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained by France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Isabella. The good queen, Isabella, being a pius woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus' expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to
presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana. God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it, AND the FHA. I hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we please have our loan?
...the loan was approved.
[ 10-02-2003: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>
A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer 3 months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply (actual letter): "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we
compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the
proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."
Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter): "Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I note that you wish
to have title extended further that the 194 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country,
particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803, the year of origin
identified on our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained by France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Isabella. The good queen, Isabella, being a pius woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus' expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to
presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana. God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it, AND the FHA. I hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we please have our loan?
...the loan was approved.
[ 10-02-2003: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>
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The "Urban Legends" sites are good places to check these things. I had a hit on this one at:
https://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/landgrab.htm
https://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/landgrab.htm
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by coldplugs:
The "Urban Legends" sites are good places to check these things. I had a hit on this one at:
https://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/landgrab.htm<hr></blockquote>
Ah good old Snopes! I had my doubts about this one, but its still funny
[ 10-05-2003: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>
The "Urban Legends" sites are good places to check these things. I had a hit on this one at:
https://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/landgrab.htm<hr></blockquote>
Ah good old Snopes! I had my doubts about this one, but its still funny
[ 10-05-2003: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>
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There's a snopes-like show on Discovery (I think). They're actually settings up things like the insurance claim about the guy with the barrel of bricks and the pulley, whether aluminum foil will "blow up" in a microwave, etc.
I wonder if they're going to recreate the legend of the guy with the rocket engine mounted in the trunk of his car......
I wonder if they're going to recreate the legend of the guy with the rocket engine mounted in the trunk of his car......
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WHAT??
You mean that didn't really happen???
You mean that didn't really happen???
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We'll have to watch to find out!
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aerog:
I wonder if they're going to recreate the legend of the guy with the rocket engine mounted in the trunk of his car......
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They already did that one. It worked.
They did say that even though they got it to work they were pretty sure the old story was just an urban legend anyway.
PC.
I wonder if they're going to recreate the legend of the guy with the rocket engine mounted in the trunk of his car......
They already did that one. It worked.
They did say that even though they got it to work they were pretty sure the old story was just an urban legend anyway.
PC.
