Driving myself crazy over this…

[Sgarrell]

I live in North Carolina and signed a two year lease on a rental house last August. The house is being managed by a local property management company and the owners moved to another rental house in another town. I moved in October 1st and started receiving mail first of January asking who lived at this residence…owner or tenant. I completed the form and mailed it back and called the property mgmt company each time and asked that they contact the owners and have them call their mortgage company. I continue to receive mail every few months and I finally was told that the owners were delinquent and had applied for a loan modification. They are being denied since they do not live here and have rented the house to me. I know it takes 3 to 4 months of skipped payments before mortgage company threatens foreclosure, so this tells me the owners were probably delinquent when I signed the lease. They did not inform the property mgmt. company nor did they inform me…can I threaten to sue them for fraud if they don’t let me out of the lease? Shouldn’t the property mgmt. company have done their homework before leasing this home? I feel the owners and maybe even the property mgmt. misrepresented the property in allowing me to sign a two year lease since it could be foreclosed on at any time forcing me to move. I have been here a year and always paid my rent on time.

I have called the property mgmt. company 3 times in the last week since receiving the last letter concerning the delinquent mortgage and they refuse to call me back.

[AK]

A number of federal and state laws might apply, but you really need advice from someone familiar with North Carolina and not from a bunch of California ****house lawyers 🙂 The only advice I can give in good conscience is to mix yourself a nice strong drink and relax. We have a number of highly qualified resident mixologists. Oh yeah, and wear sunscreen. (Though I guess even the sunscreen thing is being debated these days.)

It might take a while to find an honest lawyer … so here are a few things I Googled up that might help you sleep better. The usual warnings about Internet legal “advice” apply, of course.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-foreclosure-what-are-their-30064.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6684661_north-renter_s-rights-foreclosure-proceedings.html

You have our sympathy though. I’m sure even the landlords on the forums will agree your situation is kinda messed up.

[AK]

A number of federal and state laws might apply, but you really need advice from someone familiar with North Carolina and not from a bunch of California ****house lawyers 🙂 The only advice I can give in good conscience is to mix yourself a nice strong drink and relax. We have a number of highly qualified resident mixologists. Oh yeah, and wear sunscreen. (Though I guess even the sunscreen thing is being debated these days.)

It might take a while to find an honest lawyer … so here are a few things I Googled up that might help you sleep better. The usual warnings about Internet legal “advice” apply, of course.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-foreclosure-what-are-their-30064.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6684661_north-renter_s-rights-foreclosure-proceedings.html

You have our sympathy though. I’m sure even the landlords on the forums will agree your situation is kinda messed up.

[AK]

A number of federal and state laws might apply, but you really need advice from someone familiar with North Carolina and not from a bunch of California ****house lawyers 🙂 The only advice I can give in good conscience is to mix yourself a nice strong drink and relax. We have a number of highly qualified resident mixologists. Oh yeah, and wear sunscreen. (Though I guess even the sunscreen thing is being debated these days.)

It might take a while to find an honest lawyer … so here are a few things I Googled up that might help you sleep better. The usual warnings about Internet legal “advice” apply, of course.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-foreclosure-what-are-their-30064.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6684661_north-renter_s-rights-foreclosure-proceedings.html

You have our sympathy though. I’m sure even the landlords on the forums will agree your situation is kinda messed up.

[AK]

A number of federal and state laws might apply, but you really need advice from someone familiar with North Carolina and not from a bunch of California ****house lawyers 🙂 The only advice I can give in good conscience is to mix yourself a nice strong drink and relax. We have a number of highly qualified resident mixologists. Oh yeah, and wear sunscreen. (Though I guess even the sunscreen thing is being debated these days.)

It might take a while to find an honest lawyer … so here are a few things I Googled up that might help you sleep better. The usual warnings about Internet legal “advice” apply, of course.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-foreclosure-what-are-their-30064.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6684661_north-renter_s-rights-foreclosure-proceedings.html

You have our sympathy though. I’m sure even the landlords on the forums will agree your situation is kinda messed up.

[AK]

A number of federal and state laws might apply, but you really need advice from someone familiar with North Carolina and not from a bunch of California ****house lawyers 🙂 The only advice I can give in good conscience is to mix yourself a nice strong drink and relax. We have a number of highly qualified resident mixologists. Oh yeah, and wear sunscreen. (Though I guess even the sunscreen thing is being debated these days.)

It might take a while to find an honest lawyer … so here are a few things I Googled up that might help you sleep better. The usual warnings about Internet legal “advice” apply, of course.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-foreclosure-what-are-their-30064.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6684661_north-renter_s-rights-foreclosure-proceedings.html

You have our sympathy though. I’m sure even the landlords on the forums will agree your situation is kinda messed up.

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