Pham, a Seattle residential landlord, bought a rental property at foreclosure. It was metered for five units, so he assumed it was properly permitted for five living units. It turned out that the building was only permitted as a triplex. Pham rented Unit 5 to Corbett and Morgan. The tenants often paid rent late or in installments. The tenants complained to the landlord about the rental unit’s condition, including rats, a lack of railings on an outside deck, and leaking water/sewage issues. The tenants stopped paying rent after the lease ended, but remained in possession. The landlord served a notice […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
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A woman took out a mortgage on her home in Burien, Washington.[1] She lived in her home and also in it operated an adult family home. A few years later she was behind on payments. Her lender began the foreclosure process. She successfully negotiated a loan modification, the terms of which required her to make a certain $10,000 payment. She made the payment. Despite the fact that the homeowner made the agreed $10,000 payment, the trustee continued the foreclosure sale anyway at the direction of the lender. The homeowner arrived home one day and was handed the notice […]
A tenant and her landlords disputed certain conditions in the property. The landlords believed the tenant was allowing damage to the property by improperly leaving windows open. When the tenant requested certain repairs, the landlords while in the property making the unrelated repairs nailed a window shut and disabled another window so that it could only be opened a few inches. Eventually, the landlords brought an eviction against the tenant. The tenant made counterclaims. The tenant moved out while the eviction was pending. The trial court moved the case to the Mandatory Arbitration calendar. The landlords’ attorney withdrew, […]