I don't get angry often, but today! UPDATE! I FOUND A PLACE!

[Catty1]

Here's some links to get you started, ok?

http://www.peoplewithpets.com/states/fortwayne.asp

http://www.places4rent.com/finder.asp?LOCID=2401

http://www.101apartments.com/for-ren...Fort-Wayne.asp

http://www.rent.com/rentals/indiana/...ty/fort-wayne/

[Donnaj4962]

Thank you all for you wonderful advice, suggestions, and encouragement. I do have a rental/lease agreement with her. It is very generic, and all wording about "landlord/ tenant" has been changed to say "roomates". My best friend is an attorney, and she has told me that I have no "rights" with this agreement. So I am screw**".

I know that I have to get out ASAP, and I am working on that. Yes, the prices are high, since the owners know they can get it. However, I am seeing a place tonight that is above my price range but when I talked to the owner, he said that he would be willing to come down in price and we could talk tonight. So that is encouraging. There are over 5 colleges/universities in Fort Wayne, and I am finding that the owners of the apartments that have not been rented to the students are willing to negotiate the prices. So that is good.

I wish I could lock my bedroom door, but my kitties would go crazy locked in
there all day. I have shut the door in the past and they have torn up the room and Tabby (20 years old) decided to pee on the bed rather than use the litterbox. So, that won't work.

I am the most hurt, I think, because I would never treat a friend this way, and so I am shocked that someone would do this to me. And I know that she is being this way because she is influenced by him. And I am concerned that he is bullying her, maybe even being physically abisive. I know that the next time (if he does) that he talks to me in that way, I will be filing a restraining order against him. Believe me, I WANT to talk to her, but she won't even answer my calls, or return my voicemails. I will be paying her for September, and I am going to write her a note that we need to talk and I would like her to call me at her earliest convenience. I know that she is scared to talk to me because she knows what she is doing is inconsiderate and wrong. I am not going to tell her that, because she knows it already. I simply want to ask her for the courtesy to give me 24 hours notice before showing the house. Besides, why would she want me walking in when she is showing it? I mean that just seems odd. By the way, the house is "for sale by owner" AND priced about $40,000 above what she can expect to get based on the comps in the area. (I have a friend who is a realtor and she did some checking for me!)

I just cannot believe that this is happening to me! But I am doing all that I can to get out ASAP. If I haven't found something by the end of September, my friend has told me that I can store my things and move into her basement. I can have my girls with me, so that is good. But I need to try to find something and only move once, if that is possible. I am 46 years old... way too old to be going through something like this!

Thanks again for all of your input and great suggestions! And Catty1, thanks for the links. I have checked most of them already, but I will continue to look. Donna and her girls Tabby and Sasha!

[Randi]

I just want to say I'm so sorry about the situation you're in. I hope you'll find another place to live, and soon! What a "friend!"

All the best of luck!!

[Donnaj4962]

OMG! She called my home phone yesterday, and left me a voice mail saying that "they" are thinking about taking the house off of the market! And then she said, "So I want you to know that you can stay"!!!!!!!!!!!!! What in the world????

I am still looking for a place, and I plan to move out ASAP! I don't know what she is thinking. How can I even begin to trust that she won't sell the house? Seems like a little game to me, and I am not playing!

I have appointments at several places this weekend, so hopefully I can find something and be able to give her my 30 days notice with my September rent check! On a positive side, I have found very few landlords NOT willing to accept my furgirls! Yeah! I would never move somewhere that I couldn't take my girls! That is out of the question!

Thanks again to everyone for their kind words and suggestions!

[Catty1]

You go, girl!

[Daisy and Delilah]

She is really playing some games alright, and.....at your expense. She is not a good person. Best wishes on getting very far away from her and her psycho boyfriend.

[jennielynn1970]

OMG! She called my home phone yesterday, and left me a voice mail saying that "they" are thinking about taking the house off of the market! And then she said, "So I want you to know that you can stay"!!!!!!!!!!!!! What in the world????

Gosh... I just want to come and help you pack and move ASAP. It doesn't sound like she's in a good place, and I bet the guy is making all the decisions. And she calls and leaves a voicemail, knowing you're not at home. That's her being a coward (unless she expected you to be home and you were out...).

I hope you find something soon!!! Does it say you have to give her 30 days notice in your "lease" where you have no rights?? I'd make sure that when I gave my notice, I had something lined up for earlier than 30 days, and had most of my boxes packed and either in storage at a friend's house or somewhere, because when she (and he) hear you are moving, they're going to want to get someone else in there quickly and they won't give a crap about you. (Can you tell I've dealt with crappy landlords before?! ).

There should be something on that lease about giving you notice before the property is being shown. I did press that one with the last place I was in. I'd come home and the doors would be open, my cats would be in the basement of the 1st floor apartment, and you could see people went through my drawers and cupboards (and drank my drinks in the fridge.. nice one).