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Updated about 5 years ago,
Seeking legal advice - purchased a property from scammers
Hi everyone,
Long story short, my partner and I purchased a home in Cleveland but unfortunately now we are facing a problem. I'll explain the situation:
We found out that the seller of the home forged documents indicating that the current tenant, who used to own the home, was paying $950 in rent each month. Last week our property manager told us that after talking to her (the tenant), she revealed that she hadn't paid any rent in months, except one payment of $500 (she also provided us with the receipt she received from the sellers). Ultimately, she is most likely unable to pay the rent we were expecting.
Not only did the sellers give us the wrong impression, they provided us with a fake history of payments dating back to July, and a forged receipt of payment for the month of October. They also provided us with a lease agreement signed by the tenant agreeing to pay $950 a month. She told our property manager that she was coerced into signing it. We are looking for advice on how to proceed with the sellers, and what our rights are in this situation.
We have all the documents the seller forged in order to trick us to sign on this deal, since they knew we wouldn't sign otherwise.
Beside proceeding with eviction, what would the best-case scenario look like for us legally?
Have anyone encountered such situation before?
Thanks,
Dor