After avoiding doing anything to draw attention to myself about that horrible old house saga, I sent an email to Joe Little of KGTV Channel 10 San Diego who did the first two stories on the house when it was about Squatters. I thought he might be interested in seeing what it looks like all cleaned up and redone. He was thrilled. Wrote me an email at 10:30 and was here at 11:30 to do a story with ME. Oh dear! I'm going to be on TV tonight somewhere between 6-6:30pm Pacific Time. It won't be a long story, maybe 2-3 minutes but I'm going nuts wondering what I will look like and what I might have said that will sound totally stupid. Oh well. Joe Little, the news guy is so nice and good looking too. AND he's a hugger. Wowwiieee! Thanked me a ton for letting him know so he could do the follow up story. It better be good or I'm going to be totally embarrassed.

This is justice for all the grief you put up with Sorta. Congrats and please post a link for us.

Very cool, would be nice to see a video of it..... perhaps he can tell you how your followers can view it...
glad it turned out well!!

You are truly a star for all of the help you have given them.

I'll post the link after the broadcast. It will probably on their website and on YouTube if he does what he has in the past. Fun fun. I'm not sure if they have a live broadcast on the net. Never looked, but it will be there later. Oh dear. I'm getting so anxious to see how bad I look and what stupid stuff I said.

Whooo hooo, we always knew you were a star

I was wondering if you would contact the reporter and let him know what happened with the house! Cool... can't wait to see the video.

Very cool! How fun!

Hopefully this link will get you to a 'teaser' story. Not the full video report which I will have to locate and copy later. Enjoy, it's totally fun especially later when we get the actual video link. I'm famous!

http://www.10news.com/news/chula-vista-house-washes-away-dark-past-070116

Awesome!

Good job Sorta

OK, I think I've got it now. They finally added the video to the write up. Happy viewing of my little 'project'.

http://www.10news.com/news/chula-vista-house-washes-away-dark-past-070116

Sorta I just watched the video. You were great! The house looks fantastic inside and out!

Thanks for posting the video it was fun to see not only what it used to look like but what it ended up looking like. And you did very well wouldn't know you were nervous. :-)

A "star" is born - Sorta! You're a natural!
Great renovation. I hope you finally get some wonderful neighbors.

You did great Sorta!

Very cool Sorta! You did a great interview.

$469,900?? WOW! That's crazy man! I paid $73,000 for my house.

joe

Sorta!

I'm so glad they included some clips of what it was like before, especially the inside. I noticed that the original "bad gal" was included in one of them! I wonder what she thinks of "her" house now. You did great - very natural and you looked good too!

You were great, Sorta - you didn't seem nervous at all. Thanks so much for giving us the link to the video. It's so nice to have visuals to go along with this incredible saga that we have been following for so long. Bravo!

I'm so glad there is a nice ending for you with the house, Sorta Blonde, and I thought your TV performance was very good !!

Congrats Sorta.....you're a natural!!!

I must admit this was fun to do. Joe Little is such a NICE guy. Huggy, and always 'affectionate' when he talks to me. His last email after the fact was, "I love you so much!" He's really a great 'local interest' reporter. I don't think I've had so many hugs in years and he's TALL and got some meat on his bones. Ha. Fun.

So far no fall out from the story. I doubt the 'bad guys' even would have seen it. It might get around, and I'll check my emails and facebook, but I think I'm probably safe from any retaliation.

I love the way he did a little 'past story' insert. Made it so much more a drastic change. The AJX guys get free advertising, although the news lady kept saying it was selling for 'half a million'. I guess it's close. $469,900 didn't sound that close to me.

I really enjoyed the way he 'cut' the piece. We talked about a load of serious stuff and he decided to go with the one funny part where he fell over laughing. So cool.

I'm still watching over there. So far no onslaught of lookers, and I recorded on all my security cameras last night just in case something happened. He said if I get any 'good footage' let him know. I really expected Bad Gal to call me. She must be oblivious.

Another fun part was Joe dropping the microphone down my blouse. Ha. Lots of laughing and blushing and comments about that little trick. Got to be groped by a good looking guy.

Now I'm going to lay low for awhile. Hopefully my life will get very boring...then again, it never is.

This is a very fitting end to this story. Congrats Sorta.

Wonderful Sorta! Great piece on you! Congrats!
Andrea

Well, it's been a few days and still no adverse attention from any of the 'previous' residents. I really think that none of them even watch the news. I have been watching the house and NO ONE has gone by to look at it. Nothing, nada, except the realtor and one of the 'owners' to check things out for the long weekend. Geez. Maybe the News guys scared everyone away by saying it was 'almost half a million'. Probably. ha. Now it will be the EXPENSIVE, empty house on the corner. What fun.

Sorta,

You are going to have to start offering some autographed merchandise here.

Autographed merchandise? You are tooooo funny!

I rather LIKE the idea, Sorta!

Maybe I should start a 'Go Fund Me' page so I can get rich off of all this effort. I suspect I'd probably get about 2 bucks out of that...ha.

Oh, I'd DEFINITELY pledge $2!

Just send me the MONEY. Oh yes. I'm going to sit on my mailbox for a month waiting.

Hey if I get enough, I can buy that stupid house. Yeah, and leave it empty for eternity. Would be great.

Speaking of sending money...I was at the post office when the clerk had to deny a lady who was trying to send THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS in a plain letter envelope. NOT a check, money order or anything safe, 3 one hundred dollar BILLS, just in the envelope. The clerk was GOOD. She somehow spotted that there was cash inside and asked the lady about it. Opened the envelope and made her buy a money order. Wow. CASH? In a plain envelope. I keep wondering where she was sending it. Ohhh.

I accept cash, money orders, checks, in all denominations. I'll even take it in pennies.

Better yet, you could paint it.

OK good idea, PAINT! Something light and neutral. I'd opt for a pale yellow, white, or like mine, a pale blue gray. OH and some bright red to cover that peach colored front door. It's really tacky. Do you think I could sneak over after midnight and repaint the whole thing without being caught. Maybe I could enlist some of my neighbors as lookouts? That color is driving me nuts. Very pretty, but not for this neighborhood.

I really think that when the news people announced that this house was selling for 'almost half a million' it scared people away. It's not a bad neighborhood, but it's OLD and nobody has a lovely manicured lawn, or awesome landscaping, etc. I still don't know what this rehab company was thinking when they chose the paint colors.

Perhaps we could fly over it with a helicopter and spray it with some bleach that would lighten it?

Tick tock tick tock, time is running on a real buyer, and then the move-in day when I can spy on what kind of furniture they have. You can bet the 'neighborhood thieves' will also be looking to see what they can steal later. Sad to think that way, but NOTHING is safe around here out in the open, and you have to keep your doors and windows locked. I still can't fathom that guy stealing my license plates in broad daylight while I was HOME. Gotta be either on drugs or just plain not scared of anything.

I wonder if the real estate laws say that you have to disclose that this redone house was a DRUG house? Gotta look up the law. That will keep me busy for awhile.

Sorta, you did great! Woohoo and booyah!

Wow! What a tale! And on TV too...way to go SortaB!

STILL nobody has mentioned seeing me on TV. I thought for sure all the bad guys would have somehow seen the story by now. Maybe later. I have my 'alibi' all set if Bad Gal calls or comes by. It's a believable tale of how I was working undercover and how SHE helped me all along with information. Big thanks, etc. She will buy it.

Had a realtor yesterday with a family but nothing else. Still waiting for someone with big bucks to buy the place so we can have some new drama. I'm getting so bored as are my neighbors (partners in crime). Nothing to keep us entertained for awhile.

Hmmm...SortaB...I understand your dilemma



You guys can always form the local "Trump Campaign Committee" ... that should put you guys on a new platform for the neighborhood



edit: I saw you on TV :O)

Ahhhhh! A lady put up an 'open house' sign last night and it's for this Saturday at 1-4pm. Should be lots of people dropping by to look at the infamous house. I'm going to alert Joe Little, my favorite news reporter and see if he wants to do anything with that one. He's always looking for stories and depends on the public for leads. Would be fun to see another story. OH and the AJX company that renovated the house, found the video I did and wrote comments. They were pleased. Free advertising for them. Yup.

Sorta. I hope you end up with some great new neighbors.

Well, it's been over a month now and the infamous house has NOT been sold. Not a lot of lookers. They come in little spatters. The realtors hold 'impromptu' open houses. Just come over anytime (usually late in the afternoon) and put up a few signs right on that corner ONLY, and then open the front door. Mostly I see 'neighborhood' people going in just to look.

Three times I saw a realtor bring a family and have a 'private' showing. Doesn't last long. Maybe 10 minutes tops.

The PRICE is starting to go down down down. Original listing by the 'owner renovators' was $469,900. Then the other realtors started chopping off about $5000. I assume they were willing to give up some of their commissions just for a sale. NOW the 'owners' have cut the price to $455,000! I think they are getting the message.

This is a great looking house in the wrong neighborhood for the price they are trying to get. It's a 1928 house, redone at least the plumbing and lighting, and all the frills, but they left some of the 'yukky' stuff as is. I looked at it before the old guy died, after he died and the squatters were looting it, and then after the renovators finished. Nice looking, high end finishes all over, but little details not attended to.

If it were my house, I'd REPAINT it to match or at least blend in with the neighborhood. At the very least, do something to make the house and fencing a little less clashing. It's horrible as it is, even though it looks nicey new.

The realty sites, which give estimates of value based on neighborhood are now pricing it at about $400k. It might go for that. BUT the property taxes will be about 6k to 7k a year. Horrible. And if the buyers get a mortgage, even with a huge down payment of 70-90k, the monthy mortgage payment will be over $3000! Who can afford that in my neighborhood and if you could, would you really want to live in this OLD part of my town????

I don't think this will sell anytime soon, and probably not for anything close to $400k. I'm guessing about $350ish. It might be worth that.

So boring, nothing exciting now. Gotta find another hobby.

Well, make it a safe one, Sorta