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Am I being scammed by equity skimming?
On May 23, 2009 I signed a lease for a property (as a renter) in Davenport Florida. On June 27, 2009 a representative came out from Suntrust Mortgage to tell me that the house I am in is in foreclosure and they were looking for a man by the name of Reginald Dorsey. I informed them that I am just the renter and I rent from a company named Capital Mountain Holding Corp. They began taking pics of the home. I then went in and called my “landlord” I told him what was going on and he assured me that he owns the home but if something did happen he would put us in another home (weird). I told him
Asked on July 2, 2009 under Real Estate Law, Florida
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
I think you need to talk to a lawyer about this, as soon as possible. One place to find an attorney who can help you get through this situation is our website, http://attorneypages.com
From your outline of the facts, it sounds like you may be unwillingly involved in something that's not entirely proper. If you have a lease with a company that doesn't own the house, or have management rights from the owner, then your lease isn't binding; if the company was used as a blind to help conceal the fact that the foreclosure was pending when you signed the lease, that might also be considered fraud and a reason to allow you to break the lease without penalty.
You may well want to break the lease, because if the property is sold at foreclosure, your lease becomes meaningless and you'll have to move, quite possibly on very short notice. Moving is hard enough, better to do it on your own terms as much as possible.
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
I think you need to talk to a lawyer about this, as soon as possible. One place to find an attorney who can help you get through this situation is our website, http://attorneypages.com
From your outline of the facts, it sounds like you may be unwillingly involved in something that's not entirely proper. If you have a lease with a company that doesn't own the house, or have management rights from the owner, then your lease isn't binding; if the company was used as a blind to help conceal the fact that the foreclosure was pending when you signed the lease, that might also be considered fraud and a reason to allow you to break the lease without penalty.
You may well want to break the lease, because if the property is sold at foreclosure, your lease becomes meaningless and you'll have to move, quite possibly on very short notice. Moving is hard enough, better to do it on your own terms as much as possible.
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