Another question about my slumlord and a forged signature on a lease?
I just realized that my husband went to go sign the lease for our rental without me and there is a spot for my signature under my husbands. In that place there is a signature but it is definitely not mine. The landlord obviously forged it, does this make the lease void even though my husband signed it?
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Why?
Are you planning on bailing out, when the going get's rough?
One of my agents accepted a contract that a wife that wasn't suppose to sign a contract to sell her house.
She'd put the house in her husbands name.
I found out, when she couldn't play me like a puppet, she blew the whistle and tried to bail.
I called the police and the police said quote "I sign my wife's signature all the time" I immediately called his supervisor and reported him!
If you know that it is forged, you should say something now or forever hold your peace! Because if I was the landlord and discovered later. I'd sue you and your husband for forgery.
But any landlord in their right mind, always gets everybody's signature, there's plenty of time to do this, for everyone that is living in the place, or he's out and he'll have a rough time eviciting, all who is there, unless, he put's "does 1 thru 10"
and the additional filing of papers to get rid of you.
BUFLAVO........
There was no mention in your original post of what you are saying now? It appeared and I thought that, when I read it that you were just moving in?
This changes the whole nature of the situation.
You are licensed contractoring company?
PLACE A LIEN ON HIS DARN PROPERTY!
Contractors can put a lien on his property and he can 't do doodly squat with it unless he pays you off.
Keep your receipts etc handy.
If he is a shady guy, put a lien of substantial amount to get his attention. If he's going to play games. Play your rights kinda legal game, back at him!
You can fight the eviction, explaining exchange for labor and show your receipts. He won't have a leg to stand on.
Also sue him for fraud. People hate when you put fraud in a lawsuit.
But don't fail to put the lien on his property even if you go to court, this will intimidate him.
Get as much information as you can regarding the other contractors, if you have to go to court.
You must explicitely find out why he feels you guys owe him money. This could kill your case, if he is valid.
When you are claiming rent exchange in lieu of work on the property for the rent?
Don't play up the fact that you didn't sign the lease, otherwise they are going to be thinking that you are being shisty, after so long.
Just in passing mention it, adding to his credibility and play up the knowing him from 2yrs old.
This will show, why you let your guard down!
Tell them that he knew about the dogs for many years!
It's very likely that your husband knew of the fraud, whether he signed your name or not. It'll be valid against him, but not against you.
if you could prove in court that the landlord forged your signature it would effect the over all creditability of the landlord since the courts would considered him having unclean hands, legal term
On the eviction, you might as well cross complaint in civil for the monies owed for the contractor work, hopefully you have something in writing, or emails, if not then move for under detrimental reliance theory
under detrimental reliance you may not be able to prove 13K but at least half say versus the 2k the landlord is suing you for
Also when you move out take allot of pictures of how you left the place because the landlord may and try to sue for damage to the unit, padded the bill so to speak
Forgery is illegal.at any point..ask the courts to have a specialist look at the document
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