Suspicious landlord...

[Chris_Doane]

I'm looking for a new place to live and went to see a condo the other day. The landlord, Sanjay, has quite a nice place. The first problem was the price. His ad said $1249. When I got there, there was a surprise $150 home owners association fee. Almost every other place I've seen, the owner pays that fee. Sanjay wants to pass it on. Whatever, strike one.

Now the BIG problem. He starts asking me if I'll be living there alone or will I be living with my "fiance or girlfriend." In the 10 mins or so I talk to him, he brings it up 3 times and always uses the words "fiance or girlfriend." The way he said it felt like he was fishing...basically to make sure I wasn't gay. Maybe Im just being paranoid?

Anyhow in the 10 mins we talk, he decides I'd be a great fit to rent his place and he really wants me to take it. He doesn't feel good about the prospects that have come to see it. He doesn't want younger guys or families in there tearing up his place...which is fine. I tell him its too much with the surprise, extra $150. He says "OK, how about $1349." I say I'll think about it. Email him the next day and say I'll pass for now. Then he says "OK, $1299." I haven't replied since.

Im just envisioning him coming over all all the time to "check in" and make sure his place is OK. Hah that could be interesting if my boyfriend happened to be over at the time.

What to do...what to do....

[Satty]

Beard

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

Might as well get the party started with a bang and invite the BF to sign the papers with you.

(Yep, I'm a vengeful ass)

But seriously... Better to get these things out in the open now. Before you sign a lease or anything. That way you can save yourself a whole lot of potential drama in the future.

Edited April 21, 2009 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Chris_Doane]

Might as well get the party started with a bang and invite the BF to sign the papers with you.

(Yep, I'm a vengeful ass)

Haha...I had that thought too. Only been going out with him for 3 months though.

[Paolino]

Sigh. Prices are so different here vs. most of the nation.

Chris, if you really like the place, get it. However, he sounds like he'll be a PITA.

[Satty]

I would've said, "My wife died" because that would have likely shut the jerk up.

[Chris_Doane]

I would've said, "My wife died" because that would have likely shut the jerk up.

LoL...that would've been a great idea!

[Z-06]

Bloody Indian heh? Sanjay the Saarthi of King Dhritarashtra, one who had the vision to let the blind king tell live news about the great war of Mahabharata.

[Chris_Doane]

Bloody Indian heh? Sanjay the Saarthi of King Dhritarashtra, one who had the vision to let the blind king tell live news about the great war of Mahabharata.

Oooook...

[Z-06]

Oooook...

Being brought up there, I will tell you that Indians are one of the worst bigots when it comes to homosexuality. If you fear about it, you are possibly correct.

[Dsuupr]

You are in luck. Thanks to Federal Fair Housing Standards you are now due $10,000 (or more). Please check out http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/ and let them know the name and such of the Landlord. It is AGAINST THE LAW to ask about familial status.

I used to do training for the Property Management firm I worked for on this very issue. GO GET YOUR FREE MONEY!!

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

You are in luck. Thanks to Federal Fair Housing Standards you are now due $10,000 (or more). Please check out http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/ and let them know the name and such of the Landlord. It is AGAINST THE LAW to ask about familial status.

I used to do training for the Property Management firm I worked for on this very issue. GO GET YOUR FREE MONEY!!

In that case...

Chris, can I have a $5000 loan?

(I need to put a down payment on another car)

Edited April 21, 2009 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Dsuupr]

BTW: If you make some cash on the deal, you can send some my way.

[Dsuupr]

What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap:

* Refuse to rent or sell housing

* Refuse to negotiate for housing

* Make housing unavailable

* Deny a dwelling

* Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling

* Provide different housing services or facilities

* Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental

* For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or

* Deny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.

If You Think Your Rights Have Been Violated

HUD is ready to help with any problem of housing discrimination. If you think your rights have been violated, the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form is available for you to download, complete and return, or complete online and submit, or you may write HUD a letter, or telephone the HUD Office nearest you. You have one year after an alleged violation to file a complaint with HUD, but you should file it as soon as possible.

What to Tell HUD:

* Your name and address

* The name and address of the person your complaint is against (the respondent)

* The address or other identification to the housing involved

* A short description to the alleged violation (the event that caused you to believe your rights were violated)

* The date(s) to the alleged violation

Complaint Form

[Chris_Doane]

You are in luck. Thanks to Federal Fair Housing Standards you are now due $10,000 (or more). Please check out http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/ and let them know the name and such of the Landlord. It is AGAINST THE LAW to ask about familial status.

I used to do training for the Property Management firm I worked for on this very issue. GO GET YOUR FREE MONEY!!

Hah well...thats interesting...

I dont know if he's denied me anything yet though. I mean he has no idea I'm gay. He still really wants me to rent his place.

[Dsuupr]

Hah well...thats interesting...

I dont know if he's denied me anything yet though. I mean he has no idea I'm gay. He still really wants me to rent his place.

He doesn't have to deny you . . . he just has to make the comment. The fact that he made mention of people he didn't want to rent to opens up the door for a fair housing law suit. Though I generally am pro-landlord, this is a case where a person should be sued to learn a lesson, and prevent such things in the future.

[cletus8269]

Im just envisioning him coming over all all the time to "check in" and make sure his place is OK. Hah that could be interesting if my boyfriend happened to be over at the time.

so like this but reverse heheheh

[FAPTurbo]

Strangely, from reading that, I'm getting the idea that he might be gay. Seeing as he asked you that many times, and was eager enough to drop the rent...

[Teh Ricer Civic!]

so like this but reverse heheheh

Ahh i love that show.

[Intrepidation]

Hey Chris, is you suddenly happen to come into $10,000, can I borrow a bit?

[Chris_Doane]

Strangely, from reading that, I'm getting the idea that he might be gay. Seeing as he asked you that many times, and was eager enough to drop the rent...

Haha no, no.

But I can see how it might sound like that.

[ocnblu]

Darn, if only you had the conversation recorded, but who would have thought of that? I would look elsewhere if it were me, dude sounds like he'll be in your business.

[Chris_Doane]

Just too bad it was such a nice place. Heh...it even had a sextub.

[FloydHendershot]

I'm looking for a new place to live and went to see a condo the other day. The landlord, Sanjay, has quite a nice place. The first problem was the price. His ad said $1249. When I got there, there was a surprise $150 home owners association fee. Almost every other place I've seen, the owner pays that fee. Sanjay wants to pass it on. Whatever, strike one.

Now the BIG problem. He starts asking me if I'll be living there alone or will I be living with my "fiance or girlfriend." In the 10 mins or so I talk to him, he brings it up 3 times and always uses the words "fiance or girlfriend." The way he said it felt like he was fishing...basically to make sure I wasn't gay. Maybe Im just being paranoid?

Anyhow in the 10 mins we talk, he decides I'd be a great fit to rent his place and he really wants me to take it. He doesn't feel good about the prospects that have come to see it. He doesn't want younger guys or families in there tearing up his place...which is fine. I tell him its too much with the surprise, extra $150. He says "OK, how about $1349." I say I'll think about it. Email him the next day and say I'll pass for now. Then he says "OK, $1299." I haven't replied since.

Im just envisioning him coming over all all the time to "check in" and make sure his place is OK. Hah that could be interesting if my boyfriend happened to be over at the time.

What to do...what to do....

FWIW- He may just be trying to figure if you are settled down, as in not a wild bachelor throwing lavish parties playing loud music into the we hours and pissing off the condo association.

That's just a possibility of course.

[Croc]

What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap:

* Refuse to rent or sell housing

* Refuse to negotiate for housing

* Make housing unavailable

* Deny a dwelling

* Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling

* Provide different housing services or facilities

* Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental

* For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or

* Deny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.

If You Think Your Rights Have Been Violated

HUD is ready to help with any problem of housing discrimination. If you think your rights have been violated, the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form is available for you to download, complete and return, or complete online and submit, or you may write HUD a letter, or telephone the HUD Office nearest you. You have one year after an alleged violation to file a complaint with HUD, but you should file it as soon as possible.

What to Tell HUD:

* Your name and address

* The name and address of the person your complaint is against (the respondent)

* The address or other identification to the housing involved

* A short description to the alleged violation (the event that caused you to believe your rights were violated)

* The date(s) to the alleged violation

Complaint Form

I don't see how this quite fits the situation--I didn't see anything about a housing denial, in fact quite the opposite. If anything, I saw a lack of tact and potential homophobia, but most likely just nosiness.

Chris: Trust your instinct that this guy will be obnoxious. He asked the question HOW MANY TIMES??? Good grief...

[Drew Dowdell]

Strangely, from reading that, I'm getting the idea that he might be gay. Seeing as he asked you that many times, and was eager enough to drop the rent...

..and such.

[Dsuupr]

..and such.

He, the Landlord, made comments about kids and age of the tenant. Sexual orientation is illegal in certain cities, but not all.

[Chris_Doane]

Hah well all his craiglist ads now say $1399 and that does not include the home owners association fee. This guy is all over the freakin place.

[K.C.]

Too many red flags to even consider it CD. Gut feeling says no here.

[trinacriabob]

Political correctness is not my strong point, so...

...a lot of immigrant East Indians are very mercantile by nature, so they enjoy the "art of wheeling and dealing." To an American, it can be annoying. And it's not just them, it's the Med, the Middle East and North Africa, in general.

I've had "issues" with East Indians in:

1) a vitamin shop where she keeps trying to upsell me...and I don't buy

2) a dry cleaner where he changed the price upon arrival from when I called...it was only 50 cents per suit...but I made a scene upon picking them up and made sure others in line behind me heard the argument

3) a hotel owner in a chain with an 800 # who quoted $ 5 higher with AAA than what the 800 # told me...I didn't stay there

The best one:

I was driving from Miami to Tampa about 8 years ago and pulled over to a motel area toward dusk. I went in and asked for the price. I made a face. He must have been the son of the owner who said to me, in that hilarious up-and-down accent:

"You vill not find a chipper room anyvhere in dees area." (la la la la la la la sound)

He was too pushy to be taken seriously. I drove a block down the street and found another chain motel room for $ 5 less.

I don't think it's based on personal characteristics, he's just pushy, nosy and will be high maintenance.

Edited April 22, 2009 by trinacriabob

[G. David Felt]

Working with Indians, they can be very pushy. Also with the Economy right now being all over the map, he could be a bit stressed making a mortgage payment on a place that is not rented out.

Over all I tend to go with the gut feeling, if you feel he is being too nosey and will be dropping by all the time to check on things then you should just pass and find another place.

[Justin Bimmer]

This guy is not a landlord, he is a amateur condo renter.

[Chris_Doane]

Hah so I emailed him from another account...asked a few questions about the condo first. Got responses within an hour or two.

Then said something along the lines of "you don't mind GLBT tenants right?"

No reply.

[Camino LS6]

Sneaky!

But smart.

[Oracle of Delphi]

Sneaky!

But smart.

Perhaps, but maybe he doesn't know what GLBT means ... He might think it means Giant Lettuce, Bacon, and tomato sandwich ...

Edited April 23, 2009 by Pontiac Custom-S

[Z-06]

Perhaps, but maybe he doesn't know what GLBT means ... He might think it means Giant Lettuce, Bacon, and tomato sandwich ...

Or Gobi Lamb Baingan Tandoori

[ocnblu]

Yes yes yes PCS, we KNOW you want to put a GLBT in your mouth. It's no secret! Edited April 23, 2009 by ocnblu

[Oracle of Delphi]

Yes yes yes PCS, we KNOW you want to put a GLBT in your mouth. It's no secret!

I think not, I have an aversion to mayonnaise ... Besides I would have to scrub my mouth out with alcohol, and a wire brush after. I'll let you keep this one ... :AH-HA_wink:

[Robert Hall]

Or Gobi Lamb Baingan Tandoori

Or GNU/Linux Beta Tester. Lots of those guys use the LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl).

Edited April 23, 2009 by moltar

[Chris_Doane]

Hahah I predict this thread will now go downhill quickly.

[Z-06]

Hahah I predict this thread will now go downhill quickly.

What goes around comes around, what goes up must come down.