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EVENING, EVERYONE.I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
I BELIEVE IN STARTING ON TIME AS NOT TO WASTE THE TIME OF THOSE WHO MADE IT HERE ON TIME.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START ON TIME, UH, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LET ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY KNOW THIS EVENT, THIS EVENING IS BEING RECORDED.
IT WILL BE SHOWN TOMORROW NIGHT ON CHANNEL 21 AT 8:00 PM.
AND WE WILL HAVE A LINK POSTED ON MY WEBPAGE SO THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO BACK AND REVIEW IT CAN DO SO.
I AM SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE COME, UH, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THIS EVENING.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW PEOPLE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, ONE ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF AT THE MLK CENTER, UH, MIA, MS. FORD, NOAH TOWANNA.
THEY ALL THE BRAIN POWER BEHIND THIS EVENT AND PUT THIS TOGETHER.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GETTING EVERYTHING SITUATED.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED MY LIFE FOR HAS SHE NOT GIVEN BIRTH TO MY WIFE? I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE MAN THAT I AM MY MOTHER IN LAW SITTING RIGHT THERE.
ONCE THEY SAY, THANK YOU MOM, FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU DID.
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN FROM DISTRICT 10 FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
COUNCIL WOMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP AND LEADING US IN A WORD OF PRAYER BEFORE WE JUST STARTED.
SO THINGS WILL BE BLESSED AND BE DECENT.
AND IN ORDER COUNSEL ONE, COVID GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
AND LET'S BOW OUR HEADS THERE.
AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP HERE.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT UNDERGIRD THE LEADERSHIP HERE FOR THE FOLLOWERS AND THE LEADERS.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
FOR IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION.
AND WE ASK THAT EVERYTHING THIS EVENING BE DONE DECENT.
AND IN ORDER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GENTLEMEN THAT IS HERE TO SHARE WITH US.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECEIVE AN EVERYBODY SAY, HEY MAN, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
WE WANT TO DISCUSS THREE, UH, AREAS, BUT PRIMARILY OUR OVERARCHING TOPIC IS ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
NOW THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS INCORRECT ABOUT ADJUDICATED PROPERTY AND HOW TO GO ABOUT PURCHASING ADJUDICATED PROPERTY HERE IN OUR CITY IN PARIS, THAT WE THOUGHT IT, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN EXPERT COME OUT AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS THIS EVENING.
UH, WE RECOGNIZED THAT IN COMMUNITIES LIKE EATON PARK, FAIRFIELD, BROOKSTOWN, AND SO MANY OTHERS, UH, LIKE THOSE HERE IN OUR CITY, PARIS, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY, UH, THAT IS DILAPIDATED, THAT HAS BECOME BLIGHTED AND THAT PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT FROM IF THEY KNEW HOW TO GO ABOUT WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY.
AND SO WE HAVE WITH US, UH, WILLIAM, AARON FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HE PRIMARILY OVERSEES, UH, ALL OF THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY AND HOW IT IS SOLD HERE.
AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS THE PACKET OF INFORMATION.
UH, IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION STARTING WITH EXACTLY WHAT IS AND ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
AND SO THEN HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY PAIRS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION, AND YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU LIKE AS AGAIN, WE STARTED AT SIX, WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO ABOUT SEVEN TO SEVEN 30, IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE STILL SOME HANGING QUESTIONS OUT THERE IN THE BALANCE, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THOSE IN.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP SESSION WITH MR. AARON, AS HE'S AGREED TO COME BACK TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
MY HOPE AND PRAYER ARE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS THAT YOU LEAVE THIS MEETING THIS EVENING INFORMED NOTHING IS BETTER THAN THE FORM INFORMED RESIDENTS AND INFORMED CITIZENRY AND AN INFORMED PEOPLE WHO KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO TAKE ACTION WHEN AND WHEN THEY WANT TO.
AND SO WE WANT TO THANK BOB FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO HIM.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, FIVE MINUTES.
AND THANK YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE I'M SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH.
I'M ONE OF THE PARISH ATTORNEYS I'M IN THE PROPERTY SECTION.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AS I DO ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, IT'S KIND OF FALLING MY WAY.
I'VE BEEN THERE 16 YEARS AND FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, THIS IS PRIMARILY WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF STARTED AS A TRICKLE AND NOW IT'S KIND OF A FULL FULL-BLOWN RIVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE FLOOD IN 16 OR JUST THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE STUFF
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AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF BUSINESS IN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY BETWEEN THE SALES WE DO IN-HOUSE AND THE SALES THAT WE DO THROUGH CIVIC SOURCE MODE OWN, AND ALSO OUR NEW PROGRAM IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.MAYBE I'M NOT TALKING INTO IT, TALKING TO ME AND I CAN LEAN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IS THAT ANY BETTER? OKAY, GOOD.
FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF A DEFINITION OF WHAT ADJUDICATED PROPERTY IS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S, IT MAY SEEM SIMPLE TO YOU, BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MIXED UP AGAINST AND HOW CONFUSED IT GETS AS YOU PROBABLY CAN GUESS.
EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THIS PARISH HAS BEEN ASSESSED BY OUR ASSESSOR.
EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS ITS OWN PARCEL NUMBER AND IS IDENTIFIED BY THE ASSESSOR WHO VALUES IT.
THE ASSESSOR THEN SENDS THAT TO THE SHERIFF EACH YEAR.
AND THE SHERIFF'S THE ONE THAT SENDS OUT YOUR BILLS FOR EACH PIECE OF PROPERTY.
OF COURSE, THAT BILL COMES OUT IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER EVERY YEAR AND YOU HAVE TIME TO PAY IT.
IF YOU DON'T PAY IT OVER TIME, USUALLY IN JUNE OR SO OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE SHERIFF WILL HOLD A TAX SALE AT THAT TAX SALE.
ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT PAID ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR TAX BIDDERS CAN COME IN AND BID ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT BACK IN THE DAY.
THEY USED TO HOLD IT IN THE LOBBY OF THE CITY HALL AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING AND HOLLERING.
NOW IT'S ALL ONLINE AND PEOPLE GO IN AND THEY'LL BID ON PROPERTIES.
THERE'S ALWAYS A LARGE GROUP OF PROPERTIES THAT NO ONE BIDS ON THOSE PROPERTIES ARE THE ONES THAT WE CALL IT, JUDICATED PROPERTIES.
SO INSTEAD OF THE CITY PARISH GOING IN AND BID ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT NO ONE BID ZONE, WE RECEIVE AN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
IT GETS ADJUDICATED TO THE PARISH.
AND SO BASICALLY THE CITY PARISH HAS TAX TITLE, JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD TO THESE PROPERTIES.
THE CITY PARISH DOESN'T OWN THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON THEM ANY MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE WE DON'T HAVE, EXCEPT WITH OUR POLICING POWER OF FIREPOWER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEY'RE ADJUDICATED THE PAIR.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A CAN OR SOMETHING LIKE A TAX TITLE.
STATE LAW SAYS AFTER PROPERTY HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED FOR THREE YEARS, THE CITY PARISH CAN TRY TO TRANSFER ITS INTEREST IN THESE PROPERTIES TO ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
SO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ADJUDICATED FOR THREE YEARS IS WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO SELL OR ABLE TO TRANSFER.
SO ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, AGAIN IS TAX TITLE PROPERTY THAT NO ONE BID ON AT THE TAX SALE, THE SHERIFF HOLDS EVERY YEAR.
THOSE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES CAN SIT ON THE TAX WORLD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, UNLESS SOMEONE COMES IN AND WANTS TO OPEN A FILE AND IS INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO 1974, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED TO THE STATE.
SO ON THE RARE INSTANCE THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED THAT LONG, WE SEND THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE PROPERTIES TO THE STATE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WOULD SELL THOSE.
AND THEY HAVE VERY SIMILAR PROJECT PROCESS PROCESS TO DO IT.
NOW THAT'S PRETTY RARE BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S A, IT'S GETTING LONG TIMES SINCE 74, BUT SINCE 74 FORWARD, IF IT WAS ADJUDICATED, IT WAS JUDICATED TO THE PARISH.
NOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS TO OPEN A FILE THE FIRST AND AGAIN, I'M REPEATING MYSELF, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER WE DON'T OWN THESE PROPERTIES.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S AN IN-HOUSE PROCESS WITH US, WHETHER YOU CIVIC SOURCE, WHETHER WE DO MODE OWN, OR WHETHER YOU DO IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, THE WAY YOU GET FULL OR GOOD TITLE TO THESE PROPERTIES IS DOING RESEARCH.
WE SEND OUT NOTICES, WE RUN ADS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY.
THE PEOPLE THAT THE PROPERTY IS TITLED AND THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T PAY THEIR TAXES.
THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
WE SEND NOTICE TO THE MORTGAGE COMPANY.
THEY MAY HAVE A JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM.
WE SEND A NOTICE TO THE JUDGMENT AND IF NO ONE COMES IN AND REDEEMS THOSE PROPERTIES, WE ARE THEN CLEAR TO SELL IT TO THE PARTY.
NOW I'VE BEEN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR QUITE A WHILE, A FEW YEARS LONG WITHOUT BEEN IN THE, WITH THE CITY PARISH.
AND I USED TO DO REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS.
AND I USED TO HAVE A TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT WOULD UNDERWRITE THE CLOSINGS THAT DID MOST TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL NOT SELL TITLE INSURANCE ON ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
THEY ARE STARTING TO LOOSEN UP.
THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES THAT ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT IT MORE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BUT MOST COMPANIES WON'T.
WE BROUGHT CIVIC SOURCE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO BECAUSE THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH A BANK OR TWO AND PARTNERS WITH TITLE COMPANIES AND THEY CAN CUT TITLE INSURANCE FOR YOU.
NOW, WHY IS TITLE INSURANCE IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT REAL MONEY INTO THESE PROPERTIES, IF YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO BUY A LOT OR A PIECE OF PROPERTY NEAR YOU OR A PROPERTY THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY, AND YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING A MORTGAGE ON IT, THEN YOU, YOU CAN JUST
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GO THROUGH MY OFFICE AND HANDLE THE CLOSING.I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT REAL MONEY INTO THIS THING OR EXPECT TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE TO GET A MORTGAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GO THROUGH CIVICS SOURCE.
THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE ARE, BUT THEY DO ALL THE WORK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT CIVIC SOURCES, WEBSITE, BUT IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
AND YOU BASICALLY PUT DOWN A DEPOSIT AND THEY DO ALL THE WORK.
BUT THAT'S THE BENEFIT FROM GOING THROUGH THOSE FOLKS AS THEY DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THEY COLLECT FOR ALL THE RECORDING, THEY DO ALL YOUR TITLE WORK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN COME WITH THE MONEY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT REAL MONEY INTO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO MY OFFICE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING TITLE INSURANCE OR IF THEY ARE, THEY'RE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT IF THEY DO THE TITLE WORK, THEY'RE GOING TO GET GOOD TITLE EITHER WAY.
BUT I WANT TO, OVER THE YEARS, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE DEVELOPED OR COME UP WITH THESE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO TRY TO FIT EVERYONE'S NEED WHETHER IT'S THE MOM AND POP OR WHETHER IT'S THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR THAT WANTS TO DEVELOP A CERTAIN PART OF TOWN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYBODY.
SO IN TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCESSES.
YOU CAN OPEN A STANDARD IN-HOUSE FILE WITH ME, ALL OF THEM THAT GOES THROUGH WITH THE CITY OLIVER, IT GOES TO THE MAYOR.
BUT IF YOU GO THROUGH IT, A STANDARD IN-HOUSE FILE WITH ME.
YOU COME TO ME, YOU SAY, BILLY, I'VE FOUND A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I CAN TELL IT'S STILL ADJUDICATED AND I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
WE MAKE SURE IT'S THE ADJUDICATOR FOR THE RIGHT TIME.
WE MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WEIRD ABOUT IT.
WE MAKE SURE THE CITY DOESN'T NEED IT FOR A SEWER PROJECT OR A ROAD PROJECT OR SOMETHING.
WE MIGHT BE DOING IT IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OF OUR CITY PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE INITIATE THE FILE TO OPEN IT.
IT'S $500 TO OPEN THE FILE THAT COVERS THE COST OF ALL THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO RUN.
AND THE NOTICES ARE GOING TO CONSUME THAT.
BUT YOU COME IN, YOU TELL ME YOU WANT TO PEE ON A, TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH OUR STANDARD PROCESS, WE DO THE RESEARCH AND THEN WE PUT IT UP FOR AN AUCTION.
YOU CAN GIVE US THE INITIAL BID, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO COMPETE.
SO TO SPEAK AGAINST ANYONE THAT MIGHT COME IN AND SIGN UP TO BID.
THOSE FOLKS HAVE TO SIGN UP TO BID.
THEY CANNOT JUST SHOW UP THAT DAY AND COME IN AND OUTBID YOU.
THEY HAVE TO GET SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.
THEY'VE GOT TO COME SIGN UP AND SHOW US THAT THEY'VE GOT THE INITIAL FEE THAT WE'RE PAID REPLACE YOURS.
IF YOU GET OUT OUTBID, AND THEN WE HAVE A BIDDING SESSION.
THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY, THOSE BIDS, THEY HAVE BIDS ARE PRESENTED TO OUR COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ONCE THE COUNCIL APPROVES THOUGH, AND THEY, THOSE, AND THEY GENERALLY DO.
WE THEN START THE PROCESS OF THE TITLE WORK.
I SEND OUT TO OUR APPLICANT, ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GATHER.
I TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO.
I GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION WITH THE COUNCIL, APPROVED IT, AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE ALWAYS TELL FOLKS, GET YOU A TITLE ATTORNEY, OR GET YOU AN ABSTRACTOR BECAUSE YOU NEED TO, THEY NEED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AT THE COURTHOUSE.
THEY NEED TO RUN THE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND THEY NEED TO TELL US EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS AN INTEREST, BECAUSE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAR THAT TITLE.
SO IF THEY'D TELL ME HOW BERNIE A BANK OR WHATEVER, HOW BERNIE IS NOW, CAPITAL ONE HAS A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
WE'LL GO SEND A NOTICE TO THOSE FOLKS.
IF THEY SAY JOE SMITH AND JONES SMITH HAVE A INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY INHERITED IT FROM MAMA 20 YEARS AGO, WE'RE GOING TO SEND A NOTICE TO THEM.
WE ALSO RUN A LEGAL AD IN THE ADVOCATE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE ADS, ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF SUCH AND SUCH WELL, IT'S A VERY SIMILAR AD BY DOING THOSE NOTICES, BY SENDING THOSE OUT, THOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING PUT ON NOTICE YET AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOTIFIED ORIGINALLY OF THE TAX SALE.
NOW WE'RE TELLING THEM AGAIN, NOW WE'RE READY TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY.
THE TITLED OWNERS OR SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED, WE CALL THEM INTERESTED PARTIES.
AT ANY POINT IN OUR PROCESS CAN COME IN AND REDEEM THAT PROPERTY.
AT ANY POINT, PRIOR TO OUR DOING A CLOSING WITH YOU, THEY CAN COME PAY ALL THE TAXES, PAY THE MONEY YOU HAD TO PUT UP TO US BACK, WHICH WE REIMBURSED TO YOU.
AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO RE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY.
THEY GO TO SHERIFF, PAY ALL THE TAXES AND THE PROPERTY COMES BACK OFF THE ROLLS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO GET PROPERTY REDEEM OR TO GET IT BACK IN COMMERCE.
IF THE TITLE OWNERS ARE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR TAXES, THEN YOU COME ALONG AND YOU BUY IT.
NOW, IF THERE'S $10,000 OWED IN TAXES AND YOU BUY IT, NO ONE REDEEMS IT.
THAT $10,000 IS NOT YOUR BILL.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT YOU PAY GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU BUY IT IN 2021, YOU'LL PAY 21 GOING FORWARD.
EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS, THAT THEY HAVEN'T PAID ANY CONDEMNATION, LIENS, ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE.
WE LINKED ALL THAT GETS WIPED OFF THE PROPERTY.
THE CITY PARISH, SHERIFF, AND THE ASSESSOR AND ALL THESE FOLKS.
WE'VE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THESE PROPERTIES BACK IN COMMERCE, NOT BEING BLINDED AND NOT BEING DILAPIDATED AND BEING AN EYESORE OR A CRIMINAL PROBLEM OR A LITTER PROBLEM.
SO EVEN IF WE LOSE SOME MONEY ON THE TAXES,
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WE'VE, THAT'S THE DECISION WE'VE MADE TO DO.THE POINT OF ALL THAT IS, IF WE NOTICE EVERYBODY AND YOU GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND THEN YOU CLOSE ON THE SALE, ALL THE BACK TAXES THAT WEREN'T PAID, THEY'RE CLEARED.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS, CIVIC SOURCES AND OPTION TWO.
AGAIN, THEY CHARGE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A GOOD BIT.
AND IT'S GOING TO SEEM LIKE A LOT, THREE, FOUR OR $5,000.
BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL THE ADVERTISEMENT.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THE TITLE WORK.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THE RECORDING AND INCLUDES THE TITLE INSURANCE POLICY IN THE END.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO SELL THE THING, OR YOU GO TO GO TO YOUR BANK TO GET A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SHOW THE BANK OR THE PERSON YOU'RE SELLING IT TO.
WE ALSO HAVE STARTED A MOAT TO OWN PROGRAM.
AND THIS ONE GETS CONFUSED A GOOD BIT.
AND I GET CALLS ABOUT THIS A LOT.
IF A PIECE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY IS NEXT TO YOUR PROPERTY, TOUCHES YOUR PROPERTY IN ANY WAY.
AND YOU'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF IT FOR OVER A YEAR.
AND IT'S BEEN ADJUDICATED FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
YOU CAN COME TO ME AND OPEN A FILE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT FILE AND A STANDARD FILE IS IT DOESN'T GO TO BIDDING.
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS TO MAKE A BID.
SO YOU CAN TELL ME A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IF YOU'RE IN GOOD SPIRITS, YOU COULD TELL ME MORE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
IT IS A REWARD FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THESE LOTS NEXT TO THEIR PROPERTY, THAT THE OWNERS AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THEIR REWARD.
SO TO SPEAK AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE ANYONE IN AN OPEN BIDDING SITUATION, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR NOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT EVERYONE QUALIFIES FOR IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY NEXT TO YOU HAS TO BE ADJUDICATED.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN CUTTING THE GRASS AND TAKING CARE OF IT.
FOR YEARS, WE DON'T DO THE IN-DEPTH RESEARCH.
AND, AND WE JUST ASK YOU, WE MAKE YOU FILL OUT AN AFFIDAVIT.
WE'D GET YOU TO BRING A THIRD PARTY IN SAYING THEY KNOW YOU.
JOE SMITH HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR YEARS.
HE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OR SHE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB.
IT'S THE SAME PROCESS AS OUR STANDARD FILE, WITHOUT THE OPEN BIDDING, THOSE BIDS GET PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE CAME UP WITH THEM.
ONE MORE OPTION TO SAIL A TRANSFER ADJUDICATED PROPERTY IT'S CALLED IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
AND IT'S BASICALLY THIS, IF YOU HAVE A 5 0 1, 3 C AND I, I MESSED UP THOSE NUMBERS AND DIGITS ALL THE TIME.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DONATE CERTAIN PIECES OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY TO YOU.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NO BIDDING PROCESS.
WHOEVER COMES TO ME FIRST AND SAYS, WE'VE GOT A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS FOR RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S BASICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP LOW INCOME AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
SO IT, DOESN'T NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS QUALIFY AND WE'VE JUST STARTED IT, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST.
SO I ALWAYS TELL THEM, WE'LL GO, GO GRAB A MAP, GO SEE WHAT'S ADJUDICATED IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IN OUR PARISH.
AND LET'S RUN IT AND CHECK IT AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT FOUR OR FIVE TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THERE'S ABOUT A LIST OF 10 TO 20 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SAME PROCESS, SAME EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE WORK.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND THEY HAVE TO INDICATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THE PROPERTY AND USE IT FOR RESIDENTIAL AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
THE IDEA IS TO COVER EVERY SINGLE WAY WE CAN GET RID OF AND PUT THIS ADJUDICATED PROPERTY BACK IN COMMERCE.
UM, AND I MAY NOT HAVE MENTIONED IT.
CIVIC SOURCE ALSO HAS AN ADJOINING NEIGHBOR THAT THEY DON'T CALL IT MOWED OWNED, BUT THEY HAVE AN ADJOINING NATIVE PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH CIVIC SOURCE, THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROCESS TO DO IT.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO COVER EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO.
THE KEY THINGS TO REMEMBER ALL, YOU'VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE WORK ON THE RESEARCH AND NOT EVERYONE KNOWS TITLE WORK, OR HOW TO DO TITLE INSURANCE, OR HOW TO DO RESEARCH AT THE COURTHOUSE.
WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED PRACTICING LAW IN 97, MY DAD HAD BEEN PRACTICING FOREVER AND MY MOM WAS BASICALLY HIS ABSTRACT OR NOW SHE NEVER GOT LICENSED TO DO IT.
AND SHE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY A PARALEGAL, BUT SHE DID IT.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CLIENTS.
I WAS JUST OUT OF LAW SCHOOL AND NEEDED TO LEARN.
SO I WENT WITH HER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND LOOKED AT TITLE WORK.
AND THE FIRST TIME I WALKED OUT OF THAT PLACE, I THOUGHT LOUD.
I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THIS.
I THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO HERE.
BUT MY POINT IS, TITLE WORK IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO IF YOU FIND A PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU GOT A BUDDY OR A FRIEND THAT DOES ABSTRACT, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY HAVE HIM OR HER TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP ONLINE NOW.
AND THE CITY PARISH HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
OUR IAS DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY HAS ALL SORTS OF MAPPING.
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SO IF YOU GET A MINUTE IN YOUR COMPUTER NERD, OR LIKE TO DO THIS KIND OF RESEARCH, GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THERE'S MAPS FOR EVERYTHING.NOW THEY HAVE MAPS FOR THINGS I'M NOT ALL INTERESTED IN, BUT FOR ME, THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF PROPERTY MAPS.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS.
YOU CAN DRILL DOWN INTO THIS SUBDIVISION.
YOU CAN GET INTO PARTS OF NORTH BATON ROUGE AND, AND WITH COUNCILMAN BANKS, I TELL YOU, I PROMISE YOU I'VE ABSTRACTED HALF OF SCOTLAND FIELD, BUT, BUT YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS AND YOU CAN LOOK AT PIECES OF PROPERTY AND YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT A MAP THAT DEALS WITH JUST ADJUDICATED PROPERTY AND IT'LL SHOW YOU WHICH ONE IS ADJUDICATED.
UH, SOME PROPERTIES COULD HAVE BEEN REDEEMED AND IT'S NOT LIVE ACTION.
SO AS PROPERTIES GET REDEEMED, THEY COME, BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR.
THE ASSESSOR HAS A GREAT WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SIMILAR.
AND THEN A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT FEEDS THE ASSESSOR'S WEBSITE IS WHAT WE FOUND FEED INTO OUR WEBSITE.
BUT THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF YOU CAN LOOK ONLINE TO DO.
CIVIC SOURCE HAS A GREAT WEBSITE.
THEY DON'T LIST EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY.
THEY ONLY HANDLE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN FIVE YEARS OR LONGER, BUT THEY HAVE A GREAT WEBSITE AND SAME THING.
YOU CAN SEE WHO THEY THINK OWNS IT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW, WHAT THE ASSESSED VALUE WAS.
IT'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF STUFF, BUT THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO START.
AND ONCE YOU FIND ONE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, THEN YOU GIVE ME A CALL AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT.
AND OF COURSE, FIRST THING WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE IT'S STILL ADJUDICATED.
WE MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CHASING OUR TAIL FOR NO REASON, BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT STILL BE ADJUDICATED.
WE TELL YOU HOW TO FILL OUT THE FORMS WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ME OR CIVIC SOURCE OR WHOEVER ELSE.
AND THE PROCESS IS NOT BAD IF PROPERTIES AND THIS IS GET A LITTLE BIT INTO, IN, IN THIS MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW.
BUT IF IT'S ADJUDICATED THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THE PERIOD IS SHORTER TO GET THE PROCESS DONE.
IF IT'S, I MEAN LONGER, IF IT'S ADJUDICATED OVER FIVE YEARS, IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO DO IT AT ALL.
SO, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ADJUDICATED THREE YEARS.
UM, AND I'M TRYING, I THINK IF I LEFT ANYTHING, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS VERY BORING, BUT IT DOES GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
I'VE JUST SAID, IF YOU CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, FULL IT OUT, IT'LL HELP.
BUT IT REALLY DOES GO THROUGH EVERY PROCESS WE HAVE.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF IT, BUT I'M SURE I LEFT OUT SOMETHING AND I'M SURE IT MAKES SENSE TO ME AND MAYBE NOT EVER TO EVERYBODY.
SO IF ANYONE EVER HAS ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN PULL US UP ON THE WEBSITE.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THERE.
I'M OFFICIALLY WILLIAM, BUT I GO BY BILLY.
OUR FALLBACK IS GRENADA, AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE ALL THE TIME THAT CAN TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
NOW WE GET A LOT OF CALLS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE NUMBERS AND MESSAGES AND GET YOU BACK.
I PROMISE YOU, IT TAKES US A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD IN 16.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE BEING PUT ON THE CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER.
THAT'S HOW MANY FOLKS WE'RE DOING.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 A MONTH BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T HANDLE THE, ANY MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INVOLVED.
EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS ITS OWN STORY.
EVERY PERSON IN HERE HAS THEIR OWN STORY AND WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG WITH IT.
IF I SEE A PRESET PROPERTY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND I SEE IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF TITLE PROBLEMS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT GIVING YOU A TITLE OPINION, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS ONE MAY NOT BE WORTH YOUR TIME.
HAS ANYONE IN HERE BOUGHT PROPERTY THROUGH THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY PROCESS? HAS ANYONE DONE THAT? THAT WAS ONE DID, DID GO THROUGH OUR OFFICE OR CIVIC SOURCE.
DID, DID, DID YOU AS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OR WAS IT SOMETHING NOT POSITIVE SO FAR? GOOD.
WE WE'VE GOT A LOT ON THE DESKS, SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T, I NEVER REALIZED ONE THING CAUSE I STILL HANDLE OTHER CASES I STILL DO WORK FOR.
I NEVER REALIZED THAT ADJUDICATED PROPERTY WOULD START TO DOMINATE WHAT I DO, BUT IT REALLY IS PROBABLY 90% OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THESE DAYS.
SO DONNA IS FANTASTIC AND RENITA IS, IS KIND OF HER BACKUP, BUT WINDS UP DOING JUST AS MUCH, I'M GOING TO TELL HIM YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I TELL YOU, SHE TOLD ME I WAS TALKING TO DONNA THIS MORNING AND SHE LOVES LIVES UP IN CLINTON AND LIVES ON A FARM.
AND SHE WAS OFF LAST WEEK AND WAS DIGGING DITCHES AND DOING EVERYTHING.
AND SHE SAID, I'M MORE TIRED HERE THAN I WAS DIGGING DITCHES ALL LAST WEEK.
I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS.
AND LOOK, NO QUESTION IS, IS, IS DUMB.
LET'S LET'S THIS, GET IT ALL REALLY.
I DON'T WANT TO JUMP IN WITH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CIVIC SOURCE AND YOU WERE SAYING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO POUR MONEY INTO THE PROPERTY, MY QUESTION EXACTLY IS IF YOU, YOU WERE SAYING A TITLE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORTGAGE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT CHERRIES, BUT
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IT'S THAT SAY, I JUST WANT TO BUY A HOUSE TO FIX UP AND RENT.HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INSURE THAT HOUSE.
IF I DON'T GO THROUGH THE CIVIC SOURCE OR PROBABLY NOT.
AS FAR AS TITLE INSURANCE GOES.
SO TITLE INSURANCE, IF, IF FOR ANYONE THAT KNOWS OR DOESN'T KNOW WHEN YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IF YOU GO THROUGH A BANK AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A, PUT A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU BUY TITLE INSURANCE, WHICH PROTECTS THEIR INVESTMENT.
SO IF YOU BUY IT IN SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, THERE WAS A MISSING AIR THAT NEVER SIGNED OFF ON THE PROPERTY, OR THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BOUNDARIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TITLE INSURANCE POLICY THAT IF YOU GET SUED AND THEIR MORTGAGE IS NO GOOD ANYMORE, THEY GET PAID OFF.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION AT A CLOSING TO BUY AN OWNER'S TITLE, INSURANCE POLICY, WHICH PROTECTS YOURSELF.
SO WHAT I ALWAYS TELL FOLKS IS IF YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK TO PUT A MORTGAGE ON THIS PROPERTY, OR YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL THIS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND PERHAPS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANYONE, THAT'S JUST GOING TO PAY CASH ALL THE TIME.
LIKE YOU DID, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GO THROUGH CIVIC SOURCE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY CASH FOR IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR OWN TITLE WORK, AND YOU'RE CONFIDENT IN WHOEVER YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO DO YOUR TITLE WORK OR YOURSELF, THEN YOU GO THROUGH US.
BUT IF YOU PLAN ON SELLING IT SOON, OR YOU PLAN ON GETTING A MORTGAGE ON IT, OR IN THAT NATURE, I ALWAYS SUGGEST GOING THROUGH CIVIC SOURCE, UH, AND A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT QUESTION, GETTING A MORTGAGE ON THAT PROPERTY WOULD NEVER SAY IF YOU BUILD A NEW HOUSE THERE OR CORRECT, AND IF YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR OWN MONEY, LOTS OF FOLKS, AND IT'S NOT ME, BUT LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE MONEY IN CASH.
THEY'LL PUT INTO IT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A BANK.
I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT SOME FOLKS DO.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING I COULD JUST BUY OUT.
RIGHT? AND SO, UM, AND I, AND I'VE, I BOUGHT THREE HOUSES OVER MY LIFETIME AND, AND EACH ONE OF THEM I'VE HAD THE CHOICE WHETHER TO GET OWNER'S TITLE INSURANCE, THE BANK, DOESN'T GIVE YOU A CHOICE ON WHETHER YOU GET TITLE INSURANCE.
THEY MAKE YOU GET IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO COVER THEIR LOAN.
UM, IF THEY'RE PUTTING A MORTGAGE ON IT, BUT ON THE OWN, THE THREE I BOUGHT I'VE GOTTEN THE OWNER'S INSURANCE TWICE BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A BANKRUPTCY THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE CHAIN OF TITLES.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WORRY OF WONDERING IF THEY GOT EVERYBODY AND COVERING EVERYBODY.
UM, MY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, WHEN I WAS WRITING THE ONE I WROTE TITLE INSURANCE TO, THEY JUST BLANK SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO TITLE INSURANCE ON ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
AND THE REASON IS NOTICE THE INITIAL TAX SALE, THE SHERIFF HOLDS, DID THE TITLE PERSON, DID THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY GET GOOD NOTICE OR DID THEY SEND OUT BLANK CARDS TO PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T LIVE THERE TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR 20 YEARS? THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THESE THINGS LIVE AND BREATHE IS WHETHER THE INITIAL NOTICE OF THE TAX SALE IS GOOD.
I ALWAYS TELL FOLKS WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE INTERESTED INSIDE, WE CAN DO ALL THE TITLE WORK GOING FORWARD, BUT GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SEE IF THEY COULD PULL UP THE GREEN CARDS WHERE THEY CAN SHOW THAT JOE SMITH SIGNED FOR THIS THING.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS FALL.
MOST TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T WRITE TITLE INSURANCE ANY MORE, BUT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE MOVEMENT IS THEY ARE LOOKING AT THESE MORE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THEY'D, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO JUST SAY NO AND NOT, NOT WORRIED WITH IT.
OF COURSE, ALL AISLE, KNOWING DOLLAR, EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE A DOLLAR NOW.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SO CIVIC SOURCE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY NOTICED THE HECK OUT OF EVERYBODY.
SO IF YOU BUY FROM A SAM JACKSON, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND A NOTICE TO EVERY SAM JACKSON.
THEY CAN FIND IN LOUISIANA, TEXAS, AND MISSISSIPPI, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET.
THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THEIR SOCIAL.
IF THEY CAN FIND IT, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND HUNDREDS OF NOTICES OUT.
THAT'S HOW THEY SATISFY THEIR TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY.
WHEN THEY RUN THEIR AD, IT'S GOING TO HAVE EVERY VARIATION OF A SAM JACKSON.
I'M MARRIED TO SHANNON SMITH WAS MY WIFE'S NAME.
SO WHEN WE BUY ANYTHING, I'VE GOT TO DISTINGUISH MY SHANNON SMITH FROM A HUNDRED DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE PREMISE IS IF THEY CAN NOTICE EVERYONE THAT CAN HAVE AN INTEREST OR POSSIBLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT, THAT PERSON CANNOT COME BACK LATER AND SUE YOU OR MESS UP YOUR TITLE.
WHAT CALLED QUIET, SEEING THE TITLE AFTER YOU BOUGHT THE GUY.
WELL, IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY PROCESS, IT QUIET TITLE GENERALLY COMES.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE TACK, THE SHERIFF'S TAX SALE AND YOU BUY A SHERIFF'S TAX SALE.
AFTER THREE YEARS OF PAYING THE TAXES, YOU CAN FILE A QUIET TITLE OR WHAT THEY CALL A MUNITION SUIT AND YOU GET IT.
BASICALLY, IF YOU FILE IT AND YOU SERVE IT ON ALL THE PARTIES THAT OWN THE PROPERTY, YOU'LL GET A JUDGE TO SIGN OFF ON THIS THING AND YOU'LL HAVE A JUDGMENT, WHICH IS THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THE JUDGE SIGNS OFF SAYING, THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY.
NO ONE CAN CONTEST THAT AFTER THAT QUIETING TITLE IS A TERM, THAT'S USED A LOT FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THOSE SHERIFF SALES ARE REALLY WHERE THE QUIET TITLE ACTIONS COME IN, THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY PROCESS.
WE DON'T CALL IT QUIET TITLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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ANYONE THAT CAN MAKE A FUSS.YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE NOTICED ANYONE THAT HAS AN INTEREST.
YOU'VE QUIETED THEM BECAUSE YOU'VE NOTICED THEM AND THEY'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AS YOU'RE REQUIRING TIME, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY IS DECEASED, YOU HAVE TO
THAT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
NOW, OF COURSE, WITH THE INTERNET, YOU CAN GOOGLE ANYTHING.
AND THEN THAT'S, YOU HAVE PEOPLE TRACERS AND PEOPLE FINDERS.
AND WE HAVE A VARIATION WE USE AT THE CITY PARISH AS WELL, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS WITH OUR CURRENT DAYS, YOU CAN LOOK UP JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ANYWHERE, BUT IF YOU CLOSE ON IT POSSIBLE TO SEND OUT ADDITIONAL LETTERS, TO INTERESTED PARTIES THAT THEY FIND
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, NO MORE LETTERS GO OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A TIMEFRAME.
SO IF YOU SEND A NOTICE OUT OF YOU RUN AN AD, WE CANNOT CLOSE THE SALE UNTIL EITHER 60 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LAST NOTICE GOES OUT.
IF YOU SEND ANOTHER NOTICE, THAT'LL EXTEND YOUR TIME.
YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT THE TIME PERIOD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO CATCH THEM ALL.
OR WE URGE FOLKS IT'S ALREADY BEEN CLOSED.
NO, WELL YOU CAN, BUT YOU DON'T GET THE SAME PROTECTION FROM THE TIME PERIODS.
IT DOESN'T GET WIPED OFF WITH THAT AFFIDAVIT.
THAT AFFIDAVIT IS ONLY YOUR PROOF OF ALL YOU'VE DONE.
SO, AND WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IT.
WE DON'T REQUIRE IT, BUT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IT BECAUSE THAT AFFIDAVIT SHOWS.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE PHONE BOOKS ANYMORE.
WHAT? I RAN THE PHONE BOOK, I RAN THE, I GOOGLED THEM.
I LOOKED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS.
THIS IS EVERY ADDRESS I FOUND FOR THESE FOLKS.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THOSE AFFIDAVITS, UH, MUNITION SUIT, QUIET TITLE ON MY IGNITION SUIT.
AND THOSE ARE USED FOR TAX SALE PROPERTIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THE TAX BIDDER AT THE SHERIFF'S TAX SALE.
YES, MA'AM THE CONDITION AND THE AREA THAT THE HOME IS, NO, YOU CAN START THE BIT WITH THE INITIAL APPLICANTS.
SO IF YOU COME IN AND OPEN A FILE BEFORE THAT BIDDING, YOU WILL TELL US WHAT YOUR INITIAL BID IS.
IF NO ONE SHOWS UP THAT DAY TO BID AGAINST YOU, THAT BID GOES TO THE COUNCIL.
IF SOMEONE SHOWS UP THAT YOU CAN START A $5, MOST PEOPLE START AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE BASELINE, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT JUST HAS TO BE A NUMBER ON THE, ON THE, SO YOU COME IN AND YOU OPEN THAT FOUND OUT ON THAT DAY.
PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN AND OWN THE BIDDING DAY.
THEY HAVE UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK TO SIGN UP TO BE IN.
THEY'VE GOT TO PROVE THAT THEY'VE GOT THEIR MONEY TO OPEN THE FILE TO REPLACE YOURS.
IF THEY WIN, THEY'VE GOT TO PROVE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WE RUN THEIR NAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SOMEONE WHO'S A SLUM LORD OR HAS A BUNCH OF ORDINANCE ORDERS AGAINST THEM.
WE DO ACTUALLY CHECK THOSE THINGS.
UH, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUIRED THAT, AND IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO SELL TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BUNCH OF CONDEMNATION, LIENS IN ORDERS AGAINST THEM FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY, BUT YOU COME IN AND THEY SCAN IT.
AND SO IF THEY SIGN UP, WE CALL YOU AND SAY, HEY, GOT TO TELL YOU, SOMEBODY SIGNED UP.
WE NEED YOU HERE AT THREE O'CLOCK, BUT YOU CAN STILL STARTS AT ANYTHING.
AND LOTS OF THE OFFERS THAT GO TO THE COUNCIL WILL BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITIVE.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT COME TO ALL OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM WILL THEY'LL BID ON EVERYTHING.
AND WHETHER THEY'VE EVEN LOOKED AT IT, I, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING THAT, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO.
SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GET BID UP TO NUMBERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME, BUT IF THEY WON'T DO THAT'S IT WHAT'S THAT.
IT'S IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND.
WELL, IT'S, THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY MONTH.
WE'LL DO THE BIDDING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO IT'S USUALLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 17TH, 18, 19 20TH IN THAT AREA.
SO YOU'LL BE IN ON THAT WEDNESDAY.
IT'S ALWAYS ON A WEDNESDAY, IT'S ALWAYS ON THE NINTH FLOOR AT THE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING AND CITY HALL.
AND THEN THAT THOSE BIDS GET PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF EVERY MONTH NOW WITH MODA OWN AND WITH IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
AND SOME OTHER THINGS I PUT THEM ON AS THEY COME ALONG, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING BID, BUT WITH THE ONES WE ACTUALLY BID, IT'S THE MIDDLE, WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVE AT THE VERY LAST MEETING OF EVERY CALF A MONTH ON WEDNESDAYS.
ISN'T FROM THEM ABOUT THE BIDDING GOING ON ONLINE AS WELL.
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SOURCE DOES THEIR BIDDING IS ONLINE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE QUICKER.THEY, THEY MOVE QUICKER THAN WE DO BECAUSE THEY ARE PRE-APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GO ON CIVIC SOURCE AND YOU SEE A PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND YOU WANT TO START THE PROCESS.
YOU CLICK ON IT AND YOU PUT UP WHATEVER THE INITIAL DEPOSIT IS.
AND THEN THEY WILL START DOING MORE RESEARCH TO GET IT READY, SEND OUT NOTICES, SEND OUT EVERYTHING.
AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE AUCTION DAY IS GOING TO BE.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER DONE EBAY, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT.
THEY'LL KEEP SENDING YOU A HUNDRED EMAILS, TELLING YOU THE DAY IS APPROACHING.
REMEMBER THAT YOUR BID IS THIS DAY, AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN PUT IN YOUR MAX.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN BE THERE LAB THAT WILL GO UP IN INCREMENTS OF 50 OR A HUNDRED OR EVEN $5.
BUT YOU CAN PUT IN THERE, I WANT TO START AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I WANT MY MAXIMUM BID TO BE $1,600.
AND THEN IT'LL GO BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THEN.
AND IT ENDS AT LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY NIGHT.
AND THEN IT'LL GO UNTIL NO ONE, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL BIDDING IS DONE.
ONCE YOUR BID IS APPROVED, THEY ARE ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE WORK.
THEY WILL CONTACT YOU WITHIN, UH, LIKE TWO WEEKS.
AND YOU'LL BE CLOSING THAT THING THAT QUICK.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY REALLY HAVE IT TOGETHER AS FAR AS HOW THEY HANDLE IT ONLINE.
THEY ONLY DO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED FOR FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANT TO DO THE SHORTER TIME PERIOD.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT SIX MONTHS BETWEEN BIDDING AND THEY ONLY, THEY ONLY WANT TO WAIT 60 DAYS.
SO, AND OF COURSE WE'RE IN A PAPERLESS WORLD.
NOW, THE ASSESSOR USED TO KEEP A BOOK ON THEIR DESKS THAT HAD AN AGE WARD, AND THEN THEY HAD A SEPARATE ONE FOR ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
THERE'S NO LIST PER SE, BUT YOU CAN GO ON AND, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY AND LOOK ON THE WEBSITES AND THE COMPUTER.
YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN COMPUTER.
IF YOU HAVE A PRINTER THAT WANTS TO PRINT OUT THAT MUCH, BUT YOU CAN PRINT OUT WHAT THE ASSESSOR SHOWS AS ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
THEY KEEP AN ACTIVE ADJUDICATED ROLE.
IT'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO ONLINE TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE MAP AND SEE WHAT, LIKE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION SHERWOOD FOREST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING IS ADJUDICATED, BUT THERE IS NO GOOD LIST.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IS THERE'S ABOUT FOUR GROUPS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S ADJUDICATED OR ANYTHING, THE CLERK OF COURT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE ASSESSOR, AND EVEN OUR OFFICE.
AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS A DIFFERENT COMPUTER SYSTEM.
AND NONE OF THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER.
SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND WANTS TO KNOW IF SOMETHING'S ADJUDICATED, I START WITH THE SHERIFF, I WILL, THE ASSESSOR.
I LOOK AT THE CLERK OF COURT TO MAKE SURE THE PERSON HADN'T SOLD IT OR REDEEMED IT.
AND THEN, THEN WE DECIDE THAT IT'S STILL ADJUDICATED.
BUT I DO GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.
I USED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT, ACTUALLY THE ASSESSOR WOULD PRINT ME OUT THEIR BOOK AND IT WAS ABOUT THAT THICK.
AND I WOULD LITERALLY MARK THROUGH THEM WHEN THEY GOT REDEEMED.
AND IT WAS HARD TO EVEN BELIEVE WE DID IT THAT WAY, BUT THERE'S NO LIST THAT PER SE, THAT YOU CAN PULL UP, BUT THE ASSESSOR CAN SHOW YOU ON THEIR COMPUTER.
YOU CAN GO TO BATON ROUGE, SEE, UH, BR GOV WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE MAPS ON THERE.
UM, THE MAPS ARE PRETTY GOOD AND, AND IF I CAN WORK THEM, ANYBODY CAN, BUT THEY'RE A GREAT PLACE TO START FOR, FOR LOOKING UP.
WHAT'S ADJUDICATED, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST? SHE SAID, WE LOOKED THROUGH THE SHERIFF, YOU HAVE THREE OTHER THE COURT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE, EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD WEBSITE.
OF COURSE, THE BR GOV WEBSITE.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S MORE MAPS ON THERE THEN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE.
BUT THE ONES YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ARE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
THERE'S A PAGE ON THERE FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND I HAVE LINKS ON THERE TO CIVIC SOURCE.
I HAVE LINKS ON THERE TO THE WEB, THE WEBSITE WITH THE ASSESSOR AND THE SHERIFF.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE BR GOV WEBSITE AND YOU POKE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S PAGE, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
AND I KNOW, I THINK I DO EVERYTHING THERE, BUT LOOK FOR THE PART THAT DEALS WITH ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, NOT JUST THE PARENTS DURING THE SCENE.
WITHIN A DUPLICATE PROPERTY, YOU FADED THAT METAPHOR OUT TO EVERYBODY TODAY.
THE, THE NOTICE PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S CIVIC SOURCE MOTOR ON IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE OR A STANDARD FILE, WE SEND THE SAME NOTICES, RUN THE SAME ADS.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE COVER EVERYBODY.
AND WE KEEP UP WITH, IF THE GREEN CARDS GO OUT, WE KEEP UP WITH WHAT GETS SIGNED AND DOESN'T GET SIGNED AND WE WILL SEND IT REGULAR MAIL AND CERTIFIED MAIL.
WE TRY TO COVER EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO WE CAN THINK OF.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IF IT'S, IF IT'S BEEN ADJUDICATED THREE TO FIVE YEARS, IT'S WE CAN CLOSE 60 DAYS AFTER THE LAST NOTICE GOES OUT.
IF IT'S THREE TO FIVE YEARS, IT'S SIX MONTHS.
IF IT'S OVER FIVE YEARS, IT'S 60 DAYS.
SO THE, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED LONGER, THOSE SALE QUICKER, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SIX MONTHS IS QUITE A WHILE.
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IN THE COUNCIL, APPROVES IT, THEN YOU DO YOUR WORK AND THEN YOU DO ALL YOUR TITLE WORK.IT CREEPS UP TO MORE LIKE NINE MONTHS.
IS IT TRUE THAT A PERSON HOUSE, UM, THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO REDEEM OR THEY'LL DO A TRADE A PROPER DAY? I CHOOSE ONE.
AND ALSO, UM, THE NEXT THING IS, UM, WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU PUT IN THE HOUSE TO GET IT PREPARE, DO, DO, DO THAT, JUST GO AWAY WITH THEM, REDEEMING THAT SADDLEBACK AND REDEEM IN THE PRICE.
A PERSON THAT OWNS A PROPERTY CAN REDEEM IT ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE DO A CLOSING AND A SALE WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE WORKED THIS FILE AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT WHERE NOTICE IS GOING ON AND NO ONE'S COME IN AND REDEEMED IT, THEY CAN'T REDEEM IT.
AFTER WE CLOSE, AFTER YOU SIGNED THE SALE, THE MAYOR SIGNS A SALE AND WE CAN GET IT RECORDED.
I MEAN, THEY CAN ALWAYS FILE A SUIT AND SAY SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BUT THEY CAN'T REDEEM THE PROPERTY.
AFTER WE CLOSED, THEY CAN REDEEM IT ALL THE WAY UP TO, AND WE'VE HAD FOLKS COME IN AND REDEEM IT.
THEY A DAY BEFORE, BUT THEY HAVE TO PAY ALL THE TAXES.
WE DON'T GET YOUR HARD WORK BACK, BUT WE GET YOUR $500 BACK OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU USE TO OPEN THE FILE.
THEY, WE MAKE THEM PAY THAT BACK.
BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY DOESN'T COMPENSATE YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT.
YOU'VE DONE DOING THE TITLE WORK AND ALL THAT, BUT A PERSON CAN REDEEM THEIR PROPERTY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE POINT WE DO A CLOSING.
NOW THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH TAX SALES.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE, ONCE IT'S BEEN TAX SALES BEEN FOR THREE YEARS, THEY CAN'T JUST GO IN AND REDEEM IT.
THEY'VE GOT TO GO DEAL WITH THE PERSON THAT BOUGHT IT AT A TAX SALE, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL WHEN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, THEY CAN REDEEM IT ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE POINT.
WE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE SALE WITH YOU.
THEY, THEY WILL DO TITLE INSURANCE NOW.
AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME RARE INSTANCES WHERE THEY START A PROCESS.
LIKE YOU CLICK ON ONE AND YOU PUT OUT A DEPOSIT.
IF THEY GET INTO THE TITLE AND THEY FOUND A BUNCH OF TITLE PROBLEMS, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO STOP IT AND REFUND YOUR MONEY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL IT TO YOU CAUSE IT'S BAD TITLE.
BUT YES, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CIVIC SOURCE, YOU'RE THE HIGH WIND HIGH BETTER, AND YOU CLOSE, THEY'RE GOING TO CUT YOU A TITLE INSURANCE POLICY.
WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT THEIR TITLE, INSURANCE POLICY WASN'T GREAT.
THEY HAD A BUNCH OF EXCEPTIONS TO IT, ALL THAT'S CLEANED UP.
AND WE, AND WE HELD THEM TO THE FIREWALL THAT WE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
YOU GOT TO GET TITLE INSURANCE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TURNED AROUND AND SOLD ELSEWHERE.
SO THEY DID SO, BUT YEAH, IF THEY DO THE RESEARCH AND THEY SEE A PROBLEM, THEY, THEY STOP IT.
SO IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, THAT IS A NEW PROGRAM.
UM, I WANT YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO KIND OF
I HAD A GUY CALLED ME ABOUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY UP IN SCOTLAND VILLE.
AND HE SAYS, I'VE BEEN LIVING NEXT TO THIS FOR YEARS AND NO ONE'S EVER DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
AND I SAID, WELL, LET'S LOOK IT UP.
WHOEVER OWNED HAS BEEN PAYING TAXES NOW, AND IT DID, IT PROBABLY DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF NEEDING THE CITY TO COME OUT AND DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A STRUCTURE, BUT IT WAS JUST MESS AND WEEDY AND NEVER REALLY TAKEN CARE OF.
AND HE'S BEEN KIND OF, KIND OF TAKING CARE OF PARTS OF IT, BUT NOT THE WHOLE THING, BUT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
THE PERSON PERSON'S BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES, IT PROBABLY A LOW PROPERTY TAX.
AND THEY JUST LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND SEND A CHECK EVERY YEAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT YES, PROPERTY CAN BE BLINDED AND NOT BE ADJUDICATED.
IF WE'RE DOING MOTOR HOME, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE BLIND BECAUSE THE PERSON BUYING IS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES, MANY OF THE PROFITS THAT DONATE TO NONPROFITS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONCERNED? WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THAT? NOTHING YET.
AND THEN THE ISSUE IS WELL, AND IT'S A VERY, WE'VE ONLY BROUGHT, I THINK WE'VE ONLY BROUGHT FIVE OR SO TO THE COUNCIL WITH, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE TO COME.
WE STARTED BRINGING THEM IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN, NOT-FOR-PROFITS LOOKING IN CHURCHES LOOKING TO BUY THESE PROPERTIES, CLEAR THEM, CLEAN THEM, PERHAPS PUT LOW-INCOME HOUSING ON THERE, OR SELL THEM TO FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO DO IT.
AND THAT RESTRICTION GETS PUT INTO THE SALE TO THEM.
AND IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE'S EVEN A PROVISION THAT IF THEY DON'T DO IT, IT CAN COME BACK TO US IF THEY DON'T DO IT ABOUT TWO YEARS.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS.
OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO BE A NONPROFIT RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THAT STATUS, WHETHER IT'S A NOT-FOR-PROFIT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OR WHETHER IT'S A REGULAR, NOT FOR PROFITS.
WE'VE I WISH I HAD SOME STORIES TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SO NEW.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS YET.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE, YEAH.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, YOU GET, YOU GOT MY INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU'VE TARGETS SOME PIECES OF PROPERTY YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I HAVE ONE PARTICULAR LADY, I WON'T SHARE HER NAME, BUT HER NOT-FOR-PROFITS, SHE'S TARGETING A CERTAIN AREA AND SHE'S FOUND SEVERAL AND
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WE'VE PUT ONE OR TWO ON FOR THE FIRST AND SHE'S ALREADY FOUND THREE OR FOUR MORE THAN QUALIFIED HER IDEAS TO BUILD THESE, THESE MODULAR KIND OF HOMES THAT ARE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE CHEAP TO BUILD THEY'RE GOOD QUALITY CONSTRUCTION HOME.AND SHE WANTS TO GET PEOPLE IN THERE THAT NEED HOUSING.
ANYBODY ELSE
I THINK SHARON AND I THOUGHT THAT MARTHA WAS NOT ADVERTISED.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON YOUR HEIGHT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE LOWEST HOURS.
NOW WAS THE, WAS THIS, THIS WAS THE SHERIFF'S TAX SALE OR A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE.
I KNOW THEY DO HAVE A PROVISION NOW AND I NEVER HAVE QUITE UNDERSTOOD IT WHERE YOU CAN BID 1% OF SOMETHING.
AND THAT NEVER MADE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
BUT THE IDEA I BELIEVE IS IF YOU BID 1%, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT AS MUCH MONEY UP.
AT SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE, YOU CAN FILE A PARTITION SUIT TO PARTITION THE PROPERTY AND GET THE OWNERSHIP THAT WAY.
AND IF NO ONE THE OWNERS DON'T, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO GAIN.
IF I WAS GOING TO THE SHERIFF'S TAX SALE, I WOULD ALWAYS BID A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT THAT IS A WAY TO DO IT FOR CHEAPER AND GET YOUR PART IN THERE.
AND THEN IF THEY TRY TO REDEEM IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, THEY'VE GOT TO COME TO YOU IF YOU HAVE 1% AND PAY YOU OFF.
SO THAT'S, IT WAS JUST AN EASIER FOR ONES THAT WEREN'T BEING SOLD.
I THINK THEY CAME UP WITH THAT TO JUST GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SALES.
SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.
I'M NOT, I DON'T PRETEND I'M NOT ON THAT END.
SO LOOKING AT PROBLEM AREAS THAT KIND OF COME ACROSS, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES WHERE SQUATTERS CAN CLAIMED ON THEIR PERIOD HOUSES.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAXES OR WHATEVER.
AND UM, I JUST HEARD FROM SOMEONE IN THE LEGAL TEAM THAT THEY HAVE SQUAT,
WELL, THERE'S A THEORY IN LAW.
IT DOESN'T COME UP A WHOLE LOT, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE LAW SCHOOL QUESTIONS THAT WE USED TO GIVE.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU ARE IN GOOD FAITH, SO YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU THINK YOU BOUGHT IT FROM SOMEBODY AND YOU GO DO A SALE AND YOU THINK THEY OWN IT.
AND YOU HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THEM.
AFTER 10 YEARS, YOU CAN ACQUIRE THAT BACK WIZARD OF PRESCRIPTION.
IF YOU'RE IN BAD FAITH AND YOU'VE BEEN SITTING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, POSSESSING IT.
YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING IT UP, KEEPING IT FENCED IN EURO, THERE YOU CAN ACQUIRE PROPERTY THROUGH INQUISITIVE PRESCRIPTION.
NOW YOU STILL HAVE TO FILE A SUIT AND SAY, COURT, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
NO ONE HAS COME AND TRIED TO MOVE ME OFF OF IT.
AND THAT DOES HAPPEN EVERY NOW AND THEN MOST OF THE TIME YOU HEAR ABOUT IS WHEN SOMEONE IS FENCED IN MORE THAN THEY SHOULD.
AND THEN THEY CAN SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
YOU GO TO COURT AND GET A JUDGMENT SAYING THAT, BUT PEOPLE SQUATTING ON PROPERTY.
THEY DON'T ACQUIRE ANY RIGHTS LIKE THAT UNLESS THEY ARE LIVING THERE AND ACTUALLY POSSESSING THE PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO POSSESS IT FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN FILE AN ACTION TO PROVE THEIR OWNERSHIP.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT BUILDING THAT AFFIDAVIT OF ABANDON WHAT THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT WAS A CHURCH PROPERTY
IT'S CONSIDERED, UM, PROPER, I'M DRAWING A BLANK, BUT IF YOU A CHURCH OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY DON'T PAY TAXES.
IT NEVER GOES TO THE SHERIFF TAX SALE.
NOW, IF IT'S BLIGHTED OR IT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES CONDEMNATIONS.
BUT AS FAR AS TAXES GOES, IT'S EXEMPT FROM PAYING TAXES, JUST LIKE A, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT'S GONE TO THE ASSESSOR AND SAYS, THIS I'M JUST LIKE A CHURCH, BUT THAT DOES COME UP.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL CHURCHES IN TOWN THAT, THAT HAVE BECOME DILAPIDATED.
YOU CAN TALK TO US IN OUR MEETINGS AND, UM, WE CAN'T FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO TAXES, BUT NOT IN NINE YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT TERM, BUT YEAH, IT STAYS EXACTLY.
WELL, WE DID AN EXP I DO EXPROPRIATION WORK, WHICH IS WHEN YOU YOU'RE BUILDING A STREET OR WIDENING THE STREET, YOU'D GO OUT AND BUY A PROPERTY OR SUE AND TAKE PROPERTY.
I DID A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON, UM, IT WAS, UH, COMI ROAD OUT IN BAKER AND ZACHARY AREA.
AND THERE WAS AN OLD CHURCH THAT OWNED THIS ONE LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THE CHURCH DISBANDED IN LIKE 1930 AND THERE'S NO ONE LEFT.
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HAS NO INFORMATION.SO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, YEAH, WE BASICALLY EXPROPRIATED FROM A CHURCH, STUCK THAT MONEY AND THE REST OF THE COURT.
AND IT WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE COLLECTED, BUT WE HAD TO GET THAT LITTLE PIECE OFF THE FRONT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS DILAPIDATED.
YOU CALL 3, 1, 1, AND THAT'S THE CITY PROCESS.
IF THE CHURCH IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT OLD TRUCKS PARKED ON BETTER CAR, OR WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CALL 3, 1, 1.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BUY THE PROPERTY, BUT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY THROUGH OUR POLICING POWER TO GO OUT AND CONDEMN PROPERTIES, TO GO OUT AND ENFORCE PARKING LAWS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST PICK UP TIRES AND DO ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THEN IT'LL NEVER GET PAID, BUT THE CITY CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN SLAP A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL SIT THERE FOREVER.
BUT YOU CALL 3, 1, 1, THEY'LL SEND OUT INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK AT IT.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THAT IN THE NEWS LATELY, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT DOES.
AND EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE UP FOR CONDEMNATION.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR BUILDINGS, BUT WEED LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THE CITY CAN GO OUT.
WE HAVE A BLIGHT COURT AND THEN THEY CAN GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND THE PERSONS AND THEY CAN CLEAN IT UP AND THEN SLAP A LIEN ON IT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.
WE KNOW WE WON'T GET BACK, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND THAT'S A REALLY NOT MY DEPARTMENT, BUT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
SO YES, PROPERTY, AND THEN COME BACK AND SAY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILE A SUIT AND THEY DON'T GET THE PROPERTY BACK.
IF THEY COULD PROVE THEY DIDN'T GET NOTICED, THEY CAN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR BURDEN TO PROVE IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE AN AND AGAIN, I'M NOT JUST TELLING YOU REAL LIFE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY.
IT'S GOING TO COST THEM A LOT OF MONEY.
SO THEY HAVE TO WEIGH WHAT THEIR VALUE IS IN THIS PROPERTY VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.
AND THEY HAVE TO WIN JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SADDLED TO FOLLOW SUIT.
DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO WIN.
AND IF YOU CAN PROVE YOU NOTICED EVERYBODY, OR YOU NOTICE EVERYONE, YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTICED, THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO PROVE DIFFERENT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND GO FIGHT THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I TELL FOLKS MOST OF THIS STUFF, WE'LL NEVER SEE THE COURTHOUSE.
IF WE DO, IF WE DO A HUNDRED PIECES OF PROPERTY, WE MAY GET ONE THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND DEAL WITH.
ANYBODY ELSE ONE COULD LEARN JUST 1% AND A HUNDRED PERCENT.
CAUSE IT'S PRECINCT, IT'S PRESENTED ONLINE AS ILL.
UM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU'VE GOT HIGHER PRECEDENT.
B IS THE LOWEST ONE DAY COMES THAT THEY RECEIVED THE PROPERTY.
WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SHERIFF HANDLES THOSE, BUT I KNOW THERE W I TALK WITH THOSE FOLKS EVERY DAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME YOUR INFORMATION, WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU HOOKED UP WITH SOMEBODY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO.
I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER ATTENDED ONE OF THEIR AUCTIONS, BUT IF, GIVE ME A NAME, I'LL MAKE SURE WE DO.
IT'S NOT NOW IT GETS A LITTLE BIT PERSNICKETY.
BUT IF, IF, IF I KNOW THE STREET IS NOT A PUBLIC STREET AND PERHAPS IT'S UNDER, BECAUSE A LOT OF STREETS IN OUR PARISH, A LOT OF OLDER STREETS, THE PEOPLE THAT HAD JOINED IT OWN UNDERNEATH, BUT THERE'S A SERVITUDE.
SO IF I KNOW THAT THE STREET IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY ACTUALLY OWNS AND YOU MAY OWN, YOUR PROPERTY MAY GO UNDER THE STREET, THEN WE CAN USE IT.
SO IT JUST, LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE HAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT STORY.
ANY, ANY PIECE OF IT TOUCHES OFF A CORNER, TOUCHES A CORNER THAT COUNTS FOR ME.
AND, AND YOU'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, JIM, WE'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP ONLINE.
I WANT TO ADD, ONE OF THEM SAYS, DOES IT DISTINGUISH ONLINE? WHETHER OR NOT A PROPERTY HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED OVER FIVE YEARS OR THREE TO FIVE YEARS? IT DEPENDS.
AND THEN EVERYONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SOMETIMES IT ACTUALLY SAYS WHAT YEAR THE SHERIFF'S TAX SALE WAS.
SOMETIMES IT'LL SAY WHAT YEAR THE ADJUDICATION WAS.
UM, BUT SOME OF THEM DO SOME OF THEM DON'T, I WISH THEY WERE ALL UNIFORM, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SET BACK IN TEXAS.
AND I KEEP IT UP WITH THE PROPERTY, NEW MOTOR HOME.
AND A MOTON IS ONLY FOR ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.
SO IF THEY, IF THEY'RE BEING A BAD NEIGHBOR, BUT THEY'RE STILL PAYING THEIR TAXES AND THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, YOU CAN ALWAYS CON GO THROUGH THE 3, 1, 1 SYSTEM WITH THE CITY AND THEY'LL GO OUT AND INSPECT.
WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF BLIGHT WISE
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OR GRASS WISE OR SOMETHING.BUT YES, IF IT'S NOT ADJUDICATED, IT'S NOT BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES.
AS FAR AS MOTOR HOME GOES, ALL I SAYS, CAN YOU SPEAK A PROVIDER'S NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION? SURE.
I GO BY BILLY, BUT I GUESS THE OFFICIAL NAME MY DADDY GAVE ME WAS WILLIAM.
UM, AND THE, THE OFFICE IS 3 8 9 3 1 1 4.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ME@WARONATVRGOVORBRLA.GOV.
AND, AND ASK FOR MYSELF, OR YOU CAN ASK FOR MY ASSISTANT DONNA, SHE'S THE BRAINS OF THE OUTFIT, BUT I GET TO, I GET TO TAKE THE CREDIT, BUT, BUT YEAH, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO CALL OR EMAIL US, THEY JUST SAY, WHEN YOU CALL THE OFFICE, SAY YOU NEEDED ADJUDICATE A PROPERTY QUESTION, THEY'LL GET YOU RIGHT TO ME, MYSELF OR RENATA OR DONNA W AARON.
I'LL JUST GIVE, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY THROUGH AN OFFICE.
I GAVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT THE TABLE.
THESE ARE ALL THE FOLLOW NUMBERS, UH, IN THE CITY OF PARIS, ALL UP THE NUMBERS, UH, UH, VR, D ALL OF THE NUMBERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CRIMINAL DIVISIONS, UH, UH, UH, LOCAL BRP D IF YOU DID NOT GET A COPY OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHO TO CONTACT IT IS AT THE TABLE.
ALSO, WE GAVE DATE INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IN THE PARIS, UH, WHO THEY ARE, THEIR ADDRESSES, THEIR ASSISTANCE, AND A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SHOULD YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND THEIR EMAIL, NOT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TONIGHT.
AND MR. AARON IS GOING TO STICK AROUND MOMENTARILY.
WE DO HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS FOR YOU.
IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE MORE PERSONAL IN NATURE, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO, UH, ASK HIM, UH, HE IS GOING TO COME BACK, HOPEFULLY IN JULY, UH, FOR A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND, KNOWING APPRECIATE IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE TIME.
IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE TIME, BUT ANYTHING WORTH HAVING IS WORTH WORKING FOR, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT THE, THE IDEA THAT IF YOU INVEST MONEY INTO THIS PROCESS, THAT SOMEONE CAN COME AND REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY.
THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND REDEEM THE PROPERTY.
IF THEY DO NOT COME IN AND REDEEM THE PROPERTY BEFORE YOU GO TO CLOSING, THEY CANNOT REDEEM THE PROPERTY.
ONCE THE CITY PARIS HAS DONE ITS PART C.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION IS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IF YOU PURCHASE A PIECE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY.
YOU ONLY INVEST THE MONEY UP FRONT TO BEGIN TO WORK.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE REDEEMED THE PROCESS WITHIN THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO CLOSING YOU, GET YOUR MONEY BACK, ALL RIGHT, THEN IF YOU CLOSE, THEN, THEN THEY CAN'T REDEEM THE PROPERTY.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE MENTION, UH, MANY OF YOU IN HERE ASKED ABOUT THE MOTOR OWN PROGRAM THAT IS FOR NON-PROFITS TO PURCHASE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
MANY OF YOU IN HERE WANT TO PURCHASE, EXCUSE ME, WANT TO START YOUR OWN NONPROFIT, BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN BATON ROUGE BY THE NAME OF JERMAINE STERLING.
HE HELPED ME START MY OWN NON-PROFIT AND HE ONLY CHARGED 1750.
AND THE PROCESS IS EXTREMELY SIMPLE BECAUSE YOU WRITE HIM A CHECK.
HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION BACK FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYING YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR YOUR NONPROFIT.
AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR RECEIVING YOUR TAX ID INFORMATION.
AND SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING YOUR OWN NON-PROFIT IS THEN MS. JERMAINE STERLING.
AND HE ASKED ME TO GIVE HIS NUMBER OUT, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER.
THAT NUMBER IS 2 2 5 2 8 7 1 3 4 4.
AGAIN, CHARMAINE STERLING, 2 2 5 2 8 7 1 3 4 4.
AND HE ASKED ME TO TELL EVERYONE THAT IS A $1,750.
AND HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING.
NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVERY YEAR, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR TAXES FOR YOUR NONPROFIT, BUT HE DOESN'T HANDLE THAT.
THEY'LL JUST GET YOU APPROVED FOR YOUR NONPROFIT, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE IT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MOTON PROGRAM, YOU CAN CONTACT BILLY AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON YOUR OWN.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN PURCHASE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
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OF EVERY MONTH, WE APPROVED THE SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY FOR AS CHEAP AS A HUNDRED DOLLARS.AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT THIS INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU HAVE IT AGAIN.
BILLY IS HERE, AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN DO SO THIS VIDEO WILL BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK, AND THEN IT WILL BE POSTED ONLINE@BRLA.GOV UNDER MY NAME.
IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND WATCH IT AGAIN, YOU CAN CONTACT MR. AARON AND HIS OFFICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION, MR. THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, GO AHEAD, SIR, OR PROPERTY
SO ABOUT THE
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN.
IF YOU PAY MONEY TO THE CITY, THEY'RE RELEASED TO MONEY TO CIVIC SOURCE.
AND IF YOU STARTED WITH CIVICS, SO IT'S STILL RELEASED THE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN AND SPEND MORE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET.
MA'AM THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REDEEM IT UNTIL WE CLOSED.
AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE BUILDING ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY.
NO, IF THEY'RE IN THAT, BUT THAT SITUATION DOES HAPPEN.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS THAT WE'VE HAD TO FUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY CAN BID ON IT.
THEY JUST OPENED THE FOUNTAIN.
NOW THEY'RE PUTTING UP FENCES AND THEY DON'T OWN IT YET.
NOW THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR MONEY ON THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IF THEY CLOSE THE SALE AND NO ONE'S REDEEMED IT, THEN THEY CAN GO FORWARD HAPPILY.
BUT I ALWAYS TELL THEM, DON'T EVEN GO OUT THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO IT UNTIL WE CLOSE THAT SALE, PEOPLE DO IT.
AND WE EVEN HAD SOMEBODY TO GO TEAR DOWN A PIECE OF AN OLD HOUSE.
BUT THEY, THEY GOT INTO COURT AND THEY FIGURED IT OUT.
BUT THAT, YEAH, THAT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
IT'S IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, BUT NONPROFIT IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, BUT NOT A POCKET.
UM, MS. COLEMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS TO COME BACK UP AND BLESS THE FOOD, MAN.
YEAH, BUT, UH, CHANNEL 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AT 8:00 PM.
THIS WILL BE SHOWN TOMORROW EVENING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THEN ON MONDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE A LINK, UH, ON FACEBOOK AS WELL AS POSTED TO BR LA.GOV ON THE LAMONT COLA.
THERE'LL BE A LINK WHERE YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT ANYTIME YOU CHOOSE.
IF YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE PROPERTY, JUST SAY A HOUSE OR SOMETHING AND IT'S ABANDONED AND IT HAS GOOD.
THE JUDY KING, CAN YOU GO INSIDE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT? SEE WHAT YOU GOING TO ASK YOU TO INVEST IN? SO THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT I DON'T CARE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO DRILL THAT PROBLEM EVEN AFTER YOU'RE THE
SO THE LEGAL ANSWER IS NO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO COME OUT THERE AND
BEFORE WE GO TO MS. COLEMAN, WE DO HAVE TWO EVENTS COMING UP.
ONE IS THE PRELIM FOR PC FAN, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH AT 6:00 PM.
WE DON'T PEDAL FOR PEACE TO HAVE A LOT OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING TO DO THINGS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PET THEM FOR PEACE.
WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME OUT AND RIDE BIKES WITH US.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE VERY NEXT MORNING AT 10:00 AM.
WE DON'T HAVE A BIG BLOCK PARTY, RIGHT OUTSIDE, A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT, A LOT OF POOL, A LOT OF PRIZES.
IT'S CALLED MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR DAY.
PRIMARILY FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, COME OUT, MEET INDIVIDUALS YOU'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO BEFORE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO COME OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
ONCE YOU COME OUT AND MEET SOMEONE NEW, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER SO THAT WE CAN RESOLVE
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SOME OF OUR CONFLICTS VERSUS TURNING TO GUNS WHEN WE DO HAVE CONFLICTS.AND SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THOSE TWO EVENTS.
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE COME OUT THIS EVENING TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE CHALLENGING COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO SEE IF SHE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 10 SOUTH BEDROOMS TO COME OUT FOR HER COUNSELING.
AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY, I SAID TO HIM, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S GREAT TO STAND HERE AND SEE AS MANY OF YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT, FOR INFORMATION I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL.
I WANT TO LET HIM KNOW THAT 10 STARTS AT GORY AVENUE GO ALL THE WAY UP.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL BATON ROUGE, BUT ALSO 10 GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO BE SOMETHING UNIVERSITY BACK THEN THE FIELD.
SO I'M GOING TO INCLUDE ALL OF THEM AND FAST.
HELLO? I YIELD TO YOU TO COME AND BLESS THIS FOOD AND DISMISS US.
EVERY EYE CLOSED ALL THE WAY AS BOUT YOU TELL ABOUT OUR FATHER.
WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS GATHERING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND THE PRESENTERS AND THE LEADERS.
AND FATHER GOD, WE PRAY THAT ALL OF US WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS INFLAMMATION WILL FIND A PATHWAY TO USE IT.
AND NOW MORE WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS FOOD, MAY IT STRENGTHEN AND NOURISHES OUR PHYSICAL BODIES AND MAY THE CALORIES THAT WE PARTAKE OF OVER HERE DO THE BODY IS NO HARM.