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Off Topic / Re: File Magic (Corrupt File Recovery)
« on: June 29, 2016, 09:12:15 PM »
I can't help with the file recovery, but I have had some experience with many sleazy landlords in the past.
Was this incident recent? Is there any mold? Was any of your personal property damaged (on video)? Do you have renters insurance? Are they threatening your deposit, or wanting funds from you directly? Does your lease allow pets?
It's easy for me to be biased and say "get a lawyer," because my wife is one, but if the dollar amounts are creeping up it may be worth it. Usually a formal letter with a BAR number listed at the bottom is enough to make the smart sleaze balls back peddle. The dumb ones who still think they can pull some quick easy fraud often find they've opened a can of worms they were not prepared for.
You don't have to reply if you aren't comfortable, I just want you to keep in mind going into this that the landlord is not nearly as powerful as society places them (ask any landlord who has had nightmare tenants just how helpless they are!), so don't give them an inch! Just stick to your guns, and make sure you are constantly taking pictures.
/rant
Was this incident recent? Is there any mold? Was any of your personal property damaged (on video)? Do you have renters insurance? Are they threatening your deposit, or wanting funds from you directly? Does your lease allow pets?
It's easy for me to be biased and say "get a lawyer," because my wife is one, but if the dollar amounts are creeping up it may be worth it. Usually a formal letter with a BAR number listed at the bottom is enough to make the smart sleaze balls back peddle. The dumb ones who still think they can pull some quick easy fraud often find they've opened a can of worms they were not prepared for.
You don't have to reply if you aren't comfortable, I just want you to keep in mind going into this that the landlord is not nearly as powerful as society places them (ask any landlord who has had nightmare tenants just how helpless they are!), so don't give them an inch! Just stick to your guns, and make sure you are constantly taking pictures.
/rant