Chapter 1430 Hot Potato (2/2)

Marcos smiled and said, ”I noticed that you never once looked at your phone the entire time. Don't you have a partner? Or didn't your partner go to the location of the house?”

Li Du said, ”Is there a need for that?”

Marcos nodded. ”Yes, absolutely. You will learn very soon that it is necessary!”

He did not say what exactly was going on, but only dropped a few ambiguous sentences before leaving.

Later, more house-pickers walked over. They smiled and said, ”You're really well-to-do, buddy. However, the more money you have, the more losses you suffer. Rich but silly, how pitiful.”

”Hope that you won't cry too much, haha.”

”That's 400,000 you've put in. If this money comes from a bank loan, then you better get ready to run away or jump off a building.”

There had to be some issue with the house, that was obvious. However, Li Du did not know what the problem was.

Similarly, it was obvious that none of those house-pickers had any intention to tell him. They were all here to mock him. In their eyes, Li Du was the enemy.

Li Du found a very experienced and respectable property agent. He was Snyder Tilav, a black man who looked down-to-earth.

The procedure for the transaction was complex. The paperwork was also complicated. It was more appropriate for a professional to handle those. Although he would have to spend some money on that, he would hopefully be able to avoid trouble.

Li Du engaged Snyder and then asked him about the situation at the beach manor.

After hearing Li Du out, Snyder looked clueless and said, ”There's no issue with the paperwork for the manor. I've looked at it beforehand. Sorry, pal, I'm not sure where exactly there's a problem.”

Not long later, Lu Guan returned and said, ”Boss, I know what happened. We've run into trouble.”

Li Du said, ”Tell me.”

”The name of the beach manor is Sunshine Jazz, but it is also known as Dark Villain because its current owner is a well-known gangster in Santa Monica.”

”This gangster leader has been put into jail by the federal police. That's because he has been avoiding paying the property tax, and also because he had been unable to pay the government fines for crimes. That's why Sunshine Jazz was confiscated by the government.”

”But although the bastard was sent to prison, he still has a lot of men outside. At the beginning of the auction, some of his people had gone down to the manor, warning the house-pickers who were there that they would torture to death whoever bought the house.”

”That means to say, this house is trouble?” Li Du frowned.

Lu Guan nodded helplessly.

It was no wonder that those house-pickers told him that he should leave his partner to hang around the house while he participated in the bidding. It turned out that during the auction, the original homeowner had appeared and issued a warning.

Li Du realized that he had fallen for the plot. The house-pickers had not even intended to fork out 200,000 for the house. They did not want to provoke the local gangsters. They had only placed bids so that it would cost Li Du more.

They stopped bidding at 400,000 because they were afraid that Li Du would quit if the price went higher. Then, the house would land in their hands. After all, they were not sure what Li Du's budget threshold was.

Of course, that was only his conjecture. It could also be that the heavy-weight house-pickers felt that at 400,000, it was not worth getting in trouble for the house. If the price was lower than that, perhaps there would be some value in taking the risk.

Regardless, he was sure that the house was a hot potato and the house-pickers believed it would burn his hands.