GeneL Needs Our Help!

[Blankity Blank]

While crowd funding is not a long term fix, it can play an invaluable role in relieving the stress and distraction of immediate financial need, making it much easier to focus on longer term solutions.

[mrbigstuff]

When someone is in need, they are in need at that moment. Worrying about the future when you don't know where you'll sleep is a luxury. I'm not sure if that is the case here or not, but it sounded rather dire to me.

I'm like Art above, and will contribute what I can when it's made clear Gene can receive the funds.

[mikebw]

Is it even clear to us that GeneL is able to setup a GoFundMe campaign for himself? Perhaps one of us should step in and help with that?

(I would but I will be mostly out of town on various trips for the rest of the month.)

[hal]

Gene - I'm very good at getting top dollar for sales on ebay for SOME items. If you want to send me a rough list of what you have, I can at least take a look and see what I can do.

If you have some items that I think I might be able to sell for you, you can send me some pictures and I can list the items.

There will be more complications if we move forward, this might be a good way to get some quick money.

FYI - many things that were once collectable and valuable are not any longer. Don't be surprised if there isn't real value there. When my mom downsized to go to independent living, she couldn't get more than $100 for antique fine Wedgwood chine set - a LARGE set.

anyway - hoping for the best

um... one other unpleasant note... living there for 20 years, you have very significant squatters rights. A person can not just be throw out of their home and a person living for 20 years in a home has significant rights. Let's be blunt here - $900 isn't going to get anything livable without some extraordinary luck in OC... in CA for that matter. If it come down to living on the street vs Mavis' tears... I hope you choose to deal with the tears for a bit.

You have a lot of needs right now, but TIME may be the most crucial. You need time to get this sorted out and squatting in your situation is not unreasonable at all. Maybe talk to the child directly about this.

SO painful to thin about...

[vicrock]

I just asked a friend who is a lawyer in Orange County - she suggested
https://www.communitylegalsocal.org/who-...vyBkipAIZM

She also says legally Gene is entitled to a 60 day notice before being forced out but that there are also a bunch of family law issues that apply

Hope that might also help

[Grateful11]

ArtP wrote:
Good advice above....

I'm not in great financial shape myself at the moment but willing to throw a few $ at the gofundme page if someone sets one up.

A $10 here or a $20 there can go a long way to bringing back some normalcy to your day to day survival.

Same here but I'll try and see what I can do.

Same as Hal on this. My wife has a fairly active store on eBay and I'd be more than glad to do some research
to see exactly what Gene has and see if they're still viable items on eBay. Like Hal said the resell market
changes and what was collectible may not even be worth his time now.

It really sucks that they are going through this.

[space-time]

mikebw wrote:
Is it even clear to us that GeneL is able to setup a GoFundMe campaign for himself? Perhaps one of us should step in and help with that?

(I would but I will be mostly out of town on various trips for the rest of the month.)

I would like to help but I never did something like this, I am also out of town (and quite busy when in town) and furthermore, I don't know Gene and I don't know how to make this campaign for him. I guess whoever set it up would need some sort of connection to Gene, at least be local and meet with him to discuss some details and make sure the funds go to him and not to someone else. This is such a tricky situation.

[mikebw]

space-time wrote:
[quote=mikebw]
Is it even clear to us that GeneL is able to setup a GoFundMe campaign for himself? Perhaps one of us should step in and help with that?

(I would but I will be mostly out of town on various trips for the rest of the month.)

I would like to help but I never did something like this, I am also out of town (and quite busy when in town) and furthermore, I don't know Gene and I don't know how to make this campaign for him. I guess whoever set it up would need some sort of connection to Gene, at least be local and meet with him to discuss some details and make sure the funds go to him and not to someone else. This is such a tricky situation.
As I recall Blankity Blank setup a GoFundMe page for his sister not too long ago, so I nominate him the MRF expert on this.

[Blankity Blank]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=space-time]
[quote=mikebw]
Is it even clear to us that GeneL is able to setup a GoFundMe campaign for himself? Perhaps one of us should step in and help with that?

(I would but I will be mostly out of town on various trips for the rest of the month.)

I would like to help but I never did something like this, I am also out of town (and quite busy when in town) and furthermore, I don't know Gene and I don't know how to make this campaign for him. I guess whoever set it up would need some sort of connection to Gene, at least be local and meet with him to discuss some details and make sure the funds go to him and not to someone else. This is such a tricky situation.
As I recall Blankity Blank setup a GoFundMe page for his sister not too long ago, so I nominate him the MRF expert on this.
I’ll be glad to chip in every scintilla of knowledge gained, but will have to decline actually ramrodding. Unfortunately I’m still dealing with her passing.

[A-Polly]

Gosh, GeneL, what a stressful and complicated mess! I agree with whoever said the above, "Follow the money."

Unfortunately, I have no experience with collectibles but would be happy to donate if it comes to that. I hope your collections aren't locked up in the home you can't enter, though!

Also second the suggestion to speak with the social worker at your facility, and Adult Protective Services, and any of the legal aid suggestions mentioned above. The social worker at my dad's rehab facility was very kind and helpful.

Good luck, good thoughts, and best wishes coming at you from across the country. And hoping for Mavis to gain strength, too.