All Forum Posts by: Hira Y.

LOL it's against fair housing for a landlord and tenant to mutually exit an eviction case? I can see the angle they're going for but, no, it's not against fair housing.

Your PM is most likely looking to get paid and/or their own attorney is also looking to get paid.

Regardless of when your PMA is expiring, you should be able to request them to close the case. They represent you.

A quick call to a local real estate attorney may be helpful. They may want to review your PMA. But they should be able to quickly answer your fair housing question.

Thank you for your input,

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Norfolk, Virginia

Thank you Nathan for your input.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Quote from @Greg M.:

How is PM charging you if the agreement is over? Are they still collecting rent and taking money that way, or are they billing you?

PM is lying about the fair housing laws. I suspect PM is looking to get paid from collecting this money.

As for the lawsuit, a letter to the court stating that the PM does not represent you and has no authority to represent you will get the case tossed.

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your input . I have one more question whom to write the mail to ? court clerk/judge ?

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Norfolk, Virginia

@Greg M. No PM is not collecting rent, as per PM they are charging me the regular monthly fees because they are following up with the lawsuit with the tenant.

Thank you for your input.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Tenant stopped paying rent before 2 months of the lease expiring, property manager filed for eviction process but tenant vacated the property before sheriff served the notice. Property manager (PM) 's lawyer continued the case to get the unpaid rent from the tenant.

PMA between landlord and property manager(PM) has also expired so landlord got the property back , but when landlord requested to settle the account and the deposit( there is one month deposit from landlord also), PM refuses since the lawsuit is going on with the tenant, Additionally PM is still charging the monthly property management fees from landlord even though landlord is managing the property.

Landlord is done dealing with PM and requested the PM to withdraw the lawsuit against the tenant ( landlord is aware that he will loose 2 months rent), PM came back saying they cannot withdraw the lawsuit since that will violate fair housing law.

QUESTION:

Does withdrawing unpaid rent case against the tenant violate fair housing law ? if not how can landlord withdraw the case or make PM withdraw the case ?

Can i sue the PM for the landlord deposit in the small claim court ?

Thank you,

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Norfolk, Virginia