In yet one more sad sign of the troubled times we are going through, here in America, The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Lisa Wu-Hartwell and her husband, ex Oakland Raiders footballer, Ed Hartwell, lost their very expensive house on August 4, 2009.Just a couple days ago I watched the "Lost Footage" episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. One piece of that lost footage was a long segment showing a party at the Hartwell's former mansion. It was a bowling party. The Hartwells had installed a bowling alley in their basement. They even had bowling shoes in various sizes, just like a regular bowling alley.
I remember thinking, while watching the bowling in the basement, that that seemed like a rather outrageous extravagance, but if they can afford it, and want it, more power to them.
The Hartwell's bought their former mansion, in 2007, for almost $3 million. They tried to restructure their loan, just like so many others who have now lost their homes. But, a restructuring deal could not be worked out, the Hartwells defaulted, with the bank quickly selling the house for a bit less than $2 million.
A spokesperson for Lisa says the Hartwells are doing just fine. And have moved into their new house which sits on a 10 acre lot. How did they manage that, I can not help but wonder?
From what we've seen of the Hartwells on the new episodes of the Atlanta housewives it has appeared that they were only ones to have weathered the economic storm without setback. The Hartwell's storm came after filming ended, apparently.
Below is the first part of the default/foreclosure court papers filed on August 4.
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