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If the OP refuses to buy it, the LL will likely just take it away or call goodwill and have them come get it. So he might as well buy it.
I think people are being too paranoid about the old tennent showing up with guns blazing demanding his furniture back. While he did skip out on rent, that hardly makes him a hardened criminal.
If the OP refuses to buy it, the LL will likely just take it away or call goodwill and have them come get it. So he might as well buy it.
I think people are being too paranoid about the old tennent showing up with guns blazing demanding his furniture back. While he did skip out on rent, that hardly makes him a hardened criminal.
The landlord is selling something that is not his. That is the bottom line. The OP would be an absolute fool to buy it.
I recently looked at renting a room in a house in CA. The former tenant left their furniture. And since I don't have any furniture, the landlord offered to sell it to me.
The landlord tried to contact the former tenant by certified mail to pick up their things and pay back rent that was owed. But their certified letter was not claimed. Six months have lapsed since then.
The landlord doesn't have the time, money, or ability to move this into storage and then go through the auction process. And I would actually be doing them a favor by buying this stuff.
My question is: Can this landlord legally sell this furniture to me as an alternative to a public auction?
Be careful with this. I see these things on court T.V. all the time. I am sure that the court T.V. is mostly acting but the cases seem to be mostly like this one above. So far it seems that the landlord did his "due diligence" by sending the certified letter but I would be leary that there could perhaps be yet another thing he has to do. The last thing you want to happen is that you purchase the furniture and the former owner comes back looking for it..altho...it seems if the former renter owes back rent, he could very well be long gone by now. Don't assume anything until you talk to someone who knows this kind of law. Seems like a lot to go through for used furniture in one room??? No???
The LL should just rent the room to you furnished. If the ex-teneant comes back for his furniture, you either give it up or pay him. Problem solved.
No kidding! The whole issue here is that the landlord is being greedy and wants to sell the furniture instead of letting the OP use it for free.
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