The postcards marked urgent and “third notice” began arriving about a year ago, heralding what? James Williams didn’t know.
They invaded the 76-year-old’s mailbox weekly. “How much longer before I hear from you!?!?” one card shouted. “I’ve done all I can to reach you,” another pleads.
While the formats vary, including handwritten letters that upon closer inspection are computer generated fakes, the message is the same: someone desperately wants to buy his home, which isn’t for sale.
“What’s up with everyone wanting this property?” asked Williams, who sees no reason why his 700-square-foot, one-bedroom, wood-frame rental home in Westgate would be real estate’s deal of the century.
