'Flip This House' star indicted in Travis County

[Texas53]

'Flip This House' star indicted in Travis County
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA022208.fliphouse.EN.1a99226d.html

Trina, I saw this and posted for you and other Flip That House fans. The brothers still live here in San Antonio. David is divorced, in a law suit for a questionable real estate deal, Armando wrote a book "Flip It Now", tried to sell it for $200 per book, and I saw the books on Ebay the other day. Armando is also in the middle of a divorce, too.

I didn't know about the lawsuits by NEISD and Bexar County against them. Wow!

I guess the economy worsened for these guys sooner then the rest of the country. :D

However, news from other areas of the country and world doesn't always reach our media outlets in San Antonio as soon as other cities. :rolleye0001:

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Well - Flip This house and Flip That house are actually different shows. I remember these guys - they looked shady right from the start - Armando looked really too slick and a little slimy. I liked the original Flip organization - Richard Davis or some such? They seemed like they would cut corners on buracracy sometimes, but were honest and tried to give back to a fair degree.

[Texas53]

Well - Flip This house and Flip That house are actually different shows. I remember these guys - they looked shady right from the start - Armando looked really too slick and a little slimy. I liked the original Flip organization - Richard Davis or some such? They seemed like they would cut corners on buracracy sometimes, but were honest and tried to give back to a fair degree.


I loved the shows with Richard Davis. I checked his company out and he has a good rep. Armando has a stormy temper and macho BS attitude. IMO

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Oh yeah - I forgot the macho BS - he had a huge case of that. Took just a few minutes of watching to decide the episodes with these idiots would not be fun.

[TeeOne]

Well I liked to watch Armando in action, he was so mean to all he contractors...I was surprised any of them stayed. I thought Veronica was really pretty. I liked David better since the show where he wouldn't just paint over the cockroach infested walls. I think that is right before the brothers parted ways.
I know they were shady, but sometimes it's fun to watch.
I wish the Veronica and Malina good luck!

[Texas53]

Well I liked to watch Armando in action, he was so mean to all he contractors...I was surprised any of them stayed. I thought Veronica was really pretty. I liked David better since the show where he wouldn't just paint over the cockroach infested walls. I think that is right before the brothers parted ways.
I know they were shady, but sometimes it's fun to watch.
I wish the Veronica and Malina good luck!


So far neither Montelongo has filed Bankruptcy. But just in case, these marriages are ending at a good time for the ladies and their kids. JMO

[TeeOne]

So far neither Montelongo has filed Bankruptcy. But just in case, these marriages are ending at a good time for the ladies and their kids. JMO

Did Armando and Veronica still have one little boy and David and Malina have just the one girl?

[5boxersmom]

I liked Richards team the best also.

I wonder if these divorces are so they can keep some of their capital? To me it just sounds like something Armando would do.

[Texas53]

I liked Richards team the best also.

I wonder if these divorces are so they can keep some of their capital? To me it just sounds like something Armando would do.


Actually, the women filed. Unless the women are officers of the corporations and shown as such in the formation of the business and corporation in the State of Texas, the guys would have no problem keeping the capital in their companies. However, they do have to pay child support, and if the marriage was 10 yrs or more, the X-Wife can ask for alimony. Texas is community property and otherwise not an alimony state, unless requested and the marriage lasted 10 or more years.

Trina: Armando has one boy (he calls Mando Man), and David has 2 kids, boy & girl, but I can't remember their names.

[5boxersmom]

Actually, the women filed. Unless the women are officers of the corporations and shown as such in the formation of the business and corporation in the State of Texas, the guys would have no problem keeping the capital in their companies. However, they do have to pay child support, and if the marriage was 10 yrs or more, the X-Wife can ask for alimony. Texas is community property and otherwise not an alimony state, unless requested and the marriage lasted 10 or more years.

Trina: Armando has one boy (he calls Mando Man), and David has 2 kids, boy & girl, but I can't remember their names.

What I meant was to hide it from lawsuits and bankrupcy court. If they divorce and the women take half. I have seen alot of speculation as to Hulk Hogan and his wife doing the same thing.

[TeeOne]

What I meant was to hide it from lawsuits and bankrupcy court. If they divorce and the women take half. I have seen alot of speculation as to Hulk Hogan and his wife doing the same thing.

I read in one of my trash mags yesterday that the cause of Hulk's divorce was Linda's drinking. But if I remember correctly she filed,, so I doubt that is the case. I heard they decided on divorce to save half of their money from their son's accident lawsuit.
Hum I wonder how long Armonda and Veronica have been married, same with David. See here in MI, we just don't get much news about them.
I like the Richard Flip Show also, they seem much more up and up. I've seen them do some really cool charity jobs. I like the girl, but can't recall her name.

[Texas53]

Trademark Realty (Richard Davis) is suing A&E:http://www.flipthislawsuit.com/files/66.pdf
http://www.flipthislawsuit.com/files/071025DktRpt.pdf

This may be why Richard David moved to the TLC Network.

[Texas53]

More on Montelongo headaches. They have a boat load of homes in foreclosure: Montelongo Foreclosure and Court Activity

Court documents:
http://www.flipthislawsuit.com/files/montelongo/lit/070824safc.pdf

Foreclosed properties in Bexar County (San Antonio) and Travis County:

Additionally, public records searches have uncovered additional foreclosures and civil cases, all of which may be of interest to our readers. Due to the high cost of copying, some of the civil cases only include dockets, and some foreclosures do not include deeds or trust and acquisition deeds.

Properties:

1139 Lombrano Trustee Sale
114 Repose Deed of Trust
114 Repose Trustee Sale
114 Repose Warranty Deed
131 Bristol Deed of Trust
131 Bristol Trustee Sale
131 Bristol Warranty Deed
1410 Thorain Trustee Sale
1419 Woodlawn Trustee Sale
158 Ballard Deed of Trust
158 Ballard Trustee Sale
158 Ballard Warranty Deed
238 Basswood Deed of Trust
238 Basswood Trustee Sale
238 Basswood Warranty Deed
254 St Francis Deed of Trust
254 St Francis Trustee Sale
254 St Francis Warranty Deed
3123 Hicks Trustee Sale
Camada Trustee Sale
Colina Moderena Trustee Sale
Devoto Trustee Sale
F Street Trustee Sale
Gardina Trustee Sale
Gibbs Sprawl Trustee Sale
Jefferson Trustee Sale
Kashmuir Trustee Sale
Lennon Trustee Sale
Pleasure Park Trustee Sale
Rivas Trustee Sale
Rose Trustee Sale
Rosewood Trustee Sale
San Carlos Trustee Sale
San Eduardo Trustee Sale
Topeka Trustee Sale
Weidner Trustee Sale
Winnepeg Trustee Sale

Civil Cases:

Allison, et al v Armando Montelongo LTD, et al
Bexar County, et al v Montelongo Acquisitions Inc, et al
Escalante, et al v Montelongo Developments LLC, et al
Montelongo v Waring Investments, Inc.
Olsen, et al v Montelongo Inc, et al
Summers v Armando Montelongo, et al

Thus far, the producers of Flip This House have been unwilling to show viewers less than successful results. As the market declines, property flippers across the country are suddenly finding that they’ve overbuilt, overpaid, or overestimated demand in their areas. Now is a perfect opportunity for A&E to show the bad, as well as the good.

Failure can often be more educational than success.


If you go to the link for the article, you can scroll down and look at each property individually. Montelongo Developments LLC is David's Company. Montelongo Aquisitions and Mandoman Management is Armamdo's companies.

[TeeOne]

OMgosh - how do two brothers get into that much legal trouble when their show looked so successful....I'm pretty shocked!

[Texas53]

New Trouble For Armando Montelongo
http://www.propertyflippinginfo.com/trouble-for-armando.html
http://www.armandomontelongo.com/armando_montelongo.php
http://www.buyflipitnow.com/
http://kellitx.armandomontelongo.com/
This man has more websites. Check out this last one. (most recent)

Richard Davis vs. Armando Montelongo - Flip This House
http://www.propertyflippinginfo.com/davis-montelongo.html

Richard Davis, professional and respected
Montelongos less than professional, respected and sham artists

Trademark Properties
http://www.propertyflippinginfo.com/richard-davis.html

Richard C. Davis, CEO Trademark Properties
http://www.propertyflippinginfo.com/richard-c-davis.html

[Texas53]

http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=c7e3851d-b7db-4800-bb06-93e31be3546b&rss=68

Read the comment at the end of this article. Seems Montelongo had his workers hook up to the next door neighbors water illegally and the man had to run Montelongo down just to get his money!

[Texas53]

http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=c7e3851d-b7db-4800-bb06-93e31be3546b&rss=68

Read the comment at the end of this article. Seems Montelongo had his workers hook up to the next door neighbors water illegally and the man had to run Montelongo down just to get his money!

[TeeOne]

wow - what a line he has...so I take it there is no season four.
have to run and get my hair done, will be back later....

[TeeOne]

http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=c7e3851d-b7db-4800-bb06-93e31be3546b&rss=68

Read the comment at the end of this article. Seems Montelongo had his workers hook up to the next door neighbors water illegally and the man had to run Montelongo down just to get his money!


Did you catch the comment on the next reply that Armondo will have his next show soon called "Flip This Cell"
:girl_haha:

[5boxersmom]

I read in one of my trash mags yesterday that the cause of Hulk's divorce was Linda's drinking. But if I remember correctly she filed,, so I doubt that is the case. I heard they decided on divorce to save half of their money from their son's accident lawsuit.
Hum I wonder how long Armonda and Veronica have been married, same with David. See here in MI, we just don't get much news about them.
I like the Richard Flip Show also, they seem much more up and up. I've seen them do some really cool charity jobs. I like the girl, but can't recall her name.


That's what I wonder about the Montelongo's. The wives got their half before any lawsuits were filed. So half their money is safe.

[TeeOne]

That's what I wonder about the Montelongo's. The wives got their half before any lawsuits were filed. So half their money is safe.

Oh so it was a plan to save the money - got ya....:zm10::zm10:

[Try2Win]

'Flip This House' star indicted in Travis County
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA022208.fliphouse.EN.1a99226d.html

Trina, I saw this and posted for you and other Flip That House fans. The brothers still live here in San Antonio. David is divorced, in a law suit for a questionable real estate deal, Armando wrote a book "Flip It Now", tried to sell it for $200 per book, and I saw the books on Ebay the other day. Armando is also in the middle of a divorce, too.

I didn't know about the lawsuits by NEISD and Bexar County against them. Wow!

I guess the economy worsened for these guys sooner then the rest of the country. :D

However, news from other areas of the country and world doesn't always reach our media outlets in San Antonio as soon as other cities. :rolleye0001:

I love Armando, but his kid is a spoiled brat. JMO

[TeeOne]

I love Armando, but his kid is a spoiled brat. JMO

Funny how we love the bad guy, the underdog...I know I go there often. Some people see it as a fault, I don't really see it like that...lol

[SaberGal]

Never cared for the Montelongo's - they seemed, at times, "ethically challenged" to me. Not to mention I couldn't stand the way the older one would talk to the workers at times.

Richard Davis' Trademark group is much more my cup of tea. They are out to make a profit too but not at the expense of their good name. I've never seen them try and "get out" of making necessary repairs or covering up problems like I've seen on the Montelongo episodes more than once. The biggest difference I see between the Montelongo's and Trademark is that Trademark will take a cut in their profit to ensure that their customer is getting a good home and not being taken advantage of. Seemed to me that the Montelongo's too often just tried to rip people off to make a buck.

JMHO

[SaberGal]

Funny how we love the bad guy, the underdog...I know I go there often. Some people see it as a fault, I don't really see it like that...lol

I root for the underdog too....in this case, I think the Montelongo's clients were the underdog though....

jmo

[Texas53]

I root for the underdog too....in this case, I think the Montelongo's clients were the underdog though....

jmo

Do you remember the show where the Montelongo's started working on a house (upstairs apt/downstairs apt) and they had not bothered to get their permits? In fact, the City of San Antonio had already condemned the building. He had some people coming in to provide him with capital for the job and didn't want them to know and almost got caught by them.

It was at that moment, I realized they were shady and crooked. IMO

If Armando doesn't settle his lawsuits and make some payments of money, he can start a show, "Flip That Jail".

[SaberGal]

Do you remember the show where the Montelongo's started working on a house (upstairs apt/downstairs apt) and they had not bothered to get their permits? In fact, the City of San Antonio had already condemned the building. He had some people coming in to provide him with capital for the job and didn't want them to know and almost got caught by them.

It was at that moment, I realized they were shady and crooked. IMO

If Armando doesn't settle his lawsuits and make some payments of money, he can start a show, "Flip That Jail".

Yes...I remember that episode....shady. I gotta say I thought they were arrogant and shady from the very first episode - the one where they needed to get their picture taken and Armondo gave a $0 budget for this. I remember thinking just how cheap is this guy? And I wondered what else he was cheap about - I certainly wouldn't buy a "flipped" house from him. I'm not against saving money when possible but not at the expense of ripping someone else off.

[TeeOne]

Yes...I remember that episode....shady. I gotta say I thought they were arrogant and shady from the very first episode - the one where they needed to get their picture taken and Armondo gave a $0 budget for this. I remember thinking just how cheap is this guy? And I wondered what else he was cheap about - I certainly wouldn't buy a "flipped" house from him. I'm not against saving money when possible but not at the expense of ripping someone else off.

yeah the zero budget was for their photo for advertising. Malana took the challenge, wasn't even set back by her zero budget.
Okay, I know they are shady, but I still liked to watch the show. To me their show and Richards show is two different shows. Richards seem much more professional and legit.

[Texas53]

yeah the zero budget was for their photo for advertising. Malana took the challenge, wasn't even set back by her zero budget.
Okay, I know they are shady, but I still liked to watch the show. To me their show and Richards show is two different shows. Richards seem much more professional and legit.


I have a feeling Montelongo won't have a new season of Flip That House. There was another flipper in Atlanta who got caught for almost the same reason. He no longer flips at all.

[TeeOne]

I have a feeling Montelongo won't have a new season of Flip That House. There was another flipper in Atlanta who got caught for almost the same reason. He no longer flips at all.

Well then this makes me think of Dog in some strange way....

I also watch the one time flippers, but I can't relate to them as much, since they come on once and then are gone.

[TeeOne]

lol= I think the condemmed complex show is gonna be on at 11....funny we were just talking about that one....

[TeeOne]

I caught a rerun of a Armando Flip show this past weekend, one in which he really lost his temper. He was yelling, sweating, throwing things...very ugly.
Then they played an advertisement where A&E will be featuring him in another season. I thouhgt he was all washed up.....

[5boxersmom]

I caught a rerun of a Armando Flip show this past weekend, one in which he really lost his temper. He was yelling, sweating, throwing things...very ugly.
Then they played an advertisement where A&E will be featuring him in another season. I thouhgt he was all washed up.....

I saw that preview too. I was wondering when it was filmed.

[TeeOne]

I saw that preview too. I was wondering when it was filmed.

Yeah, like before he split with his wife or not. I have a feeling it's not gonna be an easy divorce....or maybe it's already final.

[TeeOne]

I watched an Armando flip yesterday. It was one where Armando and his foreman took one side of the house and Victoria and a contractor took the other side of the house. The bet was on and the losers were to die their hair blonde and red. Well Armando ran into some mold issues and he had to die his hair blonde...it wasn't pretty!
Funny, watching the episode you could clearly tell that Armando and Victoria were no longer happily married, but it was still fun to watch. His brother Dave and wife were not on the show at all.

[Texas53]

I just saw an issue of San Antonio Scene (it's magazine about people in the social scene) where they did a story on him and his wife before they split.

I watched that same show. During the show his intern was going to cut corners since he had learned from the best. Luckily, the sheet rock had to be pulled out and the mold fixed!

I wonder if A&E Network actually know about the indictment. Its a felony if he is convicted and could give him up to 10 yrs in prison. Unless he makes some type of plea bargain or pays the people.

[TeeOne]

I just saw an issue of San Antonio Scene (it's magazine about people in the social scene) where they did a story on him and his wife before they split.

I watched that same show. During the show his intern was going to cut corners since he had learned from the best. Luckily, the sheet rock had to be pulled out and the mold fixed!

I wonder if A&E Network actually know about the indictment. Its a felony if he is convicted and could give him up to 10 yrs in prison. Unless he makes some type of plea bargain or pays the people.

Now that Armando and Victoria are divorced, I like the show better and I hope she stays on the show!
I would think that A&E would check out all ppl that they are featuring in a show....but who knows.

[Texas53]

There was a guy in Atlanta that flipped houses and scammed people who was shown on Flip That House. It took them 2 produced season before they took him off.

[TeeOne]

There was a guy in Atlanta that flipped houses and scammed people who was shown on Flip That House. It took them 2 produced season before they took him off.

Not the one with the girl Ginger, right?

[Texas53]

Not the one with the girl Ginger, right?


Correct. It was another guy and he competed with the Black couple who were about to have a baby one season. She and her husband were good at flipping and didn't cut corners. The guy that was a shiester would spy on them at night, whatever he could do to find out what they were doing. Also the guy treated his vendors really bad like Armando in San Antonio.

Ginger and her boss are in NC or SC, I can't remember which one. But they are well respected and not only flip houses, but have graduated to Condos and Townhomes.

[TeeOne]

Correct. It was another guy and he competed with the Black couple who were about to have a baby one season. She and her husband were good at flipping and didn't cut corners. The guy that was a shiester would spy on them at night, whatever he could do to find out what they were doing. Also the guy treated his vendors really bad like Armando in San Antonio.

Ginger and her boss are in NC or SC, I can't remember which one. But they are well respected and not only flip houses, but have graduated to Condos and Townhomes.


I love Gonger's group becuz they do goodwill jobs also. And, her dog is cute...lol