Posts Tagged ‘rent’

Question: My landlord is trying to collect the rent for the month of september 2008 we had a letter put on our door telling us this place is up for foreclosure the auction will be held august 28 2008 i called and told him whats this about he said oh we already took care of all that but i keep calling the phone number thats on the paper all it say is that the auction date was changed to september 29 2008 when i called the place they said yes its up for auction the 29th of september i called a real estate attorney and asked him. He told me to give a 30 day notice and have him keep my deposit as last mouths rent.  My landlord would not take my 30 day notice and also said that i must pay this mouths rent and that once i moved he will give me my deposit back.  i also let him know of all the things that needed to be fixed from when we moved in not till after i told him about the foreclosure.  he start saying oh as soon as they save the house there going to fix every litte thing not to worry and when i told him, well i’m just going to move.  he said well you still owe me my rent.  then why did i give first and last months rent when i moved in? then he had nothing to say to that all he did was to start threating me tell “you don’t want to mess with me i’ll take you down” also “i know how to take care of you if you don’t pay me my rent” and now today september 13,2008 he gives me a three day notice i just said ok thats fine here’s my 30 day notice that i’ll be moving “he says i don’t want that why would i want that you have three days to get out of my house i’ll be back thursday to make sure your out” i told him you still have to give me a 30 day notice all he said was “no you have three day thats all”.  what could I do about this man because come thursday september 18,2008 i don’t know what he will do. will he follow thru the threats. so please help me as soon as possible. should i call the police or what should i do. i am worried i have a three year old litte girl also a 14 month old daughter with a seizure disorder that still dose not hold her head up or nothing she is like a new born chid still what if trys something and one them get hurt please help please

Answer: -listen, this sounds like more than just a rental issue.  Clearly this landlords intentions are not good.  It sounds like he has already spent your deposit and has no intentions on paying it back.  He’s just trying to get as much money as he can from his tenants before they foreclose on the property.  In many cases this can be considered ‘rent skimming’ which is illegal.  This is where the landlord uses the rent money to pay for personal belongings and lets the property go into default.  If he is giving you 3 days to vacate, I would get the heck out before something worse happens, especially if he is threatening you.  Let him keep your deposit money a better place to live.  And if you feel you need to contact the authorities, do it.  Who knows, they may even help you find a better place.  Good Luck

Question: I AN RENTING A HOME THAT’S IN FORECLOSURE. DO I PAY THE RENT TO THE LANDLORD?

Answer: – I would definitely talk to your landlord about it.  He/She may have plans to reinstate the loan and you don’t want to risk being kicked out.

Question: who do i pay rent to when the apartment is in foreclosure?

Answer: -You’ll have to work that out with your landlord. I personally knowing if the property was in foreclosure would have a difficult time making payments to anyone because they are causing me an inconvenience by moving. If I was renting and knew the property was in foreclosure I would approach the landlord and ask him to sell it to me (that is if I knew I could rent it out or wanted to live there). Then I would ask to take it over “subject to” the existing loan. The loan would stay in his name but he would have to deed the property over to me, that way I control it. Then I’d have to cure the loan and I’d have to be creative in doing so. I’d either use a credit card, family member or lease it to someone else and require a large enough down payment to cure the loan and put $5,000 in my pocket. So now I own a piece of property, I have $5,000 in my pocket and I have no risk. Worse case I walk away with 5K and I have to move which I was going to have to move anyway.

Question: Can you legally rent a home to someone knowing your home is in foreclosure

Answer: -That’s pretty much considered rent skimming, which is illegal. Where you are using the rent money from the rental for personal use and not applying it towards the loan. Maybe you can get away with it if you disclose to the renters that the property is in foreclosure, you’re not planning to make any payments, and they’ll have to move out when the bank forecloses on it. Do a search online for “rent skimming” and you can make your own decision on it. As for me, I’d stay away from it.