Looking for a place to live.

[dsawan]

I guess my advice to all renters is to keep one foot in the street nd one on your couch because you never know when landlords do this to you. You cannot get too comfy living in rent.

[countrygirl12]

I guess my advice to all renters is to keep one foot in the street nd one on your couch because you never know when landlords do this to you. You cannot get too comfy living in rent.

That does not even make sense at all.  Most times you are not going to be kicked out for no reason.  They will if they have someone else they want to give the place to.  And if they don't like you then you are a target to be asked to move. But as far as the OP the owner of the home wanted to sell it.  He has the right.  In this day and age if I owned more than one property and it came up I could see the one I did not live in I most likely would do so.  Doesn't sound like the OP got along with her ex.  She should be grateful he let her live in his property as long as he did.

It doesn't sound like the OP was renting.  And they cannot just evict you if you have a lease.  I do not think something like this is common.  I know someone recently that ended up being evicted and she tried to act like it was this and this but in reality it was because she was causing trouble and complaining about other tenants. So in the end it backfired on her.

Kind of like the neighbor I use to have who tried to get a guy she worked with fired.  In the end she was the one who was let go.

[santa7]

What area are you in? There should be a ministry or a church maybe they can help you find housing in your area hopefully I will keep you in my prayers

BATISTAGIRL663

I live in Orlando, Fl.  I have gotten on some senior citizen waiting lists.

[santa7]

We weren't married.  We had a child together and he asked me to move in.  Soon after he left me for someone else, married and divorced her.  He asked me not to file for child support because he was buying the house for our daughter.  I believed him.  I was sanctioned by the government all those years because I didn't file for child support.  I was denied medicaid and food stamps all those years.  She was held back three years in school.  So yes, I was foolish because everyone told me to file for child support because he wasn't paying child support.  He was buying himself a house.  So, yes country girl I was living there "for free" because he wasn't paying child support, he was buying himself a house.  My daughter is now pregnant and she is going to live with her father and his girl friend.  She is not getting a house.  My advice to her is to file for child support if this guy leaves her.  Also, I am still supporting her because she only works part time.  I found storage and putting my stuff in there and looking for a place to live.  Still helping her because she is mentally slow.  I am exhausted.

[santa7]

Country Girl:  I believed him.  He tricked me.  He has other houses and so does his girlfriend that he is now living with.  Do you have children?  This is difficult.  I wish I had filed for child support.  It's water under the bridge now.  They have laws and tell you to file for child support for a reason.  Yes, his girlfriend and him have houses here and she has houses in Puerto Rico that she is renting out.  Yes.  This is greed.

[santa7]

Country Girl:  I didn't file for child support because I believed he was buying the house for our daughter.  I thought at least one of us would give her something.  I was paying him rent the past several months too.

[ancmetro]

      Sorry to see your housing situation.
      Cheer up...it is not the end of the world.
      Keep your chin up...and look for a better
      place to live. These types of housing
      problems happened all the time.

[nickylanena]

That's sad, but I hope you can find something!

[debidoo]

Been there done that in years past.  My husband and I lived in a tent for over a year because in Orlando FL you could stay free for two weeks in any county park and there were several so every two weeks we packed up and moved to the next one until we circled around there was no limit to how many times you could stay in a park just had to leave for a certain length of time and not be there beyond two weeks.  We also lived in a tiny travel trailer at one point.  Well best of luck to u finding a new home that works for you.

[dsawan]

"That does not even make sense at all.  Most times you are not going to be kicked out for no reason.  They will if they have someone else they want to give the place to"

He had his daughter take it;Its a private landlord so yeah they can do what they want and tenant gets screwed.

[countrygirl12]

Country Girl:  I believed him.  He tricked me.  He has other houses and so does his girlfriend that he is now living with.  Do you have children?  This is difficult.  I wish I had filed for child support.  It's water under the bridge now.  They have laws and tell you to file for child support for a reason.  Yes, his girlfriend and him have houses here and she has houses in Puerto Rico that she is renting out.  Yes.  This is greed.

What difference does it make?  If you had filed for child support you would not have gotten any more money than living in that house for free all these years. You actually got a better deal.  You could get a couple hundred in child support (if that much) or you do not have to pay $500 a month for a place to live.

Her being slow is not a factor in the equation.  And NO it is not greed to own houses and rent them.  It is called good business.  That would be like saying if you want a raise after a year on your job you are just greedy.  Work for the agreed on starting pay.  I understand you are upset because you have to find somewhere else to live.  And you are not use to having to pay rent or a mortgage payment.  But him owning property and renting it or selling property he owns is a way to make a living.

[countrygirl12]

Country Girl:  I didn't file for child support because I believed he was buying the house for our daughter.  I thought at least one of us would give her something.  I was paying him rent the past several months too.

Buying a house for the daughter does not have anything to do with it.  That doesn't help you with expenses you had as she grew up. But like you said that is water under the bridge.  Too late to do anything now.  We have all been lied to or taken at some point in life. 

Either way when you live on somebody else's property you are at their mercy.  They make the rules.  Can you have a pet, how many cars you can park in the drive way, can you have over night guests...  I did rent before I bought my own home.

[countrygirl12]

Been there done that in years past.  My husband and I lived in a tent for over a year because in Orlando FL you could stay free for two weeks in any county park and there were several so every two weeks we packed up and moved to the next one until we circled around there was no limit to how many times you could stay in a park just had to leave for a certain length of time and not be there beyond two weeks.  We also lived in a tiny travel trailer at one point.  Well best of luck to u finding a new home that works for you.

I have heard a lot of people live in tents in Florida and California.  I don't see what it would hurt to let people just stay beyond 2 weeks.  As long as they were clean.  I have seen pics from California that are disgusting.  Trash every where, clothing littering the lawns, it is horrible.  If I did not have a regular home and could get one of the little camper things like you mentioned if it was a regular one and not a pop up I don't think that would be too bad.

[countrygirl12]

"That does not even make sense at all.  Most times you are not going to be kicked out for no reason.  They will if they have someone else they want to give the place to"

He had his daughter take it;Its a private landlord so yeah they can do what they want and tenant gets screwed.

Did you even read the first comment?  HE owns the property and HE is selling it.  He gave her notice to move out.  It is not screwing the tenant.  If I own a piece of property and I am renting it if I decide to sell it then you the tenant can either purchase it or you can move out so I can sell it.  That is not "screwing" you.

[mapiklfish]

Well, if it does come to that, there are videos on how to live in your car.  There are people that do it because they want to.  You can move whenever you want and you don't have to pay rent.    When we do things our way and not God's way, it almost always causes problems.  Trying to tell my kids that who are having problems because they are doing things their way.  God's ways are ALWAYS, 100% of the time, best.