Kind of a long story, I know, but I could use some advice.
I've been renting this house (I'm in the midst of moving out now) for the past 4 years. My landlord is one of my best friends. However, he went thru some deep emotional problems including depression and went off the deep end about a year ago. He lost his job, and shortly thereafter, he was caught busting into an office building and stealing computer equipment on Christmas Eve night.
In January, his wife notified me that he hadn't been paying the mortgage on the house I was renting for the past 4 months and it was going thru the process of being forclosed. I was prepearing to move out, but I talked with him and his wife, and they were able to make a deal with the bank. I was asked to pay the mortgage for him until he was out of prison. However, for being 4 months behind, those payments were tacked onto the next few months payments, and I would have to pay about $400 more a month for the next 9 months. I was told I would be paid back. I know I sound gullible, but I really felt sorry for the guy and wanted to help so I agreed.
Flash forward to July. I was notified by his b*tch of a mother (we don't get along too well, but that's a whole nuther story)....anyway she notified me that the bank had told her that they had not recieved any of my payments since March. That's 4 months worth of payments. I told her I kept all my reciepts and told her I would get her copies. She didn't believe me, calling me a lier and making threats to me and basically being the b*tch that she is. So I told her I wasn't going to pay the mortgage for the month of July, I would give her a check for the original rent in the contract, and that I would be out of the house in 30 days from that day, which was July 14. (Meaning that I would be out by August 13).
Flash forward to August 10. I was awoken from my slumber at approximatly 5pm. (I work nights, so I'm asleep during the day). It was his mother, demanding to know why I wasn't out of the house, and again accusing me of not paying the mortgage for the last 5 months. Again, I told her as kind as I could that I have all the reciepts from where I had paid, as well as a copy of the cancelled check I had sent her back in July. She just kept on threatening me, telling me I had to leave the house now or she was calling the cops.
She could plainly see that almost everything I owned was packed and ready to go. I had a U-Haul reserved to pick up Saturday morning, and was going to start moving some of my smaller posessions in my pickup truck Friday afternoon. She made some more threatening remarks and finally left.
I went to work last night, and the more I thought about it, the more angrier I got. I'm still angry at the way this woman treated me. She had no right to say the hateful things she did. She is as emotionally unstable as her convict son.
This morning when I got off work, I went straight home, planning to get a nap before starting to move. But guess who I find parked in my driveway waiting for me? Yup, it was the b*tch. Anger still seethed in my eyes as I got out of my car. Again, she was disrespectul and hateful towards me. She started to demand that I hand over to her my reciepts. No, she would not accept copies. She wanted the actual real reciepts.
I told her I would sell each of them to her for $400 apiece. The money I was owed for paying extra on the mortgage for the months of March-June. She laughed at me.
Then I said something like: "Fine. Then take me to court." She said she would do just that and stormed off, telling me that I would pay for doing this, and that she was going to make me loose my job for this.
So, here I am. I've been thinking it over these past few hours as I finsihed packing the few remaining odds and ends. I'm not tearing down my computer until tomorrow, so I jumped on here and thought I would vent a little and maybe get someone else's prospective on the matter.
I tried to talk with my attorney, but he is out this weekend and won't be back until Monday. I talked briefly with his assistant, and she told me just to play things cool and go ahead with my move, making sure I get out of the house by Sat. afternoon.
I'm not too worried about any lawsuit she may file, since I do have all the reciepts for the months in question, but she threatened my job, and I take my job very seriously. I've never encountered anyone who wanted to try to ruin my life. Someone so filled with bitterness and hatred towards me. I'm a very quiet guy who has made very few enemies (and those are almost all exgirlfriends
) .
Anyway, sorry if you slogged thru all this rambling. I guess I'm looking for a few words of encouragement. Did I do the right thing, or should I have just handed over my reciepts to her and turned the page on this chapter?
I've been renting this house (I'm in the midst of moving out now) for the past 4 years. My landlord is one of my best friends. However, he went thru some deep emotional problems including depression and went off the deep end about a year ago. He lost his job, and shortly thereafter, he was caught busting into an office building and stealing computer equipment on Christmas Eve night.
In January, his wife notified me that he hadn't been paying the mortgage on the house I was renting for the past 4 months and it was going thru the process of being forclosed. I was prepearing to move out, but I talked with him and his wife, and they were able to make a deal with the bank. I was asked to pay the mortgage for him until he was out of prison. However, for being 4 months behind, those payments were tacked onto the next few months payments, and I would have to pay about $400 more a month for the next 9 months. I was told I would be paid back. I know I sound gullible, but I really felt sorry for the guy and wanted to help so I agreed.
Flash forward to July. I was notified by his b*tch of a mother (we don't get along too well, but that's a whole nuther story)....anyway she notified me that the bank had told her that they had not recieved any of my payments since March. That's 4 months worth of payments. I told her I kept all my reciepts and told her I would get her copies. She didn't believe me, calling me a lier and making threats to me and basically being the b*tch that she is. So I told her I wasn't going to pay the mortgage for the month of July, I would give her a check for the original rent in the contract, and that I would be out of the house in 30 days from that day, which was July 14. (Meaning that I would be out by August 13).
Flash forward to August 10. I was awoken from my slumber at approximatly 5pm. (I work nights, so I'm asleep during the day). It was his mother, demanding to know why I wasn't out of the house, and again accusing me of not paying the mortgage for the last 5 months. Again, I told her as kind as I could that I have all the reciepts from where I had paid, as well as a copy of the cancelled check I had sent her back in July. She just kept on threatening me, telling me I had to leave the house now or she was calling the cops.
She could plainly see that almost everything I owned was packed and ready to go. I had a U-Haul reserved to pick up Saturday morning, and was going to start moving some of my smaller posessions in my pickup truck Friday afternoon. She made some more threatening remarks and finally left.
I went to work last night, and the more I thought about it, the more angrier I got. I'm still angry at the way this woman treated me. She had no right to say the hateful things she did. She is as emotionally unstable as her convict son.
This morning when I got off work, I went straight home, planning to get a nap before starting to move. But guess who I find parked in my driveway waiting for me? Yup, it was the b*tch. Anger still seethed in my eyes as I got out of my car. Again, she was disrespectul and hateful towards me. She started to demand that I hand over to her my reciepts. No, she would not accept copies. She wanted the actual real reciepts.
I told her I would sell each of them to her for $400 apiece. The money I was owed for paying extra on the mortgage for the months of March-June. She laughed at me.
Then I said something like: "Fine. Then take me to court." She said she would do just that and stormed off, telling me that I would pay for doing this, and that she was going to make me loose my job for this.
So, here I am. I've been thinking it over these past few hours as I finsihed packing the few remaining odds and ends. I'm not tearing down my computer until tomorrow, so I jumped on here and thought I would vent a little and maybe get someone else's prospective on the matter.
I tried to talk with my attorney, but he is out this weekend and won't be back until Monday. I talked briefly with his assistant, and she told me just to play things cool and go ahead with my move, making sure I get out of the house by Sat. afternoon.
I'm not too worried about any lawsuit she may file, since I do have all the reciepts for the months in question, but she threatened my job, and I take my job very seriously. I've never encountered anyone who wanted to try to ruin my life. Someone so filled with bitterness and hatred towards me. I'm a very quiet guy who has made very few enemies (and those are almost all exgirlfriends
) .Anyway, sorry if you slogged thru all this rambling. I guess I'm looking for a few words of encouragement. Did I do the right thing, or should I have just handed over my reciepts to her and turned the page on this chapter?
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