Whose home is it?

We had a tenant purchase a home for $1,000. The home was abandoned when we purchased the park and we’re working on obtaining the title. The purchaser was given a bill of sale. 8 months later, she stopped paying lot rent. After breaking several promises to pay, she left. She took the water heater, the electrical panel, all copper wiring, plumbing, and gas line. After she was gone for a couple months, the manager decided the home was abandoned and went in, hauled out all the furniture and trash, replaced the wiring, water heat, plumbing and repaired the damage. The manager quickly found a new buyer for the home. The previous tenant showed up shortly after saying she had purchased the home from us and it was still her home, even though she hadn’t paid lot rent. Of course, she was correct. We had to return the $1,000 she had originally paid for the home. We couldn’t press charges for damaging the home as she said it was her home and she could do whatever she wanted to with it. Make sure you own the home before you sell it!

2 thoughts on “Whose home is it?

  1. trudy

    cassi what is the outcome of your blog about mobile abandoned after several monts of non rent and manager went in to clean out trash and furniture. I can’t fimd the rest of your blog. thanks

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