When Your Landlord's Stiffing The Bank, You Could Be The One In Trouble

Here are a number of links to stories from around the country on the apparent widespread prcatice of renting homes in foreclosure to unwitting tenants, and serve as a strong reminder that tenants need to be proactive in their investigation of the status of the property they are leasing:

Washington, D.C. - WTOP Radio 103.5 FM: Renters beware: Know your foreclosure rights,

Bakesrfield, California - KERO-TV Channel 23: Renters Step Into Foreclosed Home Danger (Local Family Loses Home, Deposit After Rented Home Foreclosed),

Orange County, California - The Orange County Register: House, condo renters latest victims of foreclosure crisis (People renting homes, condos and townhouses find themselves out on the street after the owners fail to pay the mortgage).

South Central Michigan - The Ann Arbor News:

• When your landlord's in trouble, you could be too,
• Vulnerable renters need stronger rights (Mortgage meltdown affects them, too),
• What renters should know about foreclosure,

Southwest Florida - The News Press:

• Lousy landlord hurts families,
• Owner defaults; tenants evicted,

Northern/Central Florida - Hernando Today: Renters Suffering From Foreclosure Crisis.

Kingman, Arizona - Kingman Daily Miner: Mortgage crisis hits renters (Landlords with adjustable-rate loans see payments skyrocket).

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