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Property Manager Says Man Abandoned Lease After Dying Of Heart Attack.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A fight for the rent at a South Florida man's apartment has taken a macabre turn. The renter died suddenly, and now the landlord claims his family is still responsible for the rent.
Eric Zissen's brother, Art, died in September after suffering a heart attack in his first-floor apartment.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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His family is not responsibe for s**t! They didn't sign the lease, he did. The lease dies when he died. Now, if he owns past rent they can bill his estate for it but since he was renting, it is not likely he has much of an "estate".
I once had a tenant who committed suicide. She was separated from her husband and living with her new boyfriend. They were one month behind in their rent, boyfriend moves out. I was the manager. The stupid owner of the property decides to file a claim in small claims court against her husband, who was not on the lease and didn't even live there. I refused to go to court on this case. So, the owner did. The Judge threw the case out and said you can't sue a dead person. You could only go after the Estate, which she didn't have.
His family is not responsibe for s**t! They didn't sign the lease, he did. The lease dies when he died. Now, if he owns past rent they can bill his estate for it but since he was renting, it is not likely he has much of an "estate".
That landlord is a jerk.
Oh, and KevK...not all renters are poor deadbeats. I rent, and I have substantial financial assets. I have enough in my checking account to pay my rent and car payment all the way through to the end of my lease in August. So....
A long time ago I was living in a residence hotel in Los Angeles, when a girl I knew, who lived there also, committed suicide. The hotel manager tried to collect from her family because he said she didn't give notice.
THey're trying to sue the estate for the 1600 deposit and rent from oct -dec totalling $3400 ( so far) so basically I have to hire an attorney, mount a defence and fight this and when I win go after the apartment complex for attorney's fees. ( or if i lose pay theirs)
I offered to let them keep the security deposit and call it a wash but they felt entitled to the deposit, 3 months additional rent etc.
for example... if my brother was only 2 months into a 12 month lease would the estate be responsible for the other 10 months if the place goes unrented if for example the rental market in Ft.L goes bad?
as an FYI we are responding to their claim for the 3400 so we dont get a "default" judgement against the estate. (while accruing atty fees...) and if they do formally sue us then we'll have to deal with that as well
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Totally the truth
