Change of Owner not Disclosed Immediately
My daughter leased an apartment in a four-plex. A few months after she moved in, she was informed that the apartments were sold to someone that didn't wish for anyone to know their name or phone number. We continued to send the check to the lady that had been handling this. She also said she had no clue who the new owner was, but that she was forwarding the rent to the previous owners for them to get to the new owners. This lady was still handling such things as the water bill for the complex because it was in her name and she couldn't find out who to get the bill changed to so that she would no longer be responsible, yet she didn't want to leave my daughter and others without water. After another couple of months, she was told to send her rent to another person that lives in New York. We were told that the dad had originally owned the apartments, then sold them to the "anonymous owners" and then later were sold to the original owner's son. We had no clue who to get in touch with for maintenance or any problems. The neighbors have tried to break in to her apartment recently and 4 sex offenders have moved into the area. We need to move her out of there so that she can be in a safe environment. We still have 3 months on the lease, but wondered if the contract is still valid since we were never informed in any written manner of the change by the owner and still aren't sure who the real owner is at this point? Any advice would be appreciated.