Short Sale Fiasco

It has been 12 months since I listed this short sale. (November '07) We closed escrow in May I believe. I am proud of the job I did. At that time I had 5 short sale listings and this was the first one that closed. My client owed $488,000 and the offer was for $305,000. I got the bank to forgive the difference ($183,000 in writting) as long as the money was in their office on such and such a date.
Knowing how things can get, I gave my client a date to vacate which was in truth one week early... JIC... (just in case)... I know it's tough facing a divorce, after losing one's job, and home; but there are limits. The funds had to be at the lender on a Friday, the new owner planned on doing their walk thru on the day before. The wife had packed and moved a week before, the sunday before closing I stopped by to give my client an out line of how the house should be left... He told me in no uncertain words that it wasn't his problem any longer and if I wanted it clean I should clean it myself.
After calming down, I pointed out to my client that if the new buyer did not accept the property in the condition it was in that all bets would be off. His retort was "you're making enough money - you pay to clean it." ....
I thought I got over this.... but I can feel my emotions coming to a boil....
In short... Boston Mike's "Haul n Clean" saved the day. This link will take you to a visual tour of the MESS that was left and the finished product after Boston Mike had worked his magic. It took him two days, $2000 that includes the dumpster... if you need a good guy... call me, I'll give you his number.


http://www.visualtour.com/show.asp?T=1604990&prt=10003