{"id":4059,"date":"2025-10-15T02:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4059\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T02:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:32:14","slug":"elderly-man-claims-investment-company-deceived-him-into-losing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4059\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man claims investment company deceived him into losing home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO- Harry Aderholt, 70, alleges that an investment company misled him into signing over his house, leaving him homeless after the property was sold to a third party.<\/p>\n<p>Aderholt, who was struggling with foreclosure, said representatives offered him a new mortgage with an 8% loan to help him out of debt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt lost, up a creek without a paddle,&#8221; Aderholt said. After signing the documents and making payments, he discovered his home had been sold, leading to his eviction last Friday. <\/p>\n<p>His belongings were left on the lawn, and his pet bird, Pepper, now lives in his car. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/leon-valley-man-warns-homeowners-after-falling-victim-to-deed-scam\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/leon-valley-man-warns-homeowners-after-falling-victim-to-deed-scam\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leon Valley man warns homeowners after falling victim to deed scam <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aderholt filed a police report and has received pro bono legal assistance. <\/p>\n<p>Local officials note that such cases are part of a growing problem in Texas. <\/p>\n<p>The county clerk&#8217;s office advises individuals to seek legal advice before signing documents and offers partnerships with legal service associations for free help. <\/p>\n<p>Aderholt remains hopeful about reclaiming his home, saying, &#8220;That&#8217;s all I can do, just go with the flow.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>News 4 San Antonio continues to seek answers from the investment company involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO- Harry Aderholt, 70, alleges that an investment company misled him into signing over his house, leaving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4531,4530,4245,4528,4527,4532,4529,82,84,83,27],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-deed-scam","tag-eviction","tag-foreclosure","tag-harry-aderholt","tag-investment-company","tag-legal-assistance","tag-mortgage","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}