My father died 1994. I was born in 1947, Dad bought the house in Burbank California. After Dad died, the house went into the name of myself & my brother. Brother insisted on handling all the probate himself. The house was rented from 1995, no money was ever given to me, which would be my share of the rental income. My brother kept all bank statements secret, although a few papers, spreadsheets have been made available to me. Loans were put on the property, to the tune of about $150,000, which he would keep all the money, then dole it out when he decided to throw some toward renovations. About $50,000 went toward fixing up the property. He obviously floated the funds for his own leverage, utilized these monies for his own purposes, as whenever a loan came through, he would coincidentally purchase a new house or restaurant in San Diego.*** He has about 7 houses, 2 spots with acreage in Santa Cruz & Julian,CA + 2 restaurants.**
He was able to trick my mother out of every dime she had , at least $500,000. When she was sick, he & his wife in San Diego were responsible for her care. All her money was gone. Due to the lack of care, not feeding her, she had a stroke, was put in hospice "accidentally", then my son & I got her to a hospital, then rest home, she lived another year, died 2005.
I tried to work with my brother fairly with Probate on what my mother had, yet he says that EVERYTHING is his. I have come to finally realize this person, said to be my brother, is an unscrupulous character in many ways, which I had better not elaborate at this time.//
>>Back to the Burbank House. I moved in here in 2006.
He sent one of his 'workers' here [a guy who is fixing up his newest restaurant down in San Diego] to my place in Burbank without warning, the weekend of April 26th. I find out later this guy is a parollee, I don't know what for. He starting fixing up the back bungalo, telling me, "your brother pays me, you have NO say in anything being fixed up here." He stayed the weekend, one day inside on my couch. I also felt uncomfortable after seeing his skinhead cross tatoo, & the racist remarks I was told he made against a politician. I sent a Email stating NOT to have him come back here, as I was still cleaning up his sloppy work.
He showed up here yesterday morning, I told him I would finish the work myself, and that I called the police. He split before the cops showed up.
The police told me to get a lawyer, as well as my conscience said many years ago. --- My brother has been collecting rent now since 1995, there has always been a tenant or two. The mortgage varied from 400 to around 990, the rents averaged 800 to 1900 from 1995. I have yet to see a penny of any of the income, or ANY reimbursement of all the paint, materials & labor I spent. He has also "charged me $1000 a month out of the presumed renovation funds, for rent."
Our last conversation, he threatened me, saying " you do what I say, or I'll sell it and throw you out." I stopped speaking with him at all. I let my son be the liasion, so I don't get physically sick again from this. I need a lawyer.
He was able to trick my mother out of every dime she had , at least $500,000. When she was sick, he & his wife in San Diego were responsible for her care. All her money was gone. Due to the lack of care, not feeding her, she had a stroke, was put in hospice "accidentally", then my son & I got her to a hospital, then rest home, she lived another year, died 2005.
I tried to work with my brother fairly with Probate on what my mother had, yet he says that EVERYTHING is his. I have come to finally realize this person, said to be my brother, is an unscrupulous character in many ways, which I had better not elaborate at this time.//
>>Back to the Burbank House. I moved in here in 2006.
He sent one of his 'workers' here [a guy who is fixing up his newest restaurant down in San Diego] to my place in Burbank without warning, the weekend of April 26th. I find out later this guy is a parollee, I don't know what for. He starting fixing up the back bungalo, telling me, "your brother pays me, you have NO say in anything being fixed up here." He stayed the weekend, one day inside on my couch. I also felt uncomfortable after seeing his skinhead cross tatoo, & the racist remarks I was told he made against a politician. I sent a Email stating NOT to have him come back here, as I was still cleaning up his sloppy work.
He showed up here yesterday morning, I told him I would finish the work myself, and that I called the police. He split before the cops showed up.
The police told me to get a lawyer, as well as my conscience said many years ago. --- My brother has been collecting rent now since 1995, there has always been a tenant or two. The mortgage varied from 400 to around 990, the rents averaged 800 to 1900 from 1995. I have yet to see a penny of any of the income, or ANY reimbursement of all the paint, materials & labor I spent. He has also "charged me $1000 a month out of the presumed renovation funds, for rent."
Our last conversation, he threatened me, saying " you do what I say, or I'll sell it and throw you out." I stopped speaking with him at all. I let my son be the liasion, so I don't get physically sick again from this. I need a lawyer.
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