Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Hello! I hope I can get some good advice from all of you because I am pretty curious about my situation. Basically, me and my roomates have been looking for a house for a few weeks in the Orlando area and we were really having trouble. We found a house really late in the month that we really liked (but also didn't have much more time), however the house looked like a hurricane went through it. There were many problems with the house but we liked it so much and the price seemed pretty good for the value.
We met the landlord and he told us he would WAIT for us! Fast forward a few days and we decide this is the one. We liked the house a lot, but we decided to try and bring the price down as much as we can. We ended up meeting with the landlord and lowering the price about 100$ (I really feel like the house is probably worth a lot more). He said he would clean it up and everything would look great (but it may be a few days after we move in before everything is absolutely perfect).
We give him the security deposit straight up in cash and he says he will just take first months rent on the first. Today we started moving in and literally as we were moving the furniture, a neighbor yells out at us "Are you movin' in?" We say yes, and he tells us "That house is being foreclosed, they are locking the door in 30 days. Did the landlord tell you that?". At this point we drop the furniture and are forced to communicate with the landlord. He insists this is not true. Now, he tells us that he will accept the security deposit as first months rent because of our indecision regarding this event. We stop moving stuff in at this point and kind of communicate with eachother on our course of action. I have read a little bit about renting laws and such and I feel like our position actually isn't that bad.
Any advice you all could give me would be much appreciated, as this is quite an unusual scenario.
Call a local real estate agent and see if s/he can find if that house is posted for foreclosure. Also Google the county records and see if you can find the property on the foreclosure listing..... look for something like this link: Clerk of the Court Alachua County Florida -
You can pull court and property records online for any county in FL.
I know of many houses in FL in the foreclosure process which still have the owners living in them 18 months after the start of the foreclosure process.
Of note, some banks don't mind having tenants in foreclosed properties as it deters vandals, etc.
Any advice you all could give me would be much appreciated, as this is quite an unusual scenario.
It really isn't that unusual, trust me. Where there is hardship, scams are not too far behind.
As far as verification goes, Foreclosure proceedings are a matter of Public Record and are recorded with the County Clerk's office. Most of those doc's are available online for review.
I thought the neighbor was gonna tell you the owner is someone else.
1) Do you have a LEASE?
2) Even if you do... start looking for a new place.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
