After a tornado ripped the roof of a house, and caused water damage inside, the insurance company hired Apex to examine the house. Mold was reported, but the owners weren’t informed. The family had the house demolished; the insurance company paid $98,000, the policy limit, as a result of the demolition.

Later the couple filed a lawsuit alleging that Larry Taylor suffered personal injury from the mold and that Apex and the insurance company were negligent in not the owners about the mold. Larry Taylor died while the lawsuit was pending. The judge did dismissed the case at the insurance company’s request. The late state legislator was the son of former U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor. Gay Taylor is the widow of Larry Gene Taylor and personal estate representative. She is appealing the trial court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit against Fire Insurance Exchange, Napoleon Roybal and Apex Environmental Consultants Inc.

Morehead Hills apartments starts at $721 for a one-bedroom, and $844 for a two-bedroom unit, and some of these units come with free mold and other problems.

Although the management division director for California Commercial Investment Group says there are opportunities for tenants to report issues, he complains that tenants aren’t doing it. He believes that a tenant intentionally failed to report a minor leak for personal gain, then called official agencies about it. The tenant however, feels that he’s being targeted for speaking up. Other tenants claim to have complained to the onsite manager about mold, carpet stains, and other issues; and other tenants are afraid to complain lest the get booted out.

Hud’s inspection rules that the building currently doesn’t meet HUD standards. The property is a Section 8 property for people over 62 or disabled and public money covers their payments.

Hud has ordered a closer inspection.

Who knows what contaminants lurk in foreclosed properties? The Shadow knows!

Not really. But the well-educated home buyer should not think they’re getting a gift on a plate if they get something too good to be true in their foreclosure deal. Something that seems too good to be true usually is.

Foreclosed homes may well be contaminated by mold, lead paint asbestos, toxic drywall, or VOC. Home inspections are crucial to discover if there are any unforeseen issues in your property.

Homeowner Michelle Ewing is fighting for her home, and for her children’s quality of life, as they suffer a house with known standing water problems. Montileone Development however denies knowing the extent of the problem.

What, is he going to admit he knows on national tv? I think not.

The mold infested property, closed by court order in July was abandoned by its owners, who were millions in debt to banks, the Army Corps of Engineers, small businesses and the state. The date for requests for proposals to operate the 138-room resort has been moved to to Jan. 15, the delay by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources pending adequate mold assessments.

An older assessment by Marine Bank found “extensive fungal amplification” without providing remediation estimates. The estimate that is pending will cost $20,000, and also provide those missing remediation estimates, in order to inform potential operators fair disclosure.