All Forum Posts by: Sebastian Reynolds

What is the sale date? Where do I find that?

Thank you!

We have been renting a house in west miami and our lease is up in April. We were served in October a letter from the court letting us know that the owner had not paid the mortgage since April 2009. The owner told us she could not pay because she was trying to modify her loan and to do that she had to be late with her payments. If the bank was not able to modify her loan she would let the house go to a foreclosure.

Today we got a letter from civil action court saying:

THIS CAUSE having come on to be heard upon Plaintiff's Motion for Default, and the Court having heard argument of counsel and being otherwise advised in the premises, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
Plaintiff's Motion for Default, is granted. A default is hereby entered in this action against Defendants: Owner;s name, spouse of owner, Tenant #1 my spouse and Tenant #2 me.

What does this all mean?
1. Since owner has our sec deposit and last month's rent, should we continue paying or allow her to use that $$ for the next two months rent
2. Should we start looking for a place to move?
3. Is the house being foreclosed?
What is the next step in this legal process?

BTW- rent here is expensive and we cant just get up and move because we dont have 3-months rent saved up to pay as 1st month, last month and sec deposit.

We had agreed last week to go month to month after our lease was up in april. She had agreed to reduce our rent by $200 also. Now I am not sure of what to do.