Posted on 03/31/2010 6:33:35 AM PDT by Daisyjane69
I don't want to be some sort of conspiracy nut, but I paid my rent on 2/29/10. To this day, my landlord has not deposited this check. I will owe another check and pay it today.
I've mentioned it to him (three times now) and he says he has to ask "the boss" which is his wife. I can't figure it out; my landlord is an electrician who has not been on a paying gig since May of last year since construction here in S. Utah is nonexistent right now.
Last week when I had to call him on a minor matter, I got his answering machine. He told me later that his phone had been temporarily off, but was now working.
I'm a nervous wreck. (and back to bed)
But your thoughts would be welcome.
More float for you.
Maybe he would rather have cash...trying to earn some money off the books?????
Why do you care? If it was me, I think I would be fine if he never cashed it :)
send your payments certfied mail so you can prove to a judge you mailed them, if he tries to evict you - or the bank or new owner of the property tries to evict you, if he is not paying the mortgage and letting the property go to foreclosure
Failure to cash a check, with his other troubles, could mean the bank has a freeze on his account or he owes them money (overdraft charges etc) he is not willing to pay them
Send it by certified mail.
Maybe he is lazy, disorganized, dispirited, alcholic. I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Just note your checkbook so that you have a contemporaneous note showing payment, send him a letter or something about it. The worry I would have is that he isn’t paying the morgage on the place you are renting. But foreclosure and all that takes a while. Talk to the wife maybe? Maybe he would prefer cash (just ask for a reciept).
Makes it a pain to balance your checkbook - only downside I can see.
I guess the 2/29 check was for your March rent ???
Did he give you a dated receipt at that time ???
If not, since you dont have a cancelled check you have no proof you paid your rent in time...
Or even paid it...
Is he plotting to evict you ???
If he doesn’t cash your check, can you prove you paid your rent? Perhaps you should call him, put the phone on speaker, and have two or three witnesses listen to his explanation of why he hasn’t cashed it yet. Maybe record it too, if local laws allow it.
Perhaps...
1. He or ‘the boss’ is an airhead or procrastinator.
2. He lost it.
3. He has personal issues going on and doesn’t have time to think about it right now.
I don’t want to be some sort of conspiracy nut, but I paid my rent on 2/29/10
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Sorry to tell you this. But you ARE a nut.
For thinking you did ANYTHING on a day that did not exist.
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That’s what I’m worried about...him not paying the mortgage. He was with Indy Mac and only God knows who he is with now. They were trying to find someone to refinance some months ago.
Maybe I should head to the auditor’s office to see if there is something fishy going on. This is puzzling, because these people have NO money coming in other than rent.
meh...gonna grab 3 more aspirin
February 29th?
28 days in Feb. this year.
This does smack of making reasons to evict her doesnt it ???
There was no 2/29/10. Is this a joke?
Don’t sweat it, just record it as money spent in your checkbook and keep track of it so you can make sure it hits your account correctly when he does cash it.
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