What do I do?
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What is the name of your state? California
Hello, I have a situation that I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do now.
In February a co-worker ended up in a bad situation. I felt badly for him and in a moment of stupidity I thought I would help him out. Everything was good for 3 months, but things went bad after that. I rent the lower half of a duplex and this guy needed a place to stay. I offered an extra room to him on the condition he help out with the expenses, such as utilities, food and such. He agreed and it went fine until the first week in May. He started having money problems and wasn't always able to pay his portion of what he owed on time. I was alright with that until it started to be more than I could handle. I confronted him as to what he was going to do about it. He got mad and left a few weeks later. He didn't take all of his things so I wasn't sure if he was coming back or not. I found out from another office worker that he moved back in with his parents. He still owes me a small amount of money (about $225.00). He no longer works at my place of employment and I'm not sure if he is working at all. I don't feel I should have to pay for all the expenses that both of us created. He hasn't talked to me about the things he left behind and I don't think he is coming back for them. Some of the things have some value and if I sold them I could apply that to the money that he owes me. I was told I couldn't do that. So I'm stuck with not knowing what to do. If someone can give me an idea as to why I can't recoup my losses by selling the things he left behind I would be grateful. It's been long enough and he isn't doing anything about it. So what do I do? Did I write this in the right place?
Hello, I have a situation that I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do now.
In February a co-worker ended up in a bad situation. I felt badly for him and in a moment of stupidity I thought I would help him out. Everything was good for 3 months, but things went bad after that. I rent the lower half of a duplex and this guy needed a place to stay. I offered an extra room to him on the condition he help out with the expenses, such as utilities, food and such. He agreed and it went fine until the first week in May. He started having money problems and wasn't always able to pay his portion of what he owed on time. I was alright with that until it started to be more than I could handle. I confronted him as to what he was going to do about it. He got mad and left a few weeks later. He didn't take all of his things so I wasn't sure if he was coming back or not. I found out from another office worker that he moved back in with his parents. He still owes me a small amount of money (about $225.00). He no longer works at my place of employment and I'm not sure if he is working at all. I don't feel I should have to pay for all the expenses that both of us created. He hasn't talked to me about the things he left behind and I don't think he is coming back for them. Some of the things have some value and if I sold them I could apply that to the money that he owes me. I was told I couldn't do that. So I'm stuck with not knowing what to do. If someone can give me an idea as to why I can't recoup my losses by selling the things he left behind I would be grateful. It's been long enough and he isn't doing anything about it. So what do I do? Did I write this in the right place?
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