Two infamous Encinitas houses are back in the news.
First is the so called Monster House which is a long, strange saga that just got weirder as the women behind the Monster is arrested and jailed.
The former owner of an Olivenhain mansion who is accused of stealing $1 million worth of fixtures from the bank-foreclosed home repeatedly refused to identify herself at her arraignment Tuesday, prompting a Vista judge to handcuff her in the middle of the proceedings and finally order her to jail.
Read the nctimes.com story click here
The other is the Extreme Makeover house from that freaky tv show with the spazzy guy who yells with the megaphone and then everyone cries. The EXTREME home is in foreclosure, which apparently is not unusual for a lot of the over the top mansions the EXTREME crew builds for likable hard luck American families (you have to suffer a terrible tragedy for ABC to build you a giant house that you can't afford).
The Wofford family of Encinitas, California, got their house from the show five years ago, but now claim that after struggling for two years to pay their bills, they're facing foreclosure . Dr. Brian Wofford, a widower and father of eight, explained the crisis, telling 10News: "A lot of people think when you get the house, you get the mortgage. Well, you don't."
The assessor's office more than doubled the value of the property — taken by Extreme Makeover from 1,200 square feet up to about 4,300 — to $572,879. The new property tax bill: about $6,000, up from about $2,700.
Read about it on 10news.com
The Wofford episode seems to be missing from the Extreme Makeover episode guide.
Submitted by Reader X:
In 2003, before the show aired, Wofford owed $330,000 on the house. After the show aired in 2004, they refinanced into a $450,000 loan. Then in January 2005, they took out a private party second position loan for $136,000. Then July 2005, they refinanced again into a $735,000 with the now defunct IndyMac Bank. Then in March 2007, they took out a second position HELOC with IndyMac for $70,000. The Notice of Default was filed on 7/22/2009.
So, that means that they borrowed almost $440,000 after the show aired
I didn't even make $440,000 during those years, what the hell?
ReplyDeleteTalk about living beyond your means.
It looks like the Phd. needs to go back to economics 101.
In the mean time the tax payers you and me will pay for his $440,000.
All these irresponsible over spenders will cost you and I and they walk away scott free. Most are the typical overspending babyboomers again screwing things up again.
Pathetic.
he is not a phd. He is a chiropractor.
ReplyDeleteQuack. No wonder he doesn't know how to live a balanced life. All show, no education.
ReplyDeleteTHEY DESERVE TO LOSE IT.
ReplyDeletePEOPLE ARE POOR FOR A REASON!
The good ol' Doc shoulda had some life insurance on his wife. Typical irresponsible American family. What do you want to bet he doesn't have any life insurance for himself either??
ReplyDeleteBetter stop spending Doc. And start picking up aluminum cans. How many of his children have jobs outside of school?? None??
As someone that lives within my means, I have little to no sympathy for this man.
I feel sorry for those he owes money, Chapter 11 here he comes.
MDs should sew the quacks for calling themselves Dr.
ReplyDeleteThey are by far a doctors. More like a snake oil sales man. Maybe they should call themselves priests?
Become a quack is about as easy as becoming an insurance broker. You don't even need a high school diploma.
The funniest part is people actually go to these quacks.
Ridiculous.
I agree. Poor are poor because they make poor choices. A fool and her money are soon parted!
The Wofford family was in Season 2 and is still on the ABC website.
ReplyDeletehttp://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-guide/wofford-family/68063
Thanks to the smartness of my intellect I'm rich. Duke Cunningham is in prison for a reason. You don't have to be poor to make bad choices.
ReplyDeleteThanks Reader X. Hopefully everyone is sending the station and email with the link.
ReplyDeleteMike S
Liberal scum have no compassion.
ReplyDeleteMeathead-
ReplyDeleteCunningham was never rich. A fool and her money are soon parted!
8:46
ReplyDeleteThen maybe they got the wrong guy.
Although the borrowing seems excessive, trying to support 8 kids on a chiropractor's income in this economy is tough. Raising a child to age 16 will cost $269,000 -- or more. I would want to know the specifics before I started throwing stones.
ReplyDeletefunny how the media doesn't give you the specifics. they don't even mention the $450,000 wofford drained from the home equity after the extreme makeover.
ReplyDeleteWow, nice abs. I wonder how many other extreme makeovers are under foreclosure. Is Pamela Anderson's plastic surgeon seeking repo of her magnificant twin monuments?
ReplyDeleteWhat else did the media miss?
ReplyDeleteAs courageous as Brian’s been for his children, it hasn’t been easy…
Brian’s faith in God seems strong now, but it wasn’t always that way.
In Brian’s younger years, his coping mechanism was completely different. Brian’s parents divorced when he was eleven, and although he knew they loved him, Brian felt empty and alone.
“I just wanted to fill up this heart that had a big hole in it. I ended up drinking, using drugs, gambling. You name it… just a horrible lifestyle.”
Brian’s habits only got worse when he went off to college to study chiropractics. He failed his boards six times in a row.
Did the chiropractor try to cure his wife's infection?
Unfortunately, four years ago Brian’s wife Theresa died from a fatal infection.