Thank you for your true story since I am about to look for a new place. There are so many terrible greedy immoral people out there. We really have to be very careful. I feel sorry for you losing your deposit. If Linda was really being betrayed by his ex-boyfirend (kids dad), I feel very sorry for her also.
However, I don’t know if you can trust Linda. If the houses are all under Linda’s name, how could Paul rent them out and collect the rent? Linda has lawyer and sister. It seems like she has legal support. Are the houses under linda’s own name or linda & Paul’s names? It’s possible that they all are a whole team. But it’s only my guess.
Anyway, I wish all the vitims will be compensated and all the criminals will be punished by the justice. I believe in Karma. Good luck to all good people in the world, including you.