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I just got home, and there's a sheriff sale on my front door. I am a tenant and have been renting for two months. The problem is, I paid six months upfront. I'm sure the landlord knew he was in foreclosure, is this fraud? I know that I have a years lease, but I don't want to pay him anymore. We might have to leave in 90 days if the new owner wants to move in.
I know I need to get some legal advice, but I don't really have money for an attorney. And I tried to call New Jersey legal aid but no one's calling me back.
Thats what I'm trying to find out, if we can still live here if the new owner wants to move in.
Also, I don't want to pay any more rent to this deadbeat landlord! I want to tell him to use the money I paid up front as rent for the next few months/ but I don't want to be evicted for not paying the lease. In my lease it says how much I paid upfront, but also I'm paying an additional amount monthly, which includes security. He really screwed us, and knew it and planned it that way!
Reenzz, I can't see paying the rent when I paid 6 months up front, and if the new buyer wants us out, we are out of a lot of $$!
90 days is the number the sherriff sale office told me when I called yesterday. They said you have 90 days to vacate if the new owner wants to move in. The sale is in May.
How can it be that the landlord does not have to disclose when his property is in foreclosure , before you rent from him? It sounds like you are a landlord, and not giving very good advice.
Fraud is a broad term that refers to a variety of offenses involving dishonesty or "fraudulent acts". In essence, fraud is the intentional deception of a person or entity by another made for monetary or personal gain. Fraud offenses always include some sort of false statement, misrepresentation, or deceitful conduct.
Yeah, I think it's fraud-he deceived me to lease his apartment knowing it was in foreclosure for over a year, and for his personal gain. Doesn't it invalidate the lease if he's in foreclosure because essentially the bank owns the house?
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