It pays to be a good neighbor.

[SeaDaddy1]

http://www.news.com.au/realestate/r...ate-to-neighbour/story-fncq3era-1226525357023

Neighbor leaves $12.5 million estate to her neighbor to keep family from inheriting it.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

That is exactly the sort of stunt that my family would pull.


It is why I cut off relations with them years ago...

 

[SeaDaddy1]

Yeah. I think most of the time it all boils down to money.

I knew 2 guys who had their houses built next to each other. Both from out of town. Both never met until they became neighbors. Both total opposites. One was a real friendly, divorced good ole boy who worked part time at a Wal-Mart, while most of his income was from doing odd jobs.And he drank a lot, but never caused trouble. The other made lots of money, didn't talk much until you got to know him, and was his sick, elderly father's caretaker.

There were lots of rumors and gossip surrounding the non-talker, none of it true and none of the rumors and gossip came from his neighbor. The non-talker was a straightforward no-nonsense type person that never drank, cursed, nor smoked. Only went to Church on Sundays and worked long hours and saved his money. Yet, still managed to care for his Dad. Sometimes the friendly neighbor watched the non-talker's Dad as a favor. Sometimes they cut each others' yards, but they never became close friends. Most people thought the non-talker's Dad had lots of money and the son was going to inherit it. His family thought the same thing and would only visit when they wanted money. But the non-talker's Dad was actually broke and the non-talker saved his money while caring for his Dad out of love.

When the non-talker's Dad finally died, he put his house up for sale and moved to Fla. But he had acquired lots of things over the 15 yr period he lived there and did not want to take it with him to a condo he had in Fla. Most people wrongfully assumed all his 'toys' and his house belonged to his dad, including his family.

When he moved, he gave all his 'toys' to his neighbor. A new riding mower, an excellent used car, a camping trailer, lots of yard tools like weedeaters, a tiller, saws, etc. most of it rarely used. He also left his neighbor with a nice shed from Home Depot and most of his furniture - all nice, expensive stuff. Several weeks before he moved, there were lots of fights between him and family members that were 'visiting', thinking his Dad had left a small fortune of inheritance money. But there was no estate or fortune.

Once the non-talker had settled in Florida, he sent a letter to his friendly neighbor of 15 years, along with lands and titles to 2 homes he bought dirt cheap at a foreclosure auction. He had planned to give them to his brother and sister, but changed his mind because they had been so mean to him and his dad. He offered to sell them dirt cheap to keep his siblings from getting them. Instead, the friendly neighbor sold them for a good price and split the money with the non-talker.

The friendly neighbor ended up with about $250,000 in cash and about $50,000 in assets simply because he was a good neighbor.