房地产经营中的人和事(五)

房地产经营中的人和事(五)

 

这段时间又有几个房地产经营中的人和事想写下来跟大家分享。

 

我们有套在学校旁房子，以前是带家具出租的，客人前段时间搬走了，为了以后省事，我们想把家具卖掉，因此就在Craigslist上登了广告，广告刚登两分钟，就来了个短信，说现在fake广告太多了，为了核实我广告的真实性，即非机器人所为，会送给我一个验证码，收到后需要转交给他(她)，随后就真收到了Google Voice 的验证码，可我的直觉是正常人觉得广告有问题，不理就是了，何必麻烦去核实。到网上一查，才知道这是Craigslist上的新骗术，许多人上当，骗子利用你广告中手机号去Google Voice 申请一新的电话号码，Google Voice 会送短信验证码到你手机，如果你把验证码告诉骗子，骗子再去Google Voice完成验证，就成功地用你手机号码申请到一个新的电话号码，然后用这个新的号码去行骗，人们有来电显示也无法查到骗子的真实来源，这也似乎好理解了现在骗子电话这么多，而每次来电显示都不一样，防不胜防。

 

我们有个3室康斗住着3个(一白，两墨)女大学生，3人平分房租，交房租一直准时，合约今年7月18日才到期，但4月18日其中一墨女就不交房租了，电话告诉我们说，她没钱付房租了，我们赶她时，她就离开。5月中另一墨女也不交房租了，说她过几天就搬走，但白女还是交了她那份房租。于是，我们给她们发了3天通知，两个老墨说实在有困难，希望多住一星期，但白女想住到6月18号，我们回说，可以让你们住到月底，但你们3人是一个合同，必须同时月底搬走，白女回答，月底搬走可以，但必须退回她那部分己交的房租。我们当然一口拒绝，告诉她说，你们三人作为一整体还欠我们房租，怎么可能退你房租？白女很生气，说她每月都准时交房租，另两个人欠的房租不能放她头上，否则她会请律师告我们。白女及两老墨那天深夜2点发短信及打电话给我们，重复要求我们将那房租退给白女，否则她们就不搬，白女还短信说她叔叔是警察，如果不还她房租，她叔叔及其它警察会来找我们算帐。感觉这3人的行为实在有点过份， 写了封措辞强烈警告信准备发给她们, 大女儿看了警告信，觉得应该更专业点，将他们违反的条例放进去，口气可以委婉点，女儿修改后的信(见下面附件)硬中带软，我们觉得非常好，就用短信发给了白女，不到两分钟，白女回短信，她会按我们要求的时间内搬走，也不再要求退她房租了。秀才遇到兵，好在最后这兵还明白点道理，否则我们得花更多时间和财力来驱赶房客了。

 

前段时间，我们一个三室的房子租给了别人不愿租的房客。这个房客信用670，不工作，但每个月有8000多美元收入。我们审查时，问他要最近两次工资单时，他给我们送来了100多页的法庭文件，原来他是一家公司的助理总工程师，4年多前因工作受伤，不再工作，律师帮他告原公司，法庭文件是个双方同意的proposal。保险公司同意赔他300万美金，去掉律师费50万，250万分30年赔给他，每个月5号指定的中间公司会转8千多美金给他。看过法庭文件后，我们要了他过去一年的银行帐单，他是个月光族，但每月5号确实有8千多元的进帐，于是就把那房租给了他，他很感激，说己申请了十几个地方，都说没收入不能租给他。也是，一般人谁会去花时间仔细看那一大堆的法庭文件来核实他的情况。

 

 

 

附件：I want you to know that if I keep receiving calls at 2 am and texts from both you and your roommate trying to push and threaten us to return the money to you, I will reverse my act of goodwill and follow through with the eviction process, which will keep the eviction on your record and make it nearly impossible for you to find future housing. I have on record from your text that you will get your uncle and other police officers to show up at my door if I don’t give you the money that you are demanding. From our communication, your intention to extort money from me by threatening to have your police officer uncle and other officers show up at my door is quite clear. The 18 U.S. Code § 875 of the U.S. Criminal Code states that “Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, any money or other thing of value, transmits any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat made with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his safety,” shall be “fined or imprisoned not more than 20 years or both.” I also have on record so that if you continue to threaten me and/or impose any damage to my property, I have attempted to work things out with you before going to court by communicating both clearly and professionally with you that your move-out date is May 31. If you want your money back, because you signed the same contract as your roommates, which means that you all are responsible for the overall rent due to us, you should ask for the money from your roommates. They were the ones who did not pay the rent and money due to us in the contract that you all agreed to by signing. Your lawyer will tell you the same thing. I am just asking you to move out by May 31, and if you do without trouble, I will stop the eviction process. Please text me if you have any questions at a reasonable hour (before 11 pm).