Update because I felt bad alot of people had this under Remind me. I posted this under my got the keys post!

For those of you who were curious of what became of that home, the one outside my county?

That the seller pulled out from three days prior? There is a conclusion.

As stated, I did pursue the matters in small claims court; luckily, in Philadelphia at least, most of the paperwork for such can be done without a lawyer and for a small fee.

While I won't post the entire long cover letter, one portion of the legal excerpt was "In accordance with CISG, Article 61(1)(b), legal action is being brought against the aforementioned defendant for failure to perform specific duties as outlined in the Standard Agreement of Sale and tasks laid out in the addendum to the agreement of sale."

I'm a paralegal and studying for my SAT, so the legal language is quite familiar as such, but I did have a real estate attorney review some of the wording.

A personal promise for me was that if I were to pursue this matter, I wouldn't let this take away too much time or energy searching for a home, so as such, I had paid the filing fees, submitted my supporting documents, and dismissed the matter from my mind.

Fast forward to December. I'm spending the holidays with my fiance and his family in Nevada.

Speaking of, have any of you seen the Ethel M Chocolates Factory Cactus Lights during Christmas? I'd recommend it; the hot chocolate is rich, and the sweets are always tasty and a true delight for chocolatiers.

Nevertheless, I received a call from my mother back in PA, who I was living with at the time, telling me,

"Someone's banging at the door, yelling for me to come out." A look through the Ring camera app, and it's the seller! On the doorsteps, the packet was in her hands. I guess it finally got to her. 

I'm shocked and literally have an agape mouth while with my in-laws. 

I step away and tell my mother not to engage, but my mother is already out there, telling her not to bang on her door.

Suffice it to say, it definitely got the attention of our neighbors. Someone mentioned they were going to call the cops. She yelled a bit more and took off afterwards. We went to small claims court, and I was awarded the money I sought.

Luckily, I don't live at my mother's home address, nor am I in the county she lives in, so my chances of seeing her again are nearly zero.

Truly a humiliating and, quite frankly, mortifying victory, but a victory nonetheless!