I’m in Minnesota, for the 2nd time in 2 years my landlord is facing foreclosure. Here we go again, having to move against our will plus all the expenses involved when one moves. My second landlord failed to renew our lease last summer of 2008. Last January 2009, we’ve got the dreaded visit from the county sheriff to notify that our landlord was on default. Under MN law, the landlord has 6 months to redeem the property from the bank, this upcoming June 6th, the bank will take over the property. The landlord already admitted she wont be recovering the property so she agreed to pay her 0 a month (from ,200). My wife got down to 3 days in her job and last month we only sent her 0 for rent. We are struggling to keep up with our current bills plus saving over ,500 for a new month deposit and rent plus the expenses involved while moving.

We gave the landlord when we moved in a ,200 deposit plus a month of rent. That deposit thinned by a few hundred dollars a few times when our rent was a day or 2 late for a left over amount of around 0 still on our favor. Today is May 27th and in 9 days this property will belong to the bank. Should I pay these folks the rent? They just left a message saying they were going to legally proceed.

What are my options or rights if I have some?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Until what extent is legal to charge rent when the LL already failed to renew a lease, admitted she wont be recovering the property. All this money is going to her nice life style while we tenants are in a very sour situation. She wont be solving anything with the rent nor with the property. Every thing we have payed her since last October 2008 has been a nice ,200 gift to her. I know, I don’t want to sound like I don’t want to pay. But at this point it wont solve my problem. I’ll be taking pictures of everything, I don’t want to be blamed for vandalism or missing appliances.
Since I can no post myself, seems like user ”landlord” is speaking on behalf of other landlords below. As another poster mentioned, I believe that my landlord (or any LL for that matter) is breaching the contract. Now, if a LL with lets say 6 to 8 properties is in default and no intention on paying these mortgages, the law is basically forcing us tenants to award this LL’s with no less than k or more over a period of 6 months. Add those 6 months to the ones the LL hasn’t been paying. Give or take a LL with 6 to 8 properties can get around to k (maybe more) for FREE in a period of 6 months plus the ones he/she’s been defaulting for a while.

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We have a nice Toro lawnmower that we bought for 5 two years ago, and has held up well. When selling a home, do most seller leave the lawnmower for the buyers? I have a neighbor who’s interested in it, so if it’s rare that a buyer expects to inherit one, I’ll just sell it. Thanks in advance for your advice.
Wow. You’re all quick. 100% agree, so I’ll sell it. Thank you all for your answers.

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My husband and I plan on selling our home soon. We are getting stuff clean, finishing a pantry, ect. We hope to be ready by October. What are some things we can do that are not too expensive or time consuming that will help our home sell quicker? Last time this home was sold to us, I think it was on the market for 6 to 8 months… Is that pretty average? Thanks in advance )

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Okay, Ex got the house,it was foreclosed on but my name was still on it. They put a judgement on me which evidently greentree bought. I am ready to pay greentree but they cant release that judgement because they didnt put it there. I dont want someone coming after me years from now saying I still owe. My original lender was Irwin home equity but on court papers it says wells fargo bank minnesota as indenture trustee under the irwin home equity loan trust.So is the judgement from wells fargo or irwin home equity. My payments were always made to Irwin but now I dont know what this means. It would stink to pay greentree then have Irwin or wells fargo say I still owe them. What do I do? Does anyone know what this means? Thanks in advance.

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We repainted our entire home 6 years ago before we moved in. We painted one room a deep dark green color called forest green. It is pretty harsh…. How should we go about repainting it? Maybe prime it first, then repaint with a neutral color? Also, we have baby borders with matching curtains up in two rooms. Should be take all the wall and border stuff down and put up regular curtains? Would it make it harder to sell if we left them up? Thanks in advance for the advice )

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I reside in Minnesota, but I would like my Toy Poodle to be buried in New York State on my parents property. What is the easiest, quickest, and cheapest ways? Thanks in advance.

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I’ve started selling items from home, and I’m trying to figure out what my next step should be. I do not have a niche market yet. I’ve only sold a few items so far, but it’s pretty interesting. I can commit to 20 hrs per week doing this thing. I’m just wondering what would be the best route for me to take in order to make this a successful part time gig? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

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We’re moving to the Minneapolis, MN area and need to find some place that has dog daycare, where the dogs can have supervised play. We’re not looking for a kennel where the dogs are crated most/all of the day. Thanks in advance!

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My Husband is thinking of relocating but we don’t want to go too far from St. Louis, he is in the Reserves and may transfer to a unit near St. Louis, Anyways, we both have lived in St. Louis our whole lives and want to get out. We live outside of the city (about 15 miles), so its not too bad. I was looking at bestcities.net and they showed Indiana, Wisconsin and North Dakota. I don’t want to Minnesota for sure or Iowa. I want some place that is warm and doesn’t have too bad of winters. St. Louis is the city that had all kinds of weather every season.

Like I said, we don’t want to go too far, but he will mainly be going for the weekend down near St. Louis, once a month or so, so he wont be driving it often. We don’t want to live in a big city, Chicago isn’t want we want and we want some place that has a lot of activities, especially for kids. We have 2 children both under 3. One of the big things also, is low crime rate.

So what do you prefer? Have you gone or lived somewhere that you would prefer?

Thanks in advance!

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Besides craiglists, what other POPULAR websites allow you to list your home for sale for no listing charge? Thanks in advance.

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