Episode 08 “ PLAN C: FALLING FORWARD” 2009-2010 Housing Price Rebounds
Episode 08 “ PLAN C: FALLING FORWARD” 2009-2010 Housing Price Rebounds
Colin and Samantha sit side by side on moving boxes intheir emptied NYC condo, financial papers spread betweenthem like battle plans. The foreclosure notices for theirManhattan condo have stopped arriving—not because thethreat has passed, but because legal limbo has swallowedthem whole.
Colin and Samantha sit side by side on moving boxes intheir emptied NYC condo, financial papers spread betweenthem like battle plans. The foreclosure notices for theirManhattan condo have stopped arriving—not because thethreat has passed, but because legal limbo has swallowedthem whole.
Each setback reveals a hidden opportunity: bankruptcyprotection denied? Perfect—more time to accumulate rentalprofits from the very condo the bank is trying to claim.Their foreclosure has become their funding, the legalsystem’s slowness their secret weapon as they live in CT.
“Remember when we were first dating, and I promisedsomeday we’d sail around the world?” he asks. Samanthanods, remembering the ambitious young man who’d capturedher heart with impossible promises. “What if we did itnow, when everyone thinks we’re finished? they plan theirnext impossible dream: cashing in what legal settlementsthey have, flying to Germany to buy a yacht, and takingtheir daughters on the journey of a lifetime.
The foundation lawsuit mediation unfolds with HarveySpecter breaking the fourth wall, explaining settlementstrategy to Martha Stewart over scotch: “Sometimes whenyou’re backed against the wall, your only move is throughit.” The settlement money isn’t just cash—it’s validationthat their fight wasn’t futile.
(EST 60 min episode duration)