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Updated over 11 years ago,
Wrong address on forclosure?
Did you do a search on the phone number seems weird they can't just evict tenants in a forecloser there are laws to protect them
Hi @Kate Elson
It sounds a little scammy to me. As @Thomas Quinn said they can't just evict tenants even if there was a foreclosure. If they have leases then they bought those with the property.
If you can't even find the address that they said they were supposed to be serving that makes it sound that much fishier. At least if you easily found #241 existed and was just foreclosed on you could see how it might just be incompetence on the guys part.
Don't know WHAT the scam might be and how you might be in danger though.
The letter actually stated that if the property was occupied they would begin the eviction process immediately and if there was no response in 48 hours they would assume the property was vacant and change the locks.
It could have been an honest mistake, I'm not sure what the end game would be if it were a scam, but the whole situation was just very strange to me.
Originally posted by Kate Elson:
It could have been an honest mistake, I'm not sure what the end game would be if it were a scam, but the whole situation was just very strange to me.
Not sure what the scam would be either.
I will say is if this was just a mistake but this is how they want to proceed with taking over a property I would expect them to get hauled into court at some point.
Maybe trying to evict someone that had a lease they didn't know about would just get the action thrown out, but breaking into the tenants units and changing the lcoks on them I'd see getting them into deep do-do...
I agree that it could be a scam or could be an honest mistake but he whole thing is a weird situation.
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