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re: Former roommate - stole and left - anything we can do?
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:10 am to rpg37
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:10 am to rpg37
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o, he has the only signed copies of the agreement.
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This is absolutely inexcusable with all the ways you can copy something now,moron.
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Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:18 am to atchafalaya
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. You have a chance.
So you're saying I have a chance?
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:21 am to Upperdecker
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And did you ask the guy why he took that stuff? He might have stolen it, but maybe he thought it was his deposit being returned to him with his copy of the lease?
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:24 am to nes2010
Blast his ugly mug on Facebook. You'll locate his arse quick. Then beat the crap out of him
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:25 am to rpg37
I'd find him and kick his arse
It won't get any money back but you should feel better afterwards
It won't get any money back but you should feel better afterwards
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:32 am to rpg37
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Now I have to go and buy new locks.
Call a locksmith to re-key. May be cheaper. I had all 3 of mine done when we moved into our house for $75.
You should have done this the minute he left. And you can reset the garage door as well to make his opener not work.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 7:36 am to rpg37
You can't afford to live alone but you can afford to have a lawyer on retainer?
You're full of shite. By "my lawyer" you mean a buddy who is probably in house at Progressive or something
You're full of shite. By "my lawyer" you mean a buddy who is probably in house at Progressive or something
Posted on 10/3/15 at 8:00 am to rpg37
Did he take all his stuff with him?
Chalk this up to a lesson learned. Always have multiple secured signed copies of a lease, always keep cash locked up.
I'm glad I never had to deal with roommates in that sense. I went from living in a dorm to living in a house my parents owned but neither used after their divorce, and there I just had two friends move in and we all split the bills for three years, then I moved in with my g/f who became my wife.
I've heard so many horror stories about roommates from friends - especially when they didn't really know the person moving in.
Chalk this up to a lesson learned. Always have multiple secured signed copies of a lease, always keep cash locked up.
I'm glad I never had to deal with roommates in that sense. I went from living in a dorm to living in a house my parents owned but neither used after their divorce, and there I just had two friends move in and we all split the bills for three years, then I moved in with my g/f who became my wife.
I've heard so many horror stories about roommates from friends - especially when they didn't really know the person moving in.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 8:49 am to rpg37
Uh, you might want to call the police
Posted on 10/3/15 at 8:56 am to rpg37
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What is missing in my room, though, is on my desk the other roommate's rent (cash) and the lease agreement
I'm going to go ahead and so you're full of shite.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 8:56 am to lsunurse
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Pick better roommates next time?
This is way easier said than done. You don't really find out about a person until you live with them.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:11 am to rpg37
I do the same thing you do, rent out rooms in my house and been doing it about 12 years. For the most part I haven't paid a mortgage since. I don't think there's much you can do to recover what he stole. Your word against his.
The lease would all depend on how it's written but I think there are some landlord tenant laws that may not apply when the landlord and tenant live in the same home, or there's no written guidelines for. Most landlord-tenant laws involve the tenant having sole possession of the dwelling.
I never make a person sign a lease. I just tell them upfront all I ask is that you please try to give me at least 30 days notice to vacate or as much as possible. In this business, people that move in to another persons home where the owner lives, are usually bottom of the barrel people folk that are going to move out on a whim. I've had people O.D. in my house and die, not show up for 30 days and be in drunk rehab, have siblings who were fugitives use my address as their primary address for child support enforcement (unbeknownst to me until child enforcement showed up not knowing they were in jail for robbing a bank).
Your lease with them is a waste of time generally. Take what monies you can for the room, and expect the unexpected. Don't leave valuables or nice clothes in areas they have access to unless the risk of losing it is less than the effort to hide it.
The lease would all depend on how it's written but I think there are some landlord tenant laws that may not apply when the landlord and tenant live in the same home, or there's no written guidelines for. Most landlord-tenant laws involve the tenant having sole possession of the dwelling.
I never make a person sign a lease. I just tell them upfront all I ask is that you please try to give me at least 30 days notice to vacate or as much as possible. In this business, people that move in to another persons home where the owner lives, are usually bottom of the barrel people folk that are going to move out on a whim. I've had people O.D. in my house and die, not show up for 30 days and be in drunk rehab, have siblings who were fugitives use my address as their primary address for child support enforcement (unbeknownst to me until child enforcement showed up not knowing they were in jail for robbing a bank).
Your lease with them is a waste of time generally. Take what monies you can for the room, and expect the unexpected. Don't leave valuables or nice clothes in areas they have access to unless the risk of losing it is less than the effort to hide it.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:20 am to lsunurse
He has paid in months past showing he owes "x" each month.
He didn't pay Oct and did NOT turn in his key till after the fist and has no proof of notice he gave you.
File suit on him in small claims.
Although he stole the signed copy, you still have a lease like that with the same wording right? You'll need that.
If you have 30 days (at least) notice, that will take him into November, which he would owe you for as well. Do this to get back the stolen money.
Also, have the lawyer send the letter to him stating to turn in his key. Act like you haven't seen it! He will have to reply to the lawyer where he left if, and THEN you call the police and you have proof he was in the room where the theft occured.
Money and charges against him, win!
He didn't pay Oct and did NOT turn in his key till after the fist and has no proof of notice he gave you.
File suit on him in small claims.
Although he stole the signed copy, you still have a lease like that with the same wording right? You'll need that.
If you have 30 days (at least) notice, that will take him into November, which he would owe you for as well. Do this to get back the stolen money.
Also, have the lawyer send the letter to him stating to turn in his key. Act like you haven't seen it! He will have to reply to the lawyer where he left if, and THEN you call the police and you have proof he was in the room where the theft occured.
Money and charges against him, win!
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:22 am to rpg37
The responses in this thread. 
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:29 am to RummelTiger
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Maybe the other roommate staged it to look like the dude who moved out stole the money. Old baw just got a month for free!
Or maybe the OP staged it, pocketed the money, and blamed the rogue roommate just to get back at his untimely departure?
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:36 am to SirWinston
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Maybe in 1984 or 1994 you could beat somebody up... Today, I don't think it's worth risking jail time and a criminal record. just go vandalize his shite in about six months
Well hell you can go to jail for vandalism as well. I'd prefer the satisfaction of a busted lip.
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:46 am to Martini
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Well hell you can go to jail for vandalism as well. I'd prefer the satisfaction of a busted lip.
That's why you wait about 6 months to go by before you do it...
Posted on 10/3/15 at 9:52 am to rpg37
Actually, you do have some type of proof. You have the other roommate. He can vouch that the lease exists because he was also on the lease. You also have the email you sent him asking him to return the key and garage door opener. I would assume he also had mail coming to the address which would establish he lived there. Simply stealing the lease does not erase his living history there.
This post was edited on 10/3/15 at 9:55 am
Posted on 10/3/15 at 10:06 am to Martini
It's way less likely you get caught for vandalism - especially if you wait a few months
Posted on 10/3/15 at 10:18 am to yellowfin
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I'd find him and kick his arse
If this hasn't happened yet, it's probably because the roommate would kick his arse if he started something.
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