Originally Posted by nhgolfer1 (Post 517887)

I rented anolther home for Feb/Mar and the home she was ging to rent to me it seems the owner of a land contract foreclosed on her on Feb 1.

Originally Posted by nhgolfer1 (Post 517887)

I rented anolther home for Feb/Mar and the home she was ging to rent to me it seems the owner of a land contract foreclosed on her on Feb 1.

Originally Posted by nhgolfer1 (Post 518018)

The persons name is DENISE ALLEN and the property which she lost to foreclosure and I was going to rent is on east swartz blvd.
Now the problem seems to be the sherrifs department. I received a letter finally dated May 21,2012 from a detective named Ronald A Broomes in which he stated that a subpoena was sent to TD bank to find her accounts. By the way he regretted that I had been a victem of grand theft. The first subpoena had information that was not correct so they were sending another. They then would get in touch with me when they received the information. Still no contact as of this date but my case did move from active to inactive. Wow and only after three plus months.
I did check the landoffice to see if she did own the property before I sent the $700. Must say that the property that I am renting next Feb/Mar is much nicer then the one I ended up renting this past winter.
When I left the attorney generals office was supposed to have been contacted but when I call there they have no information about anything.
Now what.
Nhgolfer1

Originally Posted by Golfingnut (Post 518112)

I thought you could go to the Villages Real estate and rent thru them with confidence.

Originally Posted by nhgolfer1 (Post 636038)

Thanks for all the advice. The rental I have this year is really great but the people are going to sell the home so now I face finding a home for next Feb/Mar.
nhgolfer

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl (Post 488611)

Good idea to check online (County Tax assessor websites) to confirm that the owner's name matches the one you are sending the check to, although I might not have thought of that, either, until I got scammed.

Did you send the check to a post office box? That would be another red flag.

Tenants in the Villages are, on the whole, much better than tenants in the outside world - they are usually retired and gentle on your home. Hadn't occurred to me that you had to watch out for landlords, since I was on the other end (renting out my villa) for 4 years.

Also, try to get something in the lease about what your (tenant's) rights (return of deposit and/or advanced rent) are if the owner ends up canceling for any reason (e.g., sells the property or decides to use it themselves) Sometimes people end up retiring and moving down sooner than they thought, or have to sell for various reasons. That happens also. Friends of mine didn't lose money, but had to scramble at the last minute for an available rental when their potential landlord sold out. They could have had some type of compensation if this had been addressed in the lease.

In your case, with a crook that is hard to find, it probably turns out not to be worth the expense of pursuing them legally, but, boy, what a tough break.

On the landlord side, I think I was contacted by a potential scammer, who wanted my bank account # and routing number for a direct deposit from overseas. I asked for a postal money order instead, and never heard from the prospective tenant again.

Originally Posted by peteg (Post 636139)

As a landlord I always give prospective tenants my bank account nr and routing number for them to make payments. Could you please tell me what use they could make of this information

Thanks