The John Blue Story

I found John in a wheelchair in front of his home behind on his mortgage facing foreclosure. He had one leg amputated and was confined to a wheelchair. He would climb in and out of his home through the front window because the clutter was hard to navigate. Most of John’s pension income went to the care facility where his wife lives.

 

He would eat food delivered from McDonalds from Door Dash. He told me Adult Protective Services would help him to remove the clutter from floor to ceiling.

John’s home was in foreclosure and we were able to postpone it for many months. Adult Protective Services took 6 weeks to get the clutter removed from his house, however, they did not remove it all. I found mixed in with his stuff was human feces, his refrigerator and stove were not working. The kitchen and bathroom plumbing were unusable. After the city took ½ of his stuff away John caught COVID. He went to a facility to recoup. When he came back, he said hospice was in charge of his care. I met with the hospice representative and worked with them. They did not have a facility for John. I convinced John to leave. I paid his weekly bill to have him relocated to an Extended Stay Hotel. I brought him supplies every few days. Hospice care came to the hotel. I had a moving company pack his stuff and put it in storage. We hired junk removal people to fill 5 dumpsters from inside and outside the home including removing the jungle of uncut trees and weeds growing for years. We had a cleaning lady come in to sanitize and clean the house.

 

In the meantime, I paid the upfront cost to relocate him to a hospice facility close to his wife in Sonoma.

 

I put the home up for sale and generated about 15 offers and negotiated over $100,000 more than list price. I worked closely with a great attorney who helped work out the details for John and his wife to have enough money to cover their health care for John’s short time on earth and for his wife.