Friendly or a nuisance, neighbors are often odd folk.
My father-in-law's neighbor had a lot of stuff he wanted to sell, so I ended up helping him sell his stuff on Craigslist. When we came to the boat, I told him my buddies and I were interested, and he and I roughed out a price of $250-300 for a 12' Sears 12 x 36 or 48 in bare but good condition and trailer that needed wiring, lights, tires, and paint. He didn't have all the paperwork in order, so when I went camping the next weekend I topped his boat as a 'try before you buy' sort of thing. When we came back, dude tells me he didn't get the paperwork but I don't have to unload the boat if I give him $300 now. I ask him about the trailer, and he says he can't sell it without straightening it out. I drop the boat, and ask about it a few weeks later...he's still farting around with the paperwork. A month after that, same thing. So, how bad is it...that was two years ago, and it still sits in his yard. How bad is that paperwork? Well...
The neighbor who has the boat, received it for payment for a job when he lived in Indiana. Never registered it there though, so the boat's still registered with Indiana in the original owners name (although the tags are likely way expired). The trailer was titled in AZ when it was brought out, but it's not in the neighbor's name. Get this: he sold the boat to a friend who's wife said it was the boat or her, he chose her...BUT...he titled & registered the trailer. When he brought the boat/trailer back to the neighbor, he didn't bring the title. So my neighbor's got a boat, with IN #'s, that hasn't been registered for years, a trailer to go with it but the trailer title/reg is AZ and not in his name or possession, and he wants to sell me all this for $450, $300 for just the boat, when we pretty-much agreed on $250-300 for everything. AND it's a paperwork nightmare!
Needless to say, I told him NO DEAL without the paperwork being done. I'd like the boat, and even $450 isn't that bad of a deal, but not with the headache it comes with!
Some of 'um ya just gotta let go.
