I've been having this long-running argument with one of my clients (about 4 months now) because in Lehigh County, PA, a mortgage that one separated spouse pays on a house both previously lived in can be reimbursed to that spouse minus the fair market rental value. So I asked the client to get a realtor to prepare a FMR analysis and submit it to us. It's no big deal, right? These are just simple HUD specs.

The client says his brother in law is a realtor, and he'll get me the documentation I need to file for his divorce. Yeah, that was in September. He provided me with an actual HUD printout from the realtor without the realtor's name and without the address of the property. Now, I know that's the actual value, but could the realtor have been any more lazy? I mean, would you ever prepare a comparative market analysis or an actual appraisal with nothing more than a printout? And my client seems to disbelieve the fact that the court won't accept a printout with no other information. Each time I call him I have to convince him that I need some kind of competent value from his fabulous brother in law.

Maybe I can give him your number, even though you're super far away, and I could finally get this case filed! :)