1 /5 Dona Surdi: We were physically at our house closing when halfway through signing Mr. Gavenda said to stop. He took us to a private room to tell us there was a lein on the property that he had been made aware of, yet chose not to share with us until that moment. He said he thought it would be cleared by closing but never checked to see if it had. He advised us to walk away and not buy the house. We had already sold our home and had moving trucks ready to show up at the new house that day. A plan of sorts was made where we could close, hold back some of the money to the seller, until they cleared the lien. They were given around 1 year. We waited nervously all that time for it to clear, which it did. We were truly in a bad position if it didnt and the lien stayed on our home. It was a terrible and emotional time due to the negligence of Mr. Gavenda.
