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.

I am very confused and have questions:
1. How could someone use grandparent’s name to buy a house, but the grandparent didn’t even know? The grandparent as the buyer needed to sign the paper work.

2. I don’t understand that you said “your money into a escrow account”. What money and what escrow account? Escrow account is for someone buying a house.

I am very confused and have questions:
1. How could someone use grandparent’s name to buy a house, but the grandparent didn’t even know? The grandparent as the buyer needed to sign the paper work.

2. I don’t understand that you said “your money into a escrow account”. What money and what escrow account? Escrow account is for someone buying a house.

Why wouldn’t you stop paying rent and now wait until someone comes to kick you out? You’ll probably stay for three or six months while the home goes into foreclosure.

You can look for a new place and basically, get fair value for your last month’s rent and security deposit.

You just have the pain of moving.

This terrible “House Bubble” does not only cause more people could’t afford to rent or buy houses, but also cause more criminals. The whole Real Estate market has problem. Filppers, speculators and criminals must be punished in order to correct the system. They inflate the house prices. It’s like stealing money from us indirectly. Things come around go around. We just have to be patient.

I agree with no_such_reality. You can stay there few months to make up your rent and deposit.

Having thought about it some more talk to a lawyer specializing in representing tenants.

At the moment, you’re stuck in the middle of an ugly mess and you need to get legal representation to protect yourself and recoup your $4400 of rent/deposit, moving costs and now legal fees. It’s roughly three months of living in the place, but you’ll want to stay on the right side of the law.

More importantly, representation now addressing the accused rent skimmers may prevent them from pulling further fraud with your information. You are a ripe target with excellent credit and they likely have all your info from your rental application. You’ll need to add a credit watch and instant notification of any applications to your credit.