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weirdmom Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 3:21 PM |
I am sorry this will be long but you don't have to read it if you don't want to. But I wanted to give an update to those who were curious on my tenant situation.
So she moved out at the beginning of Nov., gave us rent for Nov., and said her company (who were transferring her to Houston) would buy out the rest of the lease. Two weeks later still had no idea where she was, there was still stuff in the house, and she had ruined the carpet in the bedroom by not turning the water off properly when she disconnected the washing machine. It dripped for days and flooded the hall and bedroom.
For over a week I was calling every location in Houston of the pool supply store she manages. No one knew who she was. Then her rent check bounced. I started trying again and found her. She said that she'd been talking to corporate and they were going to buy out her lease (which runs through July) and also cover her Nov. rent b/c her check bounced because they hadn't reimbursed her for her moving expenses. quickly enough. This is right before Thanksgiving and you Americans know diddly squat happens around then so I said it's fine if it takes a week or so for them to cut the check but they need to fax me a letter stating their intent to pay. She said she'd get that.
I asked for this because I was suspicious of the story so I figured this would help shake out the truth. I also told her that we would be filing suit very soon if this wasn't sorted out. She sounded totally freaked out by that, which I was glad about.
So several days of me calling her and her saying she left a message for them, so and so isn't in the office, etc. Then she told me they had faxed me something. She read me the fax number and she had two numbers inverted. She said she'd call me back. Of course she didn't. I am thinking something isn't right but this was while my husband was out of town and I was barely keeping our lives together and didn't have much energy to focus on this.
So last Monday I call, she's not at work. I call her house and leave her a message saying that we'll be disposing of the stuff she left (it fills an entire one car garage) and I was filing suit on Tuesday.
That night we get home from work and find her ex (her baby daddy) in our driveway with their daughter and his girlfriend. He is trying to get in the garage and can't because we've changed the locks. At first I thought he was there trying to grab what he could for her but he said she told him he could get a Christmas tree out for his place.
(side: she told him this Monday afternoon AFTER we left this message. She thinks we're so stupid that she can still send people to our house and we aren't going to catch on!)
I said no, sorry, this has gone too far and I'm not doing any favors. We start talking and it turns out for two weeks he didn't even know where she was (and she had their daughter), that she had written hot checks to the day care, the utility company was sending letters to her mom, payday advance companys were calling him. And she had told him that the company had paid us $4000 (which isn't even what we're owed). So obviously the whole thing was a lie.
I called corporate headquarters the next day (I should have done this sooner but when I was trying to track her down I called and they wouldn't tell me anything so I had assumed they wouldn't speak to me about this either). I spoke to the HR (Human Resources) lady who handles relocation. She had no idea who I was talking about. She called me back and said that she didn't speak to our tenant/their employee but she spoke to the district manager who said that her request to be transferred was personal and not required by the company so there were no plans to reimburse the move!!
So basically she was trying to skip town on all her bills and obligations and just hope we didn't find her!!!! Also from talking to her family I've learned her mom was paying her car insurance, baby daddy was paying her cell phone, and sister has lent her a ton of money, and she is still writing hot checks. Where is all the money going??
Wednesday she starts faxing me these sob story notes about how sorry she is, she wants to make up for it, please can we set up a payment plan. I write back (on my lawfirm's letterhead!) that I would consider that if she pays the two months rent she owes, the cost of the carpet, cleaning fee, etc. by Thursday morning. She writes back that she can't do that but she could pay us "something" on 12/21 (I bet something is like $50) and please please let's not involve lawyers. I fax back that I'll be filing the next day. Someone who wants a break shouldn't be a BOLDFACE LIAR.
Her sister later calls me and first is screaming at me about being unreasonable and it's Christmas and how can I do this and yeah she lied but no one is perfect??? I go off on her about how this is Christmas for me too and I can't buy presents for my kids because of her sister's lies and irresponsibility. I couldn't believe the nerve of this woman!! She finally realized that 1) I am smarter than her and she cannot out-argue me and 2) perhaps she shouldn't scream at the person she is trying to sweet talk. She said she was going to see if her husband would help but he said no. As did her mother (who took her off her car insurance policy and told me she won't say anything except "I got in over my head").
And the baby daddy is trying to get full-time custody and I might be called as a witness to testify about her hot checks and lies.
And we cleaned out her house. Found a porno case. No DVD, just a case.
I filed and she should be served the papers this week.
Also last week it became clear that a client that my husband did A LOT of work on (a new building here in Austin) is trying to stiff them. They put a lien on the place but apparently the clients have a lot of debt so even when they sell it there are going to be a lot of people coming after that pot. It's an amount of money that is significant enough to wipe away most of our debt (caused by him starting his own company) so to hear that yet again we're probably going to get screwed is quite disheartening.
Anyway the place is ready to rent again and we're just moving forward. I am done with my pity party. Yeah it stinks but I don't want a liar with some issues (I've got to guess drugs or gambling) as a tenant- esp. one that we live next door to.
And we'll recover and move on a lot quicker than she will. This will be on her credit and haunt her for a REALLY long time.
Oh, and I emailed every court TV judge I could find and submitted the case! The shows pays any judgment so it would be a guaranteed way for us to get most of the money she owes us. (my hairstylist did it a few years ago) So perhaps some American boardies will see me on TV soon. : ) |
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ricv64 Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 3:32 PM |
| sounds like hell , Sorry for ya. |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 3:42 PM |
ricv64 wrote: sounds like hell , Sorry for ya.
Thanks. It was all quite shocking and disappointing but I've done all I can so I'm trying to let go of it and just enjoy the holidays. We're also looking into selling the place since 3 out of 4 tenants were at least two of the following: liars, crazy, and screwed us out of money. We just never imagined how insane people could be. We never did this when we rented!
Our place is 5 minutes from the kid's daycare and I mentioned it to the director today and she said one of the teachers is looking for a place at that exact price. So cross your fingers. She does a class younger than my kids but I know her and she's nice. I'd still do all the checks on her of course. I'd certainly know if she didn't have a job anymore! |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 4:43 PM |
Also meant to include in my novel that it pisses me off that this messes up our travel plans for the summer. Hopefully we can recover but it depends on how quickly we get a tenant.
This means we have to scale back our big anniversary trip that we've been dreaming about and it makes me unsure about whether we'll (or even just me) will be able to come to the boardie show.
So if I can't come you can call this lady up and bitch her out! |
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ElspethOllie Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:20 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote:
Oh, and I emailed every court TV judge I could find and submitted the case! The shows pays any judgment so it would be a guaranteed way for us to get most of the money she owes us. (my hairstylist did it a few years ago) So perhaps some American boardies will see me on TV soon. : )
Hahaha...
this was so entertaining to read. And I think it's funny you might be on TV. Although those show are so ridiculous. one time I saw a judge joe brown episode about a woman who was suing her sister for washing her kids hair and ruining their dreadlocks... c'mon
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weirdmom Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:32 PM |
ElspethOllie wrote: Hahaha...
this was so entertaining to read. And I think it's funny you might be on TV. Although those show are so ridiculous. one time I saw a judge joe brown episode about a woman who was suing her sister for washing her kids hair and ruining their dreadlocks... c'mon
Entertaining wasn't exactly the reaction I was going for but OK.
Yeah it would be a hoot to be on one of those shows. I would do it because she's the one who would look bad. Even if she tried to tell lies I don't care, it would just make me laugh. Legally this is cut and dry: she signed a contract and broke it. Pay up. But the drama may make one of those shows go for it.
The dreadlocks story is great. |
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:45 PM |
What a drag to have to be going through this at Christmas. Hard to be jolly. I hope a new tenant arrives at your doorstep quickly. You must make it to Chicago! And I'm sure your anniversary trip is important, too. :o)
It'll be a hoot if you make it on one of those legal shows!
Drugs, ya think? |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 10 Dec, 2007 5:54 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: Drugs, ya think?
I wouldn't have thought that except for her money problems (which seem to have started this summer according to baby daddy and her mom) and the lying to everyone- even about the reason she moved to Houston!
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Nikki Posted Wed 12 Dec, 2007 3:14 AM |
| So sorry to hear about how far this has gone, Anne. But you're doing the right thing. The nerve of that woman's sister to call and try to get her out of it....like you don't have a family to support? Good luck to you! |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Wed 12 Dec, 2007 3:27 AM |
| What a nightmare! I'm so sorry you're having to go through all that. I think you handled the situation perfectly. I hope everything sorts out fine! |
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carlottarocks Posted Wed 12 Dec, 2007 4:03 AM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: Turtleneck wrote: Drugs, ya think?
I wouldn't have thought that except for her money problems (which seem to have started this summer according to baby daddy and her mom) and the lying to everyone- even about the reason she moved to Houston!
Maybe not drugs or anything. My sister is having money issues, not owing anyone as of yet but my parents. But anyhoo, she's recently divorced so now all she does is eat out and go drinking half of the week which is killing her finances, and my parents. So maybe this woman is just a bad budgeter going through a rough time, not at all to stick up for her though. I'd take the irresponisble biotch to court and squeeze her ass dry :) |
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weirdmom Posted Wed 12 Dec, 2007 4:27 AM |
carlottarocks wrote: Maybe not drugs or anything. My sister is having money issues, not owing anyone as of yet but my parents. But anyhoo, she's recently divorced so now all she does is eat out and go drinking half of the week which is killing her finances, and my parents. So maybe this woman is just a bad budgeter going through a rough time, not at all to stick up for her though. I'd take the irresponisble biotch to court and squeeze her ass dry :)
It's possible that it's not drugs. But she's borrowing from everyone and lying so something is definitely off.
Frankly I don't care what the reasons are.
I just got out all the mail from her overstuffed box. I counted 15 envelopes from her bank- most of them looked like notices. I guess I'll forward them to her work address since I don't know her home one. Is it passive agressive to put her name then KNOWN LIAR next to it? |
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