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Post by gynergy on Apr 26, 2020 19:40:26 GMT
Is she such a big "influencer" that she has to tag everything in every story? I went to hear for myself the addiction stories because that pisses me off (I just lost a sister-in-law, who was your "typical suburban mom") and she even tagged the puzzle company. Thirsty much? I’m so sorry for you & your family’s loss. Addiction is cruel & doesn’t discriminate. Those who spread misinformation about recovery, etc, are abhorrent.
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Post by crafty on Apr 27, 2020 13:24:54 GMT
Is she such a big "influencer" that she has to tag everything in every story? I went to hear for myself the addiction stories because that pisses me off (I just lost a sister-in-law, who was your "typical suburban mom") and she even tagged the puzzle company. Thirsty much? I’m so sorry for you & your family’s loss. Addiction is cruel & doesn’t discriminate. Those who spread misinformation about recovery, etc, are abhorrent. Thank you. Those outside the family are so "shocked" and I'm shocked that people still believe that addiction can't happen to anyone. People like Becky that live in a bubble and then become experts are scary.
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MerryMom
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Post by MerryMom on Apr 28, 2020 4:14:37 GMT
BH cluelessness to sack the scrapbooking or memory keeping business wasn’t a good business move IMHO. But it’s her business and if she wants to morph it to her being an “ influencer”, fine that’s her decision. Her overpriced house designed to be a showpiece, meh whatever. Her constant asking for opinions so that she can get her validation from her sheeple whilst criticizing those who have a different opinion, meh I don’t care because I don’t respond. Those who pay a lot of money for fancy notebooks, whatever. I use the composition notebooks when they are a dime apiece during school supply shopping. Her “panic attack” that she perceived as this major (for her) mental breakdown, whatever, she’s as clueless about mental health as she is her business.
All of the above is why I don’t follow her on social media. I won’t be part of contributing to ANY type of income for her.
Peddling dangerous “addiction treatment” reaches a new low even for her. At this point the entertainment value in watching her train wreck isn’t worth following her on social media. Please join me and others in NOT contributing to any income for her and unfollow her.
Crickets is the best response now to her.
ETA: I don’t mean to sound preachy about what I typed above.
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Post by rune2484 on Apr 28, 2020 6:07:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 9:09:48 GMT
That home is beautiful! That price! WOW! I can't wrap my head around that she foreclosed on a half a million dollar home by choice. To have all that money and a beautiful home like that to foreclose it because it wasn't perfect enough? I think it's criminal and disgusting. I think about all those people who lost their homes in the 2008 recession and those who might lose their home with the Covid fallout and she forecloses so she can have a dream home. She is a vile human being.
I hope somebody decent will be able to purchase the home and bring love to it. Poor home dumped because it wasn't perfect enough. Whoever purchases I hope they burn a lot of sage. That poor home must have a lot of negative energy always being looked at like it wasn't perfect or good enough and then thrown to the side like an unloved toy.
I don't know anything about Arizona's housing market. I know in mine if a home is foreclosed like that the bank is taking a loss on it, especially now with the housing market being so wobbly in certain cities. My area homes are actually below market price as an average and that home would still go for at least 1.5 million.
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Post by lasteve1 on Apr 28, 2020 12:30:15 GMT
rune2484 thanks for sharing! There are some interesting design choices in that house, but it definitely was a fully upgraded home at the time it was built and is very nice. If you look at the price history it seems like they bought it in 2007 and they borrowed money against it shortly afterwards, they actually seemed to have a mortgage against it for nearly $200,000 more than it's listed for now. My guess is they owed more than it was worth because they bought it at the peak of the bubble and then the bubble burst. They should've sold it themselves and then paid the difference. I would guess that maybe they refused to list it for less than they owed on it and it was overpriced and wouldn't sell but they couldn't bear to reduce the price so they walked away instead. That doesn't excuse walking away from it when they could clearly have afforded it..But it does give an explanation for why they did what they did.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 13:46:46 GMT
rune2484 thanks for sharing! There are some interesting design choices in that house, but it definitely was a fully upgraded home at the time it was built and is very nice. If you look at the price history it seems like they bought it in 2007 and they borrowed money against it shortly afterwards, they actually seemed to have a mortgage against it for nearly $200,000 more than it's listed for now. My guess is they owed more than it was worth because they bought it at the peak of the bubble and then the bubble burst. They should've sold it themselves and then paid the difference. I would guess that maybe they refused to list it for less than they owed on it and it was overpriced and wouldn't sell but they couldn't bear to reduce the price so they walked away instead. That doesn't excuse walking away from it when they could clearly have afforded it..But it does give an explanation for why they did what they did. A shitty, shitty thing to do. Esp when they are IN NO WAY hurting financially having a highly-paid doc and the millions Becky made on PL for YEARS. Disgusting. I bet they're also the kind who rail at "the poor with their hands out for free stuff".
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 28, 2020 14:21:34 GMT
What a loser. But she'l never feel embarrassed or conflicted about it.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Apr 28, 2020 17:14:44 GMT
Oh great, I took a break, didn't miss the Becky updates at all but then I return and she's peddling "religious addiction treatment." She's really going for the Booty bingo card, isn't she? In case anyone lurking here was considering Becky's religious therapy for addiction, please don't. Just don't. It doesn't work. It isn't science-based and you or your loved one are not failing because you lack will. You can't be coached into quitting substance abuse like that. Don't fall for it, don't spend money on it, don't let a religion lure you into their midst with false claims and hope-peddling (whichever religion it is), don't waste your precious time on something that isn't science-backed. Addiction is so much more than will! It requires so much more than just a little belief and some pixie dust à la Peter Pan. I lost a parent to substance abuse (and decades before he actually passed away from it too). I understand your grief. But don't fall for it. There are so many good, science-based and science-backed treatment options available. Know that it's a lifelong struggle and that recovery comes in waves. Don't ever think you or your loved one simply lack belief or will if you/they "fail" and relapse either. It's a long and hard path. It doesn't always have a happy ending. But you can't religion or believe yourself out of this.
She went from WTF-are-you-thinking to 100%-pure-unfiltered-dislike over the past couple of years for me. I am not mentally prepared to go check her IG nonsense right now. You ladies have done a great job keeping us all informed. Thank you. ❤️
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 28, 2020 17:17:44 GMT
She went from WTF-are-you-thinking to 100%-pure-unfiltered-dislike over the past couple of years for me. I am not mentally prepared to go check your IG nonsense right now. You ladies have done a great job keeping us all informed. Thank you. ❤️ LOL at your 'Booty Bingo Card" comment! I'd love to see the choices on that bingo card, if Becky is working on completing a 'black-out' card for you, lol. And yeah, I can only take Becky in (extremely) small doses, spread our very far apart, and ONLY if accompanied by the snark here. Pure and unfiltered "Becky nonsense" of ANY sort is nausea-inducing for me. (I liked your 'pure-unfiltered-dislike' comment so much that I used the very same phrase... it's a good one for this situation. Becky can only be taken in small doses or the sickeningly-sweet saccharine word salad can rot your brain, apparently.)
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Post by pancakes on Apr 28, 2020 17:46:09 GMT
I love the outdoor space but man, some of those interior design choices...and some weird retrofit renovation decisions... I’m actually NOT surprised this home didn’t sell on the regular market. It’s theoretically move in ready, but there is a lot of cosmetic/small reno stuff that would need to get done to make it more appealing to buyers. Also, the carpet is buckling in the basement...I wonder if it was just not installed correctly or if there is water damage.
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Post by miss2peas on Apr 28, 2020 19:44:36 GMT
I love the outdoor space but man, some of those interior design choices...and some weird retrofit renovation decisions... I’m actually NOT surprised this home didn’t sell on the regular market. It’s theoretically move in ready, but there is a lot of cosmetic/small reno stuff that would need to get done to make it more appealing to buyers. Also, the carpet is buckling in the basement...I wonder if it was just not installed correctly or if there is water damage. I remember her talking about this before and maybe even mentioning it in reference to not wanting any carpet in the new home.
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Post by miss2peas on Apr 28, 2020 19:55:05 GMT
I was just thinking what the neighbors think about the home being foreclosed on. I wonder if they know or if they think it just went up for sale.
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Post by crafty on Apr 28, 2020 20:05:54 GMT
The whole foreclosure thing is just so weird to me. I like to approach decisions with the lens of "what is the purpose of this?". Of course I am not a part of David and Becky Higgins conversations, but from the public information she shares they didn't downsize, have to move across the country, or stop vacationing to do everything they could to stop the foreclosure from occurring. When the value of the house depreciates that much, most people hold on waiting for the market to change, do a short sale and buy a more modest home, or refinance but stay put. David and Becky Higgins seemingly walked away and upgrade majorly their house to what seems like a ploy to keep up with Becky Proudfit and her husband. She's mentioned repeatedly they are now in the same neighborhood. I'm sure that this new house was part of an "intentional" plan and will allow her family to "cultivate" a picture perfect life, but you can't hid from the truth. Heck, I would have more respect for her if it was in foreclosure and they moved into a tiny modest rental.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 28, 2020 23:54:22 GMT
I'm surprised there's only four bedrooms. I have a four bedroom house that is about 2000 square feet! Two of them are quite small, but I'd want at least one more in a 5000 square foot home. I guess some of those rooms like her old craft room could be converted.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 28, 2020 23:58:42 GMT
All of this information is public. Her new home's estimated value is $1,013,000. It's almost 8K square feet. Trust me, she's not keeping up with Becky Proudfit. The Proudfit home is a tract home in comparison. I assume it was some creative accounting to get out of the old and into the new house without losing money. Like I said, losers. They didn't have to move, they didn't lose their jobs (hmmm...), there wasn't some catastrophic event that forced them to foreclose on their house. They feel entitled to fuck the mortgage company because they wanted a bigger house and couldn't sell the old one for what they owed. They probably consider it a victimless crime. They are the type of takers who make it harder to get a mortgage for everyday folks who aren't gaming the system.
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Post by joblackford on Apr 29, 2020 2:22:58 GMT
I noticed that they rolled quite a bit of extra money into their original loan, on top of buying at the top of the market! Ouch. And 2 years later the new loan was for the same amount ? So they didn’t pay off anything at all of their loan (which was already more than what they paid for the house by almost $60k) in the first 2 years they lived there? What’s up with that? Seems like they just treaded (some very deep) water... I don’t get any of this at all. I couldn’t handle the stress... keeping up this front of being successful and decent people.
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Post by camcas on Apr 29, 2020 6:41:47 GMT
Like the train wreck you can’t look away from I did check today insta-.....baaaaaaaad
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Post by miss2peas on Apr 29, 2020 12:16:42 GMT
I noticed that they rolled quite a bit of extra money into their original loan, on top of buying at the top of the market! Ouch. And 2 years later the new loan was for the same amount ? So they didn’t pay off anything at all of their loan (which was already more than what they paid for the house by almost $60k) in the first 2 years they lived there? What’s up with that? Seems like they just treaded (some very deep) water... I don’t get any of this at all. I couldn’t handle the stress... keeping up this front of being successful and decent people. I am not positive but I believe I seen a small purchase on that property before the 855,000 one. Maybe they bought the land and then that was the total of the build and the land.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 29, 2020 13:24:19 GMT
It looks like they bought the land the new house is on for $184k quite a while ago.
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Apr 29, 2020 16:00:08 GMT
Guys!!! Mark your calanders!!! 2, yes 2 new notebooks launching THIS Friday at Noon/9am PT!! Get ready refupeas, cause I know none of us wanna miss out this go round on these awesome, special BH notebooks!!! >insert biggest fricken eyeroll ever!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 29, 2020 16:08:46 GMT
"Hello! ready for an update on some exciting things?? let's do this!!" ( ) two new notebooks on friday, everyone! set your alarm, or arrange with a friend to buy you one, if you can't be online when they go on sale! and a new audio course launching next week... we'll hear all about it SOON. (well, hell- like when, the day before it launches?!? How much sooner can you GET, anyway?!?) and check out her stories if you're 'new around here' and want to know what she and her brand are about. thanks for posting the link to that video, but blech!! no thanks, I'll pass.
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Post by questioning on Apr 29, 2020 16:08:50 GMT
The house foreclosure astounds me. Yes, people do it, yes for reasons other than complete bankruptcy. But do they usually trumpet their new custom home? NO. Was the original house owned by an LLC or some sort of Higgins business entity that made reshuffling finances necessary?
The mormon family I knew growing up downsized from a beautiful truly custom home (with LDS sized pantries) as the successful business Dad rose higher in the church ranks. It was such a backstep the moms in my neighborhood debated where the line is drawn between providing for you family vs church obligations.
I thought maybe that was LDS 1970s style, until I met a young woman here. Her father is also high ranking and they live modestly below their means, in a tract house they bought 30 years ago, etc.
It's been different to learn through scrapbooking how appearance driven and materialistic mormon culture is. No different than prosperity theology evangelicals - in fact maybe worse.
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Post by questioning on Apr 29, 2020 16:12:04 GMT
And another thing... It disgusts me for her to play this off like it's so hard. She made the business decisions that got her here. She had a loyal group of followers begging for more.
To equate this to those losing their livelihood to the pandemic is just selfish and rude. (I know this has been said, but it's been digging at me.)
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Post by crafty on Apr 29, 2020 16:16:04 GMT
Let's not forget that she's instagramming from her second home-a "cabin" somewhere.
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Post by MerryMom on Apr 29, 2020 16:21:49 GMT
Trying to find the “blessing” in my experience of telling children that their parent died from overdose. Maybe an overpriced notebook to journal my intentional feelings would help. . Maybe my angst is that I am choosing to not embrace this as part of my intentional journey.
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Post by questioning on Apr 29, 2020 16:27:31 GMT
Let's not forget that she's instagramming from her second home-a "cabin" somewhere. Oh good grief! I'm sorry, MerryMom.
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Post by auntmimi on Apr 29, 2020 16:45:50 GMT
She is completely rebranding her website and this "getting to know me" IG stories are just an attempt to refresh her image there also. She touts her podcasts and notebooks more than she's touted PL or the app in years.
She has a second home in Flagstaff, AZ that they go to all of the time. Flouting that on top of everything else is just plain tacky.
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 29, 2020 16:59:46 GMT
In one of the instagram stories I regret looking at she says she wants to EMPOWER us to remember our agency as we choose the stories we want to tell. First of all, WTH does that even mean? And second, does one need to feel EMPOWERED to scrapbook??
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Post by nicolep on Apr 29, 2020 17:22:00 GMT
Ok, this is going to sound stupid but please share how you were able to share her story!
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