Old owner asking for tenants rent

[Kris Jumao-as]

Hello all,

I have a question for all. I just bought a multi family property last month but it is seller financed. As the new month rolls in. Old owner messages me that a tenant is missing rent for the last month and wants to know if they paid me for anything. I asked the tenant and they said they already paid the old owner.

Now this feels shady to me that the old owner is asking me for last months rent when nothing was mentioned at closing about missing rents. Old owner tells me that i already got paid October rent upon closing.

What should i do guys? The tenant is getting agitated that she is hounded about rent that is paid. She showed me some text screenshots of the previous owner and her talking about paying the rent but was not able to provide proof of receipt.

Im getting the feeling that i should start refinancing ASAP