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TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
6. hmmm... this might be complicated
Wed Mar 18, 2015, 11:02 PM
Mar 2015

My slumlord inherited this property that she's been letting fall about my ears from her parents. It's the house she grew up in and lived in with her husband and kids until she rented to me. One of my neighbors on this street also grew up in his house that he also inherited from his parents. I'd forgotten about this, but years ago when we were discussing the evil of my slumlord he said he grew up with her and that she hasn't worked a day in her life because she inherited a number of properties in this area from her wealthy grandmother.

In the 10 years I've been here she's never worked. Yet from when I first moved in she's constantly complained about never having the money to fix anything. And this was one of her big lies at the hearing. My neighbor had to be telling me the truth since her husband has never worked as long as I've been here because he's on disability (and I know he is because for the first few months I lived here his disability paperwork was still being sent here along with all their other mail though the disability stuff for him stopped coming pretty quickly after I moved in). But I still after all these years get mail for her here even under her maiden name and there's almost always stuff from realtors.

I'd like to be able to find out if she does have other rental properties, how she's treated those properties (by ignoring everything needing any work even when ignoring something means creating a problem that ends up costing 20 times as much).

I also found out that just days before the hearing that she's never gotten a license to rent this property, so it's never once been inspected. The judge really jumped on that.

We have another hearing in a week because (praise the gods!) he wants to get a township inspector in here. A few days ago I had a neighbor that's been doing construction all his life come in, and he pointed out LOADS of things I had no idea were out of code... I have a ton of photos to take again that I knew nothing about.

If she has other properties that she's getting rents from than she can't cry the blues about not having any money to pay the mortgage on her own big nice house that she lives in. I'm also curious what other possible tenants have dealt with with her.

This is also going to matter because if she does have other properties and tenants guaranteed she's not had a license to rent them or had them inspected either. Code enforcement gave her a huge whopping scary fine for that. That fine and the lease was the only thing she brought to the hearing while I'm at my table with a big stack of stuff, stacks of photos, etc. I still don't have everything I need but since the judge wants someone from code enforcement to inspect the property and we do another hearing next week to see how we stand since who knows what code enforcement's schedule is like.

I would so love it if I could go in there and inform the judge that she has these other properties and tenants she's never gotten licensed to rent that she's been collecting rents from and all the crying about how broke she is is just lies on top of more outrageous lies.

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There is a way to get county tax records upaloopa Mar 2015 #1
You could check with the county appraisal districts Websites. TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #2
If you live in a county Munificence Mar 2015 #5
hmmm... this might be complicated TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #6
As renter you have no right to worry about the way they keep up their property. CK_John Mar 2015 #8
Sounds like a slumlord defense Trajan Mar 2015 #26
Yes, it is going to be very complicated. TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #9
If she does that it's retaliation LeftyMom Mar 2015 #11
While it might be retaliatory in nature, TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #13
Another thing that I thought about was that it was mentioned TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #15
See post# 15. TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #16
there's a great deal of fraud she's guilty of TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #20
Some counties, like mine, have the info online. LiberalAndProud Mar 2015 #3
it's just one county TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #7
Try googling the city or county and 'property tax' Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #10
Look under "Assessing" on the county website. If the info is available, you'll find it there ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #12
thanks for the info TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #21
Why are you wasting your time? As a renter the only thing you can do is withhold the rent by placing CK_John Mar 2015 #14
When I lived in Howard County, Maryland, I filed complaints with the county agency DebJ Mar 2015 #29
In the county I live in, I look under "geographic information system." HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #18
Recorder of Deeds offices treestar Mar 2015 #4
I notice that pipi_k Mar 2015 #17
we're WAAAAYYYY past that TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #23
I'm so glad you posted something. Texasgal Mar 2015 #24
if it weren't for the lovely people here that donated I'd be starving TorchTheWitch Mar 2015 #25
If you need more please let us know. Texasgal Mar 2015 #28
You might be dealing with a property manager, and not the owner and that is why the names do not MADem Mar 2015 #30
It's usually pretty easy to find out who owns a particular property, MineralMan Mar 2015 #19
probably not for free, and probably not at all. uncle ray Mar 2015 #22
You can find out who owns a particular piece of land geek tragedy Mar 2015 #27
You can find just about anything Dick Dastardly Mar 2015 #32
I can give you some great resources Dick Dastardly Mar 2015 #31
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