Game Show Host Bob Eubanks House In Westlake Village Sells In Short Sale
Whoopee! Legendary radio personality and television game show host, Bob Eubanks, recently unloaded his Westlake Village house in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for $1.982 million in what the Los Angeles Times describes as a short sale transaction. The five-time Emmy Award winner, which includes a lifetime achievement award, purchased the 4,972 sq. ft. four-bedroom, 4.5 bathroom… [Continue Reading]

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Legendary radio personality and television game show host, Bob Eubanks, recently unloaded his Westlake Village house in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for $1.982 million in what the Los Angeles Times describes as a short sale transaction. The five-time Emmy Award winner, which includes a lifetime achievement award, purchased the 4,972 sq. ft. four-bedroom, 4.5 bathroom “Normandy-style home” for $2.66 million in 2006.

A widow in 2001, Eubanks shared the home, which he attempted unsuccessfully to sell two years ago with a sticker price $2.595 million, with his second wife and their young son.

Other luxurious amenities include wood and stone floors, custom built-in cabinetry, French doors and an office, among others. The 3.5-acre grounds feature a swimming pool with spa, a two-story play fort, an outdoor covered loggia, stone walkways and fountains.

Eubanks, 77, was the host of the super popular “The Newlywed Game,” which aired on-and-off with him as the Master of Ceremonies for a record-setting six consecutive decades. He’s apparently a card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys association, suggesting that perhaps he’ll mosey along to a new ranch to ride out his well-deserved retirement.

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Foreclosure Scammers Posing As Homeowners Rent Bank-Owned Properties In Florida
Perception is not reality. Randy Lutz learned that important lesson firsthand when he attempted to relocate his family, which includes a handicapped son, from a “crime-ridden” Rhode Island neighborhood to a seemingly more friendly Winter Park, Fla., community. Lutz, responding to a home-for-rent ad listing on CraigsList.com, had no idea that the lease he signed… [Continue Reading]

Perception is not reality.

Randy Lutz learned that important lesson firsthand when he attempted to relocate his family, which includes a handicapped son, from a “crime-ridden” Rhode Island neighborhood to a seemingly more friendly Winter Park, Fla., community. Lutz, responding to a home-for-rent ad listing on CraigsList.com, had no idea that the lease he signed on a new place — and seemingly a new life — was a complete fraud.

That’s because two opportunist scammers, a local boyfriend-girlfriend tag-team, were lying in wait in the “Sunshine State.” The duplicitous pair had broken into the home, which was a vacant foreclosure, changed the locks and marketed it as if it was their own, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Greed was apparently their undoing when another couple who had also “rented” a a property from the imposters came to the Lutz-rented house looking for their landlords. From that point forward, with the help of a neighbor who knew the house was in foreclosure, the scheme unraveled.

In fact, the couple — who Lutz described as “fairly nice people” — were soon tracked down and arrested.

“There was no reason to think that they were anything but what they said they were,” Lutz was quoted as saying.

The good news is that the bank that truly did own the home that was illegally rented out to the Lutz family agreed to let them remain in the house. Clearly, a new — and legal — rental agreement was drawn up, providing a rare happy ending in an otherwise twisted foreclosure tale.

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