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Review: THE COMPANY RIGHTFULLY HELD $752 IN ESCROW AT SETTLEMENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT SHOW PROOF OF OWNERSHIP TO SELL THE PROPERTY WITH THE HOUSE AT SETTLEMENT IN NOVEMBER 2012. I WAS WILLING TO FORFEIT THE ESCROW IF NO PROOF OF OWNERSHIP WAS FOUND. I HAD USED SAGE IN MY FATHER-IN LAWS ESTATE IN 2011 AND WAS SATISFIED WITH THEM. THIS WAS AN ESTATE SALE OF MY BROTHER'S HOME OF WHICH I AM THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. IN FEBRUARY 2013 I FOUND THE RECEIPT SHOWING HIS NOTARIZED PURCHASE OF THE "GROUND RENT" FOR THE PROERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I ALSO FOUND GROUND RENT RECEIPTS SHOWING THAT MY BROTHER PAID GROUND RENT FOR HIS FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE , FROM 1980-1985, TO THAT SAME PERSON FROM WHOM HE BOUGHT THE GROUND. I ALSO FOUND A COPY OF THE RECEIPT OF THAT PRIOR OWNER FROM THE YEAR 1951 SHOWING HER PURCHASE FROM A PREVIOUS OWNER WHO PAID TITLING FEES. THE NEW DEED ISSUED FOR THE HOME TO THE NEW OWNER STILL STATES THAT GROUND RENT OF $42 WILL BE PAID TWICE A YEAR ON APRIL 5 AND OCTOBER 5. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUEST FOR GROUND RENT FROM ANYONE AS STATED IN THE DEED AND NEITHER HAS THE NEW OWNER. FURTHEMORE, A "NOTICE TO CREDITORS" WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY THE REGISTER OF WILLS, STATING THAT ANYONE HAVING CLAIM AGAINST THE ESTATE MUST REQUEST THEIR PAYMENT BY DECEMBER OF 2012 OR HAVE NO RIGHT TO FUTURE CLAIMS.

THE SETTLEMENT AGENT CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT HE CANNOT REFUND THE AMOUNT BECAUSE HIS LAWYERS ARE STILL WORKING ON IT. AT SETTLEMENT HE SAID IT COULD TAKE YEARS TO RESOLVE. THE SETTLEMENT CONTRACT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO TAKE THE DISPUTE TO COURT BUT ONLY ALLOWS FOR ARBITRATION BY "THE [redacted])" WHICH HAS A REPUTATION, AS STATED BY A NEWSWEEK ARTICLE, OF FINDING FOR THE COMPANY IN 99% OF ALL ARBITRATION DISPUTES BECAUSE THEY WANT COMPANIES TO CONTINUE TO REFERENCE THEIR COMPANY. THE FEES FOR ARBITRATION WOULD BE AT LEAST HALF OF THE AMOUNT I WOULD BE RECOVERING. SMALL CLAIMS COURT WOULD ONLY COST $35 FOR FILING BUT BY CONTRACT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE NEW OWNERS OF THE HOME AND TOLD THEM THAT I WILL SIGN OVER OWNERSHIP FOR THE GROUND, FREE OF CHARGE, AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE REFUND. THEY SAID THEY KNEW THE SETTLEMENT COMPANY AND WOULD CALL THEM. I ASKED IF WE COULD MEET AND TRADE THE PAPERS FOR A REFUND BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. I ASKED FOR THE GROUND RENT FROM THE NEW HOME OWNERS WHICH WAS DUE ON APRIL 2013 BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAYMENT. WITHOUT THE PAPERS I HAVE,THIS GROUND RENT WILL BE LOST IN THE STATE REGISTRY AND NEVER RESOLVED. WITH THE PAPER IT CAN BE PUT BACK INTO THE RECORDS AND THE TITLE REVISED TO "IN FEE SIMPLE" (SOLD WITH THE GROUND). I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SETTLMENT AGENT TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN ESTATE THAT WOULD PROBABLY GIVE UP ON RECOVERING IT. LUCKILY I FOUND ALL THE RECEPTS.

I INTEND TO SEND THIS TO OTHER AGENCIES THAT SOULD BE AWARE OF THEIR PRACTICES AND MEDIA GROUPS THAT POST THESE KINDS OF THINGS IF THERE IS NOT A REFUND.Desired Settlement: REFUND $752 HELD IN ESCROW SINCE NOVEMBER 2012.