Today, I found out my roommates spent my rent money and told the landlord I never paid. I've paid my rent and theirs the past six months. My name's on the lease. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out my roommate has been cheating me out of hundreds of dollars when I finally obtained records of the past year's electric bills, which are in her name. FML
Today, I found out, through Facebook, that my landlord hadn't been paying the mortgage on the house I'm renting from him. It's going into foreclosure. FML
Today, I came home to found all of my belongings out on the street. My roommate, who is also my brother, apparantly neglected to pay his part of the rent, and we got evicted. FML
Today, I learned that the house I've been living in and paying rent for the past two months was never advertised as vacant. I learned this when the actual homeowners walked in, and called the police for an "intruder." FML
Today, my roommate and I had to pay our first installment of rent. He's nowhere to be found. FML
Today, my roommate and I received a non-payment notice from our landlord, over a dishonored check that was used to pay the rent. I give my roommate money for my share and she handles the checks. Apparently, her trip to Puerto Rico was more important than paying rent. FML
Today, my landlord emailed me, stating that she hasn't been receiving my rent. After some investigation, I found out she's been using the money to buy booze, and hasn't been putting it into the house owner's account. FML
Today, a week after spending most of my paycheck on a down-payment and rent on a new apartment, I found out the "landlord" I paid was a scammer. Turns out the real owner was away on vacation, and he'd stolen most of her stuff before showing me the place. FML
Today, I rented a house for 5 years with my girlfriend, only to find out she is the actual owner. FML
Today, my landlord started showing my apartment, where I have lived and paid rent for over 2 years, to prospective tenants. I didn't realize that I was moving. FML
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pesukarchu 11
I'm sorry this happened to you, but if your name was on the lease, you should have been making the payments directly to the landlord yourself. Don't trust other people with your rent money, regardless if they're good friends or just roommates. I hope it all works out well for you.
rotflqtms_ 21
if you're the one paying, why did your roommate have access to the rent money? If your name is on the lease, don't you think you should have been a little more careful about making sure to get it done right? And 6 months of back rent and your landlord didn't come after you? You never asked for a receipt ever after paying? Sorry, next time you'll be a little more careful with your rent money.
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rotflqtms_ 21
if you're the one paying, why did your roommate have access to the rent money? If your name is on the lease, don't you think you should have been a little more careful about making sure to get it done right? And 6 months of back rent and your landlord didn't come after you? You never asked for a receipt ever after paying? Sorry, next time you'll be a little more careful with your rent money.
pesukarchu 11
I'm sorry this happened to you, but if your name was on the lease, you should have been making the payments directly to the landlord yourself. Don't trust other people with your rent money, regardless if they're good friends or just roommates. I hope it all works out well for you.
raven_of_azarath 35
For those saying OP’s roommate shouldn’t have been in charge of the rent if OP was on the lease, maybe they both signed the lease and they’re both on it? If that’s the case, then it makes sense for only one person to handle rent than to have two people turn in half rent.
jbuckets_404 39
But OP clearly stated that he'd been paying the rent in full - not half - for everybody during the past six months. When it comes to housing and certain other important fees/ payments in life, all-ways be sure to leave a paper trail to CYA. Yep, all-ways get a receipt; that way you can prove how much you've been paying per month/ year in case your gov't gives you credit/ rebate/ discount for doing so on your annual income taxes and the like eg, some states in the USA. Also, don't trust anybody with significant amounts of cash eg, $50+. You never know what type(s) of secret addiction(s) that they might have/ be recovering from. Good luck, OP! :-)
JackFaire 27
The way OP words it heavily implies that they are the only one on the lease.
pesukarchu 11
I guess it depends on the country? When I lived in Scotland as a student and my roommates and I would sign a lease, we'd basically sign for a room in the flat. Which meant that if one roommate didn't pay, they could get evicted if they didn't pay rent, but the other roommates would be safe and wouldn't be required to make up the missing rent.
Mungolikecandy 19
If your name is on the lease maybe it is time to find a new roommate. Also if they spent your rent money a call to the police for theft may also be called for. How did they even get access to your rent money anyway as surely you pay the landlord directly which is the standard thing to do?
JackFaire 27
The standard thing to do when you live with roommates is to pool the money and one of the leaseholders gives the money to the landlord. In this case it sounds like they missed the part of it needing to be one of the leaseholders. Non-leaseholders have 0 incentive to make sure the money is paid.
JackFaire 27
I agree your life sucks but you also deserved it. If your name is on the lease then you're the one that gives the money to the landlord. They have no incentive to do so.
Petals13 7
Super easy! If your name is on the lease and you're the one paying the entire rent simply change the locks and they'll all need to find new places to live.
daengh 15
Where I live there's a legal process to getting someone out once they're established "residency", typically by living there for 30 continuous days. Doing what you suggest could get OP sued or arrested.
revidffum69 22
If your name was on the lease, you should have been collecting the money and paying landlord. Ydi 100%
awoodss 0
I've been there kick there ass to the curb fr
MrCT 22
Check made out to the landlord.....
Chris Cowperthwait 4
If the lease is in your name why are they in charge of dropping off the money?