KC folk kicked out of their home for X-mas

Tess Koppleman files an amazing story that will put everyone in the holiday spirit.

Apparently, a local rent to own scam deal went south and people who paid their mortgages are getting left out in the cold (literally) because the Subprime crisis STILL has not taught mortgage lenders to stop trying to get rich off of numbers games.

Below are some details . . . Check out the whole story for the rest:

Several Metro area families have been getting foreclosure notices in the mail just in time for Christmas.

The catch is they were in a "rent to own" contract and they said they were making their payments to the developer. So why is the bank foreclosing?

Ramos and her husband thought they were buying their house from developer Ed Bonuchi. Now they're told they have to be out January 4. Ramos' records show she paid every month, although she was late sometimes.

Some investors told her a different story.

"He said this month you're six to seven months behind," Ramos said.

A lawyer told her not to pay until she knows Bonuchi's paying the bank and that's when Bonuchi left this voice mail:

"If you wanna buy it, great and if you don't, start packing because your days are numbered," he said.

Apparently, the story is getting a lot of play on Fox 4 and in local message boards. Personally, this kind of situation is why home ownership has never been a dream of mine . . . Also it reminds me that it's impossible to pay bills with X-mas "spirit" no matter how cute TV specials happen to be . . . TKC Question: Do they still run those specials with the current Writer's Strike?