Feb
7
please help any kind of legal advise?
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monkey_4me2 asked:
Ok this was the first place my family and i ever rented, when we moved in there were some things broken or not there, which the landlord told us about. we signed a six month rental agreement. we livd there for a year an a half she did not want us to sign anothe agreement after the six months. we had family stay wth us for a couple weeks, and the other renters told her that they were there for months she ask us about it we tell her what was going on she said they leave or you leave, after the landlord left us without a fridge for 4 months knowing we have a two year old, post a notice on the door telling us we have three days to leave. we packed up as much as we could we were stupid and left the place a mess. other family members cleaned up as much as they could before the manager of the park called her and said we left without notifing anyone. three weeks later we get mail saying that we owe her over $4,000 in damages (i.e the floor not being level) we told her we would pay for thing we know we had done (i.e mirror, a cabnet door) but she did not like that so we are not waiting for the second pre-trial, and i have no idea what to do!! so anyone any advise would help, thanx
Reyna
Ok this was the first place my family and i ever rented, when we moved in there were some things broken or not there, which the landlord told us about. we signed a six month rental agreement. we livd there for a year an a half she did not want us to sign anothe agreement after the six months. we had family stay wth us for a couple weeks, and the other renters told her that they were there for months she ask us about it we tell her what was going on she said they leave or you leave, after the landlord left us without a fridge for 4 months knowing we have a two year old, post a notice on the door telling us we have three days to leave. we packed up as much as we could we were stupid and left the place a mess. other family members cleaned up as much as they could before the manager of the park called her and said we left without notifing anyone. three weeks later we get mail saying that we owe her over $4,000 in damages (i.e the floor not being level) we told her we would pay for thing we know we had done (i.e mirror, a cabnet door) but she did not like that so we are not waiting for the second pre-trial, and i have no idea what to do!! so anyone any advise would help, thanx
Reyna
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2 Responses to “please help any kind of legal advise?”
Kathlene
she has got you because you left a mess and you have no proof you didnt damage the property
Everette
Some landlords are so greedy, that it often goes and bites them on the a$$.
I can go into the law for you, but that isn’t really the answer you need.
There is an old saying in the legal profession, “you can’t get blood out of a stone.” In the end, if you don’t pay the landlord, she would have to track you down and sue you. That costs money (i.e. court, lawyer costs, etc.). Then she has to actually try to enforce the judgment. All of this assuming she wants to invest the resources and actually wins. Also, it assumes that there is 4,000 dollars to collect (I assume you don’t have it lying around). You follow?
Besides, the burden of proof in court is on her, and I suspect that her “damages” are largely fictional. Besides, what stops you from saying “it was like that when we rented the place.” From what it sounds like, that is the case.
Simply put, don’t pay the landlord a red cent. Soon she will realize that “you can’t get blood out of a stone.” That is why they ask for a security deposit up front if they know what is good for them.