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I've been renting an apartment in a house in the historic district for the last 10 years. Let's not get into the whole rent versus shackle oneself to a mortgage and pay rent on top of that to the government debate here. I rent and I'm happy with it.
The house recently went into foreclosure. The owner/landlord who maintains a business office on the main floor went upside down in his loan and finally filed bankruptcy. Nice guy, I hated to see it happen to him.
He hasn't told me much of anything about how things were progressing and the bank that foreclosed on him has yet to contact me as a tenant.
Last week, a real estate agent got my contact info from the nice lady living next door. She called my employer and asked for me. I wasn't there as I was out on a test drive at the time. So instead of simply leaving her name and number and discussing it with me privately, she told my boss to tell me that I MUST move out of my apartment IMMEDIATELY.
Yes really. The battleaxe told my personal business to someone who had no need to know. Seriously considering filing a complaint against her. Just not sure who to file it with as her agency is "old money" and won't care.
I called her back and spoke with her personally. She was nice enough, but adamant that I need to vacate the property yesterday. No can do, I need a little time to find a new home. She decided that the end of this month will be fine.
When I got home I did a little research and found that under the Protecting Tenants Under Foreclosure Act of 2009, I have to be given 90 days notice to vacate, and only after those 90 days are up can they even START eviction proceedings!
Oh and that the real estate agent doesn't even work for the realtor who is listing the house, much less the bank who OWNS the house. Therefore she had no authority to call me at all!
I called her back the next day and let her know what I'd found out about the law. She first asked for a copy of my lease. No lease, that expired years ago, I'm a tenant at will month to month. Oh, she said, the law doesn't apply to you. Well yes ma'am it does, the law states that month-to-month tenants must be given 90 days and that as a real estate agent she should know that.
Her tone went from buddy-buddy to icy cold. She stated that she'd inform the bank's legal department and I could expect to hear from them. Ok. Thanks. Bye.
Has anyone else been through this before? First time for me. Anyone taken advantage of "cash for keys"? I'm going to contact the bank and see what offer they'll make. I can relocate easily enough, but it would be nice to be compensated for the expense.
The house recently went into foreclosure. The owner/landlord who maintains a business office on the main floor went upside down in his loan and finally filed bankruptcy. Nice guy, I hated to see it happen to him.
He hasn't told me much of anything about how things were progressing and the bank that foreclosed on him has yet to contact me as a tenant.
Last week, a real estate agent got my contact info from the nice lady living next door. She called my employer and asked for me. I wasn't there as I was out on a test drive at the time. So instead of simply leaving her name and number and discussing it with me privately, she told my boss to tell me that I MUST move out of my apartment IMMEDIATELY.
Yes really. The battleaxe told my personal business to someone who had no need to know. Seriously considering filing a complaint against her. Just not sure who to file it with as her agency is "old money" and won't care.
I called her back and spoke with her personally. She was nice enough, but adamant that I need to vacate the property yesterday. No can do, I need a little time to find a new home. She decided that the end of this month will be fine.
When I got home I did a little research and found that under the Protecting Tenants Under Foreclosure Act of 2009, I have to be given 90 days notice to vacate, and only after those 90 days are up can they even START eviction proceedings!
Oh and that the real estate agent doesn't even work for the realtor who is listing the house, much less the bank who OWNS the house. Therefore she had no authority to call me at all!
I called her back the next day and let her know what I'd found out about the law. She first asked for a copy of my lease. No lease, that expired years ago, I'm a tenant at will month to month. Oh, she said, the law doesn't apply to you. Well yes ma'am it does, the law states that month-to-month tenants must be given 90 days and that as a real estate agent she should know that.
Her tone went from buddy-buddy to icy cold. She stated that she'd inform the bank's legal department and I could expect to hear from them. Ok. Thanks. Bye.
Has anyone else been through this before? First time for me. Anyone taken advantage of "cash for keys"? I'm going to contact the bank and see what offer they'll make. I can relocate easily enough, but it would be nice to be compensated for the expense.
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