Just wanted to give an update. I found an attorney in South Florida who will be representing us in our lawsuit against the broker, appraiser and lender. I also got a call from the State of Florida's investigator regarding the status of my claim against the appraiser. They have been investigating them for the past 7 months regarding the appraisal of our home. They found probable cause the appraiser made errors in our appraisal - which is great news! This appraiser called and threatened me after the State started the investigation. They overinflated the square footage by 228 sq ft. and the value by $25,000.00. The appraiser was
not hired by the lender. They had checked the value of a home we had a contract on prior to the purchase of our home and they correctly told us the home was over-priced; they should have done the same thing in this case yet they didn't. In fact, they are the one who e-mailed us MLS listings and our home was one of them. I am so looking forward to litigating this case against them, if they decide to continue after the State's probable cause letter and they have to respond!!!
