I think I covered all searchable terms lol.

My situation is a bit different then any I have read on here. I will lay out the facts first then ask my question.

1. We moved into a manufactored home in FL that the owner said we could move into.
2. We paid $ 1,000 via check for downpayment/rent whatever.
3. We signed NO lease or got anything in writing
4. the owner gave us $ 700.00 in Lowe's gift cards for repairs but again nothing was in writing.
5. we bought $ 700.00 worth of stuff from Lowe's to fix this place up.
6. Landlords husband comes down from CAL.
7. Says he can get us for Squatters laws and kick us out in 3 days.
8. I have 3 kids

Now my question/more info lol.

We did not save half the receipts from the Lowe's cards because the landlords wife said she didn't need/want them. We did save some of them and gave the landlords husband the ones from the $ 200.00 card but most of the receipts from the $ 500.00 card are in our other van. Which was involved in a rear end collision (not our fault.. drunk driver/hit and run) SO we can't get into our rear hatch which is where I kept my file box (we deliver papers at night so I used it for everything)

Anyway. He is not accepting the fact that the receipts are in that box.

No we have not paid any more rent on this place because we did not move in until the first of April... officially. Now we have been moving stuff in because we were emptying out our storage unit at the same time...

Moving on. He said he can claim squatters rights because we are behind (the month of May but he claims April and may even though he had no part in ANY of the verbal stuff between us and his wife.. who is telling him a bunch of Bs)

So my question is what are OUR rights? We have put a lot of man hours into fixing this place up. We have paid cash for some things in here but NO we don't have receipts because according to the mans wife we were going to be living here forever and be able to buy the place...

So now he claims she had no right to even let us move in...

So can he get a 3 day eviction notice on us even though we gave him 1,000?

I have 3 kids and no money to move with (due to the accident and loss of work due to other reasons)

Oh and he thinks it is HIS right to know about all our other bills and our medical bills from the accident. He said it is HIS business to know what is going on with our bills. Is it?


Ty for any information. I am really stressed about this and don't want an eviction on our heads but can not move in 3 days...

Misty

Hello misty:

Uhhh, it DOES make a difference.

The problem is to figure out what your status is under the law. You're not an owner, you're not a guest. You're not a trespasser/squatter. I think you're a tenant. However, it's anyone's guess since you yourself don't know.

In any event, I think you're a tenant. So what if he gave you $700. Why? A gift? Rent abatement? I have no idea what it was for. He gave you $700. Big deal. You don't need to show receipts for gifts.

Given that you're a tenant, he can give you 30 days written notice to leave. No, he can't get you out in 3 days. You're not a squatter. No, your personal business isn't his business.

excon

You are not a squatter you are a tenant, merely tell him you will agrue this in court, and you tell your story, you rented the trailer, you paid 1000 by check, this proves you rented, so tell him to take a hike, first talk to the wife, you rented from her, who owns the trailer, him or her or both, if both or her, then there is no problem, and no he does not need to know anything about you, they can give you a 30 day notice

Sounds like wife is cheating husband or lying to husband

The 700 was for repairs, I would have keep reciepts to show I used it for that, since they will need those for their taxes to show repairs.

Your personal business is none of his, tell him so.

Okay so we have just received our 3 day eviction notice... Issue now I have is she (the new real estate lady) dropped it off at our house at 4:40 in the evening... Well she counted that day as 1 of her 3! Is that right? Shouldn't we be allowed 3 WHOLE days to move? Or at least have showed up in the AM to drop it off? Any one know if I can do anything about that? 3 days to move 5 people (3 being kids) is NUTS! She thinks in 2 weeks she will have a writ of possession (sp). Our landlord (the husband) told US we had till the first of the month to pay rent... Now this. We can't get ahold of the Landlord either he will NOT return our calls!

This sucks. Oh and the 1000.00 we gave them. She put it as rent for 2 months... GREAT so we moved in the end of March... Told our landlord (the wife) that the $ starts when we moved in... we all agreed. So the first installment (if you will lol) was for April and then the next is May. So we don't owe till June right? OR if she wants to back track on what she said and charge us for the entire month of March then it would be March and April... so all we owed was May so we are this month behind that is it... She has down we are 3 months behind?

I just relooked at the paper she gave us... It says we owe 1000.00 for April and May... well I wrote him the 1000.00 check February 22nd... So that means that they are trying to charge us for all of February and March on our check? Even though we didn't move in till the End of March? (by end I mean April 1st we still had our storage unit full but all our stuff was out of our previous place... )

UGH...

Misty

Hello again, misty:

Relax...

The 3 day notice is what she has to give you first before she files for an eviction in court. Don't move – don't do anything. You want her to do that, because you want to explain to the judge. When you're notified about the court hearing, send a letter to the court telling them you will appear, and make sure that you do.

It doesn't matter what the new RE agent thinks happened. It matters what the judge thinks happened. Maybe he can sort it all out. I can't.

excon

My ex husband moved a motor home in my driveway and plugged in. how can I get him and mh off my land? He says he has squatters rights!! Please help he has to go lulu smith

Shoot him!!

No, I'd rather shoot you.

Wade through all of this plainly irrelevant detail (Lowe's receipts in the other van, which was unavailable because it was not their fault because it was a drunk driver because blah, blah, blah... ). And then notice all of it is years old. :(

No jury in the World would convict me. :)

If iwas you I go ot the judge and tell him he is screwing you blue... do not move the guy is a joke and if iwas you I would have signed a lease and everything...