I am about 95% certain that we won’t get the deposit back. The owners of our rental are in deep doo-doo, and I think financial desperation leads people to o things they normally wouldn’t.
This house (our rental) was already in default once – a few months before we moved in. I actually called Riverside County after the owners asked us about doing a short sale 2 mos ago.
I was concerned about being kicked out of the house, and explained the sitch to the woman from the county. She said, “if you give me the Parcel Number, I’ll tell you what’s going on.”
The nice woman from the county told me that the house had already been in default once. Just before we moved in, last year. It makes me wonder if our security deposit/1st month’s rent were used to get the house out of the hole?
Ordinarily, I would be a superb tenant and play by the rules but, in this case I think taking “the high road” will be a one way ticket to YoureScrewedVille.
