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    charmed44875 Posts: 40, Reputation: 2
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:40 AM
    Landlord ripped me off
    Ok I was going to move to FL for culinary school. Well I paid this women 2 months rent and $200 deposit on a room. I was there for 5 days not even that and she would not give me a dime back. She had like 12 black people there the night before starting stuff with me I felt in danger so I left. I told her to keep $500 for the first months rent and give me the $700 back. She would not do either. So I had to call and beg my mom to get me home. So now I owe her $300 because the women down there would not even buy my ticket back home. What can I do to get this money back. I was going to sue for $2500.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:46 AM

    You can try suing but you left without trying to fix the problem so that may work against you.

    Did you sign any lease or any type of agreements?

    I hope you gave her a check and/or got receipts.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:47 AM

    I sent money gram I signed junk lease with tons of errors in it. I talked to some people that said that it would not help her in court.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:54 AM

    You can try and sue you might get something back
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:56 AM

    Well I don't really have the money to hire someone if I don't have much of chance know what I mean
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    Aug 11, 2009, 06:05 AM

    With that type of thing you shouldn't need a lawyer just something like $58. To file the suit
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    Aug 11, 2009, 06:13 AM

    In your other post you said you have your own house.
    How long ago did this landlord thing happen?
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:10 PM

    I had this place paid for in Ohio and did that place down there too. It was in July middle of July that that happened
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:14 PM

    The middle of July you can still sue and it wouldn't look like you were trying to pull something.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:15 PM

    Ok this sounds stupid but what do I do since she is in FL and I am in Ohio?
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:21 PM

    You, call the police if someone "starts" something. And a group of black people may have just been friends giving the new guy a hard way to go

    Did you not even look at the room first? And if you knew the lease had errors.

    And I will make it evern worst, if she does not rent the room and it was a lease for several months, she can sue you to keep paying
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:24 PM

    According to FL laws since I have read them. I had to pay the first 30 days which I did. The rest was suppose to come back to me but has not. NO they were all there none of them lived there she brought them to start stuff with me. I am not raciest I am just saying.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 04:24 PM
    And since I am in Ohio room is in FL No I left Ohio and went right to the place.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:15 PM

    Frankly I don't think you have a case. You had an agreement to rent the room. You broke that agreement by moving out after just a few days. You did not give sufficient notice. Therefore, you could easily be held responsible for the balance of the lease.

    I can just see you coming into court and telling a judge that the landlord had "like 12 black people there the night before". That isn't going to get you very far.

    If the landlord pulled a scam on you accepting your tenancy then trying to intimidate you to leave, you fell into her trap and I'm not very confident that you can get out of it.

    I don't know what Florida law you are reading, but I don't see her only entitled to one month's rent given what you have told us.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:24 PM

    OK thanks
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:27 PM

    Yeah it really wouldn't be worth pursuing considering the mileage. It would cost more than it is worth and you probably wouldn't win.
    I didn't realize you were that many states away
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:31 PM

    Yep all the way in Ohio Nohelp are you lawyer or just someone that knows a lot about this stuff
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:34 PM

    No I'm not a lawyer I went to Everest for para legal and I read a lot and use *common sense* that gets past my alzheimeryness at times.
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    Aug 11, 2009, 05:47 PM

    Oh OK lol

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