Friday, July 01, 2011

Dani allen, adam johnson, terri wiswell, Ok Tulsa, do not rent to them

they will scam you telling you that your money will be in your account and move into your home without paying if they can. Forcing you to go through the eviction process to get them out.
Oklahoma, Tulsa area.

STEER CLEAR of Richard L. Massey Jr.  do not rent to - SALISBURY MD area

Richard L. Massey Jr.  does not pay rent on time Salisbury MD area
Trashed up my property
I had to take him to court
Would not vacate - ignored emails and letters.
Tons of excuses
Spent the rent money - said he had to buy at $14,000 boat motor
Rent was $650 a month

Started a crabbing business on my property without my permission and made
a big stinken smelly mess!  He wouldn’t clean up after letter and requests.

The laws are all for the tenants!  Beware check them out good.

Do not rent to this guy!

late late late late late late
do not beleive this renter

Monday, June 27, 2011

Warning: Do Not Rent from Barbara Seiger!

Beginning February 1, I rented a room from Barbara Seiger in her apartment at 315 East 70th Street #10G New York, NY 10021. She kicked me out on 6/17/2011. The reason?

Apparently some of her clothing and jewelry is missing/misplaced/hidden, but she decided I stole it. Which I swear I would never do. She demanded an “explanation” but I can’t offer one for something I didn’t witness and have no knowledge of.

She declared she will use my security deposit to “replace” the missing items, which is illegal. So is evicting someone using threats!

Losing all the money is bad enough, but mostly I don’t like being evicted for something I didn’t and wouldn’t do.

Random things: She insisted I am the only possible culprit, but she had several people visiting or sleeping there. I never did. She’s been known to leave the front door unlocked. Many people could or did have access.

My theory is that Barbara, who is 83 and rather forgetful (maybe senile), got rid of the items or put them elsewhere. Or she did this deliberately to smear me.

She admitted that I don’t have the items. She looked in my room when I wasn’t there. For some reason my clothing buying habits were “proof” to her that I must have stolen from her. She also refused my offer to file a police report, so we’ll never know what really happened. I’ve moved out of NYC, but please beware and don’t answer any of her Craigslist ads for a new roommate. She may accuse you next!

Cheryl & Larry Price

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Court can give relief against landlord and tenants

May 18, 2009 I posted brief report on court in District of Columbia finding landlord and four tenants guilty of negligently and intentionally harming neighbor by serious nighttime for more than a year.  This was about the only effective way of getting relief against bad landlords and tenants so a friend and I went further into the evidence in that case so more details can now be given which may aid others in similar problems.
The landlord was Ms. Nancy Itteilag and the tenants were Mr. Michael James Lavoie, Mr. Christian Etienne Wood, Mr. Edmund Victor Donnelly, and Mr. Robert John Bercik.  After a week’s trial a jury found all these people guilty of both negligently and intentionally harming the neighbor through nighttime noise occurring usually several times every night for months on end.  The court had earlier brought some relief by granting the neighbor’s request for an order of that sort.  The jury granted money damages against the landlord and all four tenants.  The amount was not large.  Our investigation concluded that the money granted was limited because the jury did not want to impose a lengthy debt on the four tenants, who were university undergraduates.  The verdict against the landlord may well have been in six or seven figures but the court told the jury that only one figure could be awarded and it had to apply to the landlord and each tenant.
Among witnesses for the neighbor was another neighbor, Mr. X, who lived in the house on the other side of the tenants.  Mr. X lived there with his very elderly mother who was seriously ill.  There was testimony about Mr. X repeatedly being awakened at night by the tenants’ noise and having to quiet his anxious and upset mother.
Another witness was an expert in property management in the locality.  This expert testified about the steps the landlord should have taken, including a careful investigation like talking with any neighbor who might have knowledge.  Ms. Itteilag gave sworn testimony that she had talked to the neighbor with the elderly mother but she had denied doing so in other sworn testimony and there was nothing to support her claim.  The expert said that Ms. Itteilag should have called to the tenants’ attention the lease provisions against harming neighbors, but Ms. Itteilag admitted she had never done this.  The expert said that Ms. Itteilag should have given the tenants notice to cure the problem or vacate the premises, but the evidence was Ms. Itteilag did the opposite, she encouraged the tenants to have more parties including large ones at night.  The expert testified that Ms. Itteilag could have sought a court order evicting the tenants.  The sworn testimony and other evidence in the case showed that Ms. Itteilag had woven a tangled web.  To call her behavior an exercise in felony stupidity might be right.  Her behavior was hard to understand beause Ms. Itteilag was a real estate agent who not only was an experienced landlord in the area and others but an experienced real estate agent knowledgeable about renting and enforcing reasonable conduct on tenants.
We have posted about this lawsuit in other sites including ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/nosyneighbors.html and hope that the reports offer something to be considered by people harmed by bad landlords and tenants.