I was on an Army Recruiting tour in New Hapshire in 2001. I had to move as my previously rented condo sold and the new owner wanted to live there. It was difficult to find a house that would allow pets, even with a "pet fee". We finally found one, and I should have seen the red flag when he insisted that first months rent, security deposit and pet fee be paid in cash. No problem, just made sure I got a reciept.
On move in day, I arrive and the house is "empty"' minus the garage that is now packed with all of the household furniture and items. Call the landlord and tell him I need it empty, he said it would just be a couple of days. Inside of the house has not been cleaned, ok I'll just video everything. My wife finds a shot glass on the stove and asked me what was in it- oh nothing, just some crystal meth and a MJ roach- call the landlord back- no idea what I'm talking about.
Next morning, I get up to go to work and there is now an extension cord running out of the front door to an RV trailer against the fence. He had entered the house in the night to connect it. I unplug it and pound on the RV door- no answer. Leave a note that says "where I'm from, that's a good way to get shot". A week goes by and on a Saturday morning at 0500 I hear "Sheriff's department! Executing a search warrant!" I open the door to 15 cops and the sheriff is surprised that I wasn't who he expecting to see. Tell him who I am and show him the lease. He asks if I know where the landlord was and I point to the RV. They arrest him and confiscated the garage full of stolen items. Apparently since his divorce, the landlords source of income was burglary. No problem, my garage is now cleaned out.
His mom calls a few days later as he is jail, and wants to know when I will pay the pet fee, security deposit, and first months rent. I told her I had a reciept for all that, and she said that's what I suspected. Poor little fella (mid thirties) fell into drugs after his family left him she says. She apologized and said all future payments will be to her. I start looking for a new place.
Sheriff shows up a few days later with an eviction notice (in his name) and proceeds to have an auction on the front steps as the house had been in foreclosure.
I pay to move again, the family dog of 5 years goes to the shelter and gets put to sleep as she wasn't adopted and my kids move schools in the middle of a school year for the second time. I never got my security deposit or anything back. Expensive lesson for a young family.
I'm glad you made this post asking the reverse. We own our own property now, and could have then. We rented then as we didn't want the hassle of buying and selling the same house in a three year period. In retrospect, I'm sure it would have been much easier than all the hassle we went through in those three years up there.
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