To Sell or Not to Sell | The People's Court

The plaintiff was going to purchase a townhouse, and she spent money on an inspection. However, the defendant backed out of the deal, so the plaintiff is suing for the money she already spent. The defendant admits she backed out of the deal, but there was no contract in place, and nothing was signed yet.
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[@LiveGrowRescue]

2 different worlds. 1 woman buying her kid a house, and the other is kicking her kids out.

[@DaishaView]

I was thinking the same thing

[@vixxter3099]

😆😆😆

[@Ryan-pm4fk]

It's a crazy world

[@deborahfrance9807]

Adult at that WOW dear Lord

[@Mishel33020]

It is so expensive to live, I live in so Flori-duh and my kid's came back 3 times until they were on their feet, I cannot imagine throwing them out as teenagers.It makes absolutely no sense to me!!!!

[@WarGrowlmon18]

"I was gonna do the right thing." "And yet you're here."🤣🤣🤣

[@James-134]

Good morning, hope everyone enjoys the holiday today 🎉 (except Adrian)

[@crystalshaw8744]

Same to you. Also ...lmbo.

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

😂... Have a great Labor Day, James, free of hard labor. 😊

[@cynthiadelgado3688]

Yeahhhh .. enjoying the beautiful day

[@kimberlyrawls8618]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@heidithompson6895]

Lol

[@LanaisLi]

Your kids are teenagers of course they aren’t set! What is she talking about 😂😂😂

[@newyorknewyork9790]

Plaintiff is wonderful mom and grandma

[@ashb7846]

Right, helping her daughter in a hard time. Meanwhile the defendant is kicking out teenagers because they are “technically” of age to find their own place, though we all know damn well very few teens are mentally or monitoring prepared so soon out of school.

[@magicworld3242]

The defendant is full of crap. She knew what a binder was. She had everybody waste their time. Spend their money. Just to turnaround and change her mind. I don't believe the defendant, She only came up with a bunch of ridiculous excuses (after) she got sued.

[@SavicksterTheTrixter]

If the defendant spoke the truth, then her life circumstances can change things. Life happens. She just had to refund the inspection.

[@I_am_enigma53]

What ever happened to just doing what is morally right? It doesn't matter about a contract, just do the right thing. I don't know how some of these people sleep at night.

[@johnsradios484]

Well well well. But you put it for sale and signed the binder. So pay back for the inspection.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

It seems to me the binder binds the parties to the sale; the later sale contract binds them to the details of the sale.

[@SongBird21-nz8vx]

It is fun to watch the gallery 'size up' the litigants as they come into court. Watch as their eyes checking them out from head to toe. Some actually snicker while doing so. Humans are funny!

[@SavicksterTheTrixter]

A very civil defendant. She understood.

[@layal3018]

yea very civil that she wanted to steal their money

[@boujeeonabudgetwithjas118]

Mom buying her daughter a home in cash no financing…another mom selling to kick her kids out

[@Red-lu3ku]

The plaintiff and her husband look like a nice couple ❤

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

I totally dig the defendant's necklace.

[@Bebedollie]

I'd wear it differently tho

[@vixxter3099]

Same

[@leofredette19]

She Screwed up, if you don't understand the terms Don't Sign

[@user-xg7cw8ny9y]

sweet parents… I’m praying I can buy my daughter and granddaughters a home.

[@cobravids]

She at least owes the lady all her expenses she put out.

[@Donna-l3b]

Her defense - I'm wishy washy.....smh

[@user-xg7cw8ny9y]

adult children can be so draining… she was so tired of them she sold her mom’s house to get them out!

[@DreamWarriorPaige]

Defendant has a screw loose in my opinion

[@SavicksterTheTrixter]

If the defendant spoke the truth, then her life circumstances can change things. Life happens. She just had to refund the inspection.

[@cobravids]

One mother was kicking her children out and the other was spoiling hers.

[@ashb7846]

How is buying a place to live spoiling her child? My friends mom did that so any rental payments or housing issues wouldn’t need to be handled through a stranger, but between the two of them since they trust each other. Doing a large kind gesture for a loved one is spoiling them.

[@wrightwilliams105]

Plaintiff did her job. Defendant was quite honest. I've never heard of this concept of a binder. But I do think it's implied that the deal will go through

[@themermaidstale5008]

Aka a good faith deposit. It signifies that the buyer is serious about their intention to complete the purchase. In return, the owner takes the item off the market. If the buyer backs out of the sale, the owner retains the deposit; if the seller backs out, the deposit is returned. I would award the plaintiff the tests and inspection costs incurred to ensure the house is safely habitable.

[@ashb7846]

Right. For her to say, “I never technically signed a contract” is so disingenuous. You signed something to move forward on a deal. It wasn’t the official sales contract, but that doesn’t mean it’s not valid.

[@TheJohnny928]

Plaintiff is very well spoken. I feel bad for defendant 😔 "THE BINDER" 5:57

[@3l3llala13]

I wonder how much was the condo that the plaintiff was able to pay all cash for it. It's always nice to pay everything in full and has zero debt.

[@ashb7846]

It’s crazy how many of these cases get broken down to, “Just because life happens, that doesn’t mean other people now have to pay for your problems.” So many defendants (and sometimes plaintiffs) don’t seem to understand that they are allowed to make whatever decisions are best for them, but that those decisions might cost them down the line. Other people shouldn’t have to eat their money because you changed your mind about something. Why is it so difficult for people to take responsibility for themselves? Sheesh! 🙄

[@Alwaystaykind]

The plaintiff is really good mother 😢❤

[@rockobill7637]

maybe I'm a really bad father, but I'd never buy my grown kids a house even if I could afford it, even if they were getting a divorce etc....gotta let baby grow up!

[@Sunintheam8]

​@@rockobill7637I wonder if she was going to rent it to her daughter. You sound like a big shot saying you are buying someone a house, but she might have left out this detail.

[@abriah.j6720]

⁠@@rockobill7637To each their own but if you can help your kids,why not? That pull yourself up by the bootstraps mentality is toxic and ruins people. Me and my husband own 360 acres and have written in our wills that give of our children 5 acres at 18 and we will put a starter home on it. Upon our demise the rest of the land is divided equally amongst them. They did not ask to be here, I don’t believe we as parents are indebted to our children but they didn’t get a choice to be here and if you can set them up for a good life then do it🤷🏽‍♀️.

[@user-xg7cw8ny9y]

Why should the plaintiff be out of any money? The defendant should not project her issues on the plaintiff.

[@TheJohnny928]

Mi casa. Si no su casa.😂 Good one, Harvey 👍 (😍)

[@sharonjohnson8512]

The defendant is not the brightest bulb in the pack.

[@crystalshaw8744]

At least the Defendant is honest, albeit wrong .

[@izibear4462]

I find her lovable. Both seem nice ladies.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

When Judge Milian asks for the receipts, she's already leaning in the plaintiff's favor. Not guaranteed, though. There can always be a Perry Mason moment.

[@shelberz1]

:)

[@kaelynnmartin6521]

Why didn’t defendant contact the plaintiffs about buying the house when she really wanted to sell?

[@burtonm3220]

looking at this and wondering what it was like to be the real estate agent / realtor in this mess.

[@cccc-qp7ww]

Defendant using every excuse under the sun for reasons why she backed out.

[@BiterAvid]

I had to shut her down as my eyes could just not handle it a minute longer.

[@amandamatheny3675]

before I even watch this to see if if I'm right, my first instinct based only on the intro is that the broker was wrong. The lady had her home listed for sale and a prospective buyer put money into finding out if the home was sound or not with the intention of purchasing the home. The defendant then took away the option of her purchasing the home which means that she put the money in something that did not happen solely due to the actions of the defendant. There may not have been an actual contract in place, but clearly she had expressed interest in a home that was put up and then promptly taken down and she should not have to foot the bill just because the defendant got sellers remorse

[@jjman533]

Defendant wondering why her two kids are losers lol.

[@RichardMayora-x7g]

From the comments here I am wondering how much attention viewers paid. The defendant was horrid. She, at the very least, had a moral obligation to pay the woman back. The plaintiff would never have taken the action if there was not an agreement and how would someone inspect the home without the defendant knowing? The defendant said that her realtor told her she did not have to pay, which I do not believe, and then she has the brass ones to tell such a convoluted story to get out of her responsibility. The judge was too nice. The defendant was, in essence, not only stealing from the plaintiff but showing no regard for all of the effort she put into the purchase.

[@adventuresconjuan]

The plaintiffs hairstyle should of been the ruling of tragedy 😂

[@alphawhiskey2922]

I wish my mom would buy me a condo after my divorce 😑

[@alfredapierce9731]

Why not let the kids move in the condo that you enherited? Have them pay a little rent to put in a savings for them.

[@Ellie80681]

She couldn’t sell it bc of the siblings but she still sold it 😅 bs-

[@butterflyroho6470]

I think this is the first time I’ve seen Kurt not be rude to either litigant.

[@3l3llala13]

I was shocked when he was nice to the defendant at the end of the interview and ended their conversation in a polite manner. He was nice with the plaintiff during the interview but then abruptly turned to the camera at the end like he always does. Ugh.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

What in the hell did I literally just watch?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just got back from walking and this happened another childhood garbage hilarious case!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LORD this is what I call a good Monday!

[@shelberz1]

Yay walking

[@DianeHoffmann-eh9vs]

Did she get her deposit back?

[@sharifsalem]

Of course

[@mokkamellb6811]

drives me nuts when they say realitor ffs

[@jeannedobbins7880]

Worst person to do business with

[@luteydog]

It’s too bad they couldn’t have kept their deal but just moved it down the road a couple of months. It sounds like it was a lovely place for the plaintiff’s daughter & grandkids

[@sarahbarton4977]

Oh I miss my mum so much. I lost her 16 months after I lost my dad

[@msfranklin2650]

WELL THEY BOTH SEEM LIKE NICE LADIES BUT THE DEFENDANT SHOULD'VE HAD HER DUCKS IN A ROW 1ST. NOT ONLY THAT SHE KNEW THAT THE PLAINTIFF WAS OUT OF THE INSPECTOR FEES SHE SHOULD'VE PD IT HANDS DN NO EXCUSES. HOPEFULLY THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE NICER & CLOSER TO THE PLAINTIFF. GOOD CALL

[@shirleyredd6107]

The power has the right to change her mind she Owens the property she has the right to change her mind as long as she has no contract other wise she is liable

[@giovannifunaro5408]

Despite its name a real estate binder is not legally binding. The binder keeps interest in a transaction and encourages open communication between buyer and seller but it's an informal agreement and is eventually replaced by the formal (and legally binding) agreement of sale.

[@bigmdog13]

These loving pet care ads are CRAZY

[@Jade_902]

No signed contract? Why are we here 🙄 Also, as is so why is Plantiff suing for the cost of a home inspection.

[@krullfamily5]

I can’t stand when people steer each other down.

[@ls253]

The defendant is a MESS.

[@TooLooze]

Defendant is a Realtor's nightmare.

[@PeteLenz]

Wrong decision. The buyer jumped the gun in doing the inspection before the contract was final.

[@shirleyredd6107]

I may be wrong But I don’t think she has a case she deceased o her own to hire the insepter

[@garydumont9701]

I'm so poor

[@darleneprice3492]

Such a greedy thief.

[@amberthomas3939]

The plaintiff looks like Estelle Getty

[@shirleyredd6107]

I may be wrong But I don’t think she has a case she deceased o her own to hire the isepeter

[@BarbaraRobertson-m5r]

Wsh i had her as a Mother. My Mother had me JUST to get a Grrencard

[@finally97]

11:18 A liable contract? I AM NOT the grammar police but I had to check to see if I was learning something new.

[@tintrevino1327]

Deffendant sounds like my ex mother in law

[@cherrybluskye5360]

And yet you're here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VanessaTwofacedrat]

This judge is the first one to say grab the nearest crayon and toilet paper because that's a contract a binder is a contract wasting someone's time and money is not funny or cute

[@lando1071]

Duh

[@broeheemed32]

Pretty exhausted of hearing "I'm a single parent" as if that somehow gives excuse for anything. If you're a single parent, that's your fault.

[@themermaidstale5008]

You become a single parent if your spouse dies, too.

[@MrMatteNWk]

Spouse died?

[@broeheemed32]

@@MrMatteNWk - I doubt it, or she would have said "widow".

[@user-xg7cw8ny9y]

sorry, my husband’s leaving wasn’t my fault; but I’ve never used it as an excuse for anything!

[@adrianknight1406]

Milian once again is completely different in cases like this involving caucasian litigants in comparison to others where there are blacks. Here she is all jovial and professional and has a totally different disposition, tone and attitude with us. It makes me angry and disappointed in the system.

[@Kat-bu3bn]

🙄

[@lydiatefft6198]

Oh brother. 😂 Yet you give her views and comments, boosting the show? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@izibear4462]

@@adrianknight1406 Weird how we haven't seen you comment on the 'Grave' episode.

[@jaredweeks7099]

"I resent that," Judge Milian

[@Gandrewjm]

Adrian you Can't Understand Normal Thinking.

[@keithkemp3008]

These are all you problems !! Make her pay

[@minarauf4626]

first comment

[@sufferedlearnedchanged]

I'm always curious as to why people do this? I'd love to know how your brain works.

[@P3rmissionD3ni3d]

🍪🍪🍪

[@P3rmissionD3ni3d]

@@sufferedlearnedchangedit comes with a sense of excitement. Kinda like a feeling of winning

[@crystalshaw8744]

​​@sufferedlearnedchanged I, assume they are a child. But then I remember what Tony Randall said about assuming...giggle

[@16MedicRN]

​@@sufferedlearnedchanged it's just a silly game that's been going on for YEARS. No real reason 😊 And here's the 🍬 or 🍪 😂