Hi All,
I need your opinion regarding this matter.
I bought a property 13 months ago and I had an agreement with the broker (who showed me and sold me the house) that he will manage the rehab of the property.
During the rehab he send me the invoices and what needs to be paid and as some of the stuff that needed to be fixed was bought from places like home depot and i could not transfer them money I gave him the company credit card (i made sure there isnt much money on the account and was monitoring it on daily basis). When the house was completed and i was given all the receipts and i saw that they match the bank statements we put the house in the market.
I arrived about a month later to check the house (as we had a contract and the home inspector of the buyer said that the house has many issues) and i noticed that there are a few things that needs to be fixed - nothing major.
I have asked him to fix it and he said he will (i asked him why these were not fixed and he didn't have any smart answer). After asking him a couple of times every week if the things where fixed and he said yes (i didn't believe) i sent someone to check the house.
My feelings where true and he never fixed them. This is when i told him to leave the house keys in the house and someone will come and take them and i told him to remove the house from the MLS and that our business is over. ( he left the key, removed the house and returned the credit card)
I have finished the conection with him on august. Now about 2 weeks ago someone came to the agent that is selling the house and told him that I owe him money as he did some job in the house and that he never got paid for. He told my realtor that he spoke to the previous realtor (the one who contacted him and "paid" him) and he told him that it is out of his hands as he no longer works with me (I have only one invoice from this person on a job he did almost a year ago, and nothing more than that). He told him that he will lien the house in case he doesnt get paid (the amount he claims is nothing about $150). I spoke with my attorney and she said that if it was her she would ignore it as there is nothing much he can do as the jobs where done more than 6 months ago).
Yesterday he sent another voice mail saying he talked to the previous realtor (who was also the rehab manager) again and that he told him that no one approached him yet.
to make a long story short - what do you think is the best approach.
I have no issue paying the $150 the only issue i have is that if i pay (and i have no clue he was paid or not) that additional contractors will arrive and claim i owe them money.
i know the story is a bit complicated but as this was one of our projects we could not do it any other way.
thanks
