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Real Estate Today
a sexual conversation with and who also performed a sexual activity for her over the inter-
net, thinking she was a 14-year-old girl.
Lessons Learned
The detective traced the person through Yahoo and Bright House Networks and
I am sure that one item started
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
learned that the person was Wilson. She placed Wilson’s screen name on her friend’s list, so
many buyers looking for what else was
she could determine when he was online and continue with instant message conversations.
I have been buying and selling real
wrong with this property,
On Oct. 19, the detective again exchanged instant messages with Wilson, and he again per-
estate for many years, and the truth is I’m
so we had a new glass top
formed a sexual activity for her over his internet web camera. On Oct. 22, a search warrant
still learning. In 2000 my wife Vicki and I
stove installed immediate-
was executed on Wilson’s residence. He admitted that he had conversed with the detective
purchased a nice cement block 3/2/2 home
ly.
using his screen name, thinking she was a 14-year-old girl, and also to exposing himself via
in a good sub-division of west Orlando for
Next, I looked
his web camera.
$80k. As we do with most of our rentals we
in the garage. The freshly
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had this home fully tiled from front door to
painted floor was great but
the back, then rented it for the past 9 years.
my eye was then drawn to the rather large
help him, as did Mrs. Yvonne Catt from her property next door, but Mr. Linne, who was in-
Luckily the sales in this sub-division have
amount of rust around the a/c unit. I took the
side his home located at 8270 W. Charlynn Ln., did not hear the commotion. His wife, Sara
been good with several recent comparable
door off the a/c unit, and brought it to the
Jo Linne, pulled in the driveway, saw the attack on Mr. Catt, and immediately went to his
sales in the $100 to $105K range.
paint department of Home Depot who were
aid. She was also injured by the mastiffs. Mrs. Linne began yelling for Mr. Linne, and this
When the tenant moved out, we
able to match the paint color perfectly. After
time he heard the commotion and rushed outside to help his wife and Mr. Catt. He placed
had the home fully painted inside and out,
sanding the rust and touching up the paint
Mr. Catt on his 4-wheel drive ATV and drove him toward the gate - and safety, while Mrs.
the floor of the garage was painted, the land-
on the a/c unit along with some other minor
Linne walked behind the vehicle, attempting to keep the dogs, who were following and
scaping was tended to, and the property was
clean up items, I felt the garage area of the
barking aggressively, away from the vehicle. Mr. Linne managed to get the vehicle through
placed for sale. The first trick we employed
house was ready.
the gate, and once it was closed, the dogs presented no problem, the report stated.
was to offer a larger than normal commis-
The final area was the back yard
Mr. Catt sustained serious injuries to the head, arms and legs and was drifting in
sion to the selling office. After being shown
which had several piles of debris which was
and out of consciousness, the report stated. He was treated by Unit 3 medics, then air-lifted
every week for two months with an asking
cleaned up. After all items were done, the
to Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Mrs. Linne was treated by Unit 4 medics then trans-
price of $105K, we received several offers
house was “ready for sale” and it sold within
ported to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.
from a low of $80K to a high of $90K. We
a week for close to the asking price.
The owners turned the dogs over to Citrus County Animal Services to be quaran-
were dismayed as these offers were more
The lesson learned is that a small
tined for 10 days. At this time, the owner is planning on re-claiming his animals, once the
like offers for foreclosure homes in the area
amount of homes are selling. If your home
isolation period is complete, according the the sheriff’s office.The report stated that the two
that required a lot of work. Something was
is not one of them, revisit the property with
couples are friends, and each has visited in the other’s home.
wrong, so I went to the property with a criti-
a critical eye, or ask your real-estate profes-
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