Save Your Homes From Crooks
People Encountered in Real Life
Egyptian coming to you asking you for your basement. Willing to pay 3 or 4 thousand. On behalf of Saudians or people out of state. Surely enough, they come in, live for one month or two months, and he remains in the apartment because the papers are under his name.Â
People on public assistance renting for three months and quitting to pay afterwards, knowing that the basement is not legal and find every excuse in the books not to pay you and make your life hell. Possibly even lose your home if you are depending on the basement income. Not to mention court, lawyer expenses, while she's getting a free ride on the government who offers everything for free.Â
Renting to one person and finding yourself with three-five people in your apartment. Their mail is there and that proves that they are tenants in the basement which can get you in a lot of trouble.Because even when you get the one person you rented to out, the other two can remain, proving that they were also tenants.Â
How to Avoid or Prevent Being in Such a Situation That Can Leave You Feeling Helpless, Stressed and Stopping Your House From Being ForeclosedÂ
If you can avoid renting your basement, especially if it's illegal.Â
Make sure you rent it to someone who is working and can provide you with proof for six months: pay checks, taxes, ID's, a letter from previous landlord
Otherwise, please do not rent if they cannot provide you with any of what I mentioned.Â
It's very helpful to run court checks to see whether they had issues with another landlord prior to you.
If for the first month, a tenant comes to you giving you excuses like "It's the holidays...I'm short on money...I can pay you next month", please don't wait, immediately file for eviction, since it takes approximately 3-6 months for their removal. As you know, tenants almost always have rights over landlords. Keep that in mind.Â
Good luck to you. Please be cautious. I feel for you and that is the reason why I have posted this.