What is the name of your state? Ohio
Hello everyone,
We recently purchased a house in Cleveland Ohio. The house was purchased for investment purposes and with a tenant occupying it and paying rent.
According to the selles (which were represented by an agent), the tenant was paying rent of 950$ per month. Obviously, the fact that there was a tenant occupying the property, and paying this amount of rent, played a major role in our decision to purchase the house.
When we asked for proof that indeed the tenant is paying a rent of 950$, the sellers provided a receipt for October rent, which supposedly shows that the tenant paid 950$ that month (the receipt was signed by the sellers). They also provided a short doc were they just testified that they received payments of 900-950$ per month, from July-October (doc was also signed by them).
Following that, we purchased the house, and when we got to actually talking to the tenant and presenting ourselves as the new owners, they told us, that they have never paid a rent of 950$ but of only 500$. They also presented a receipt for October which shows that they indeed paid only 500$. The receipt presented by the seller, for the exact same dates, was completely forged.
Do you think we have a case for a lawsuit here? and if so, any idea on how we can estimate our damage here?
Thank you in advance.
Hello everyone,
We recently purchased a house in Cleveland Ohio. The house was purchased for investment purposes and with a tenant occupying it and paying rent.
According to the selles (which were represented by an agent), the tenant was paying rent of 950$ per month. Obviously, the fact that there was a tenant occupying the property, and paying this amount of rent, played a major role in our decision to purchase the house.
When we asked for proof that indeed the tenant is paying a rent of 950$, the sellers provided a receipt for October rent, which supposedly shows that the tenant paid 950$ that month (the receipt was signed by the sellers). They also provided a short doc were they just testified that they received payments of 900-950$ per month, from July-October (doc was also signed by them).
Following that, we purchased the house, and when we got to actually talking to the tenant and presenting ourselves as the new owners, they told us, that they have never paid a rent of 950$ but of only 500$. They also presented a receipt for October which shows that they indeed paid only 500$. The receipt presented by the seller, for the exact same dates, was completely forged.
Do you think we have a case for a lawsuit here? and if so, any idea on how we can estimate our damage here?
Thank you in advance.