Homelessland Insecurity
Waianae,#2Author of original report
Sat, January 23, 2010
Here's an update to shed some light on the 20 minute eviction scam.
In June, six months previous to this event, we were served to go to court, however we had just made a payment and we had already sent the check.
Then, after contacting property management regarding this matter, we were then informed that there was no need to appear in court now, so we never even saw a judge to have an understanding of the process.
It is also interesting that the court date was a different date from what the sheriff had originally, I'm wondering if there was a reason for this.
Soon we were making frequent payments, however late fees and lawyer fees were tacked on to the total amount, this made it very difficult to catch up, considering the billing was including new fees every month, it no longer was easy to catch up, even though we made the regular full rent amount payments in a timely fashion.
The day we were kicked out was a complete shock and surprise, considering the fact we were comforted like the cow before the slaughter by Lani Properties, we were led to believe that we would have been given a chance to catch up, instead they wanted to milk us for every last dime until they could have us raided and our belongings plundered by their own team of greedy henchmen.
Again there was no warning to vacate the premises, not even the common human decency of 24 to 72 hours to pack and leave, instead it was just grab your junk Charlie, anything that's left will be taken or thrown out, good bye losers, see ya later there suckers, that's all!, that was the attitude of the property management anyway.
At the time the sheriff gave the 20 minute warning, the property management company had already preselected a moving company, maybe they are related or something, but they knew dam well we didn't have any money to pay them because Dianne was asking me on the phone the same day about how much I could pay towards the rent that same day, and if we had given them a nice chunk of money, I'm assuming that we were we going to get the boot anyway? YES THAT WAS THE PLAN.
The damages that we incurred include the loss of three beloved pets, we are still grief stricken because of it, plus we lost all of our furniture, most of our clothing including expensive suits and dress shoes that I can no longer afford to purchase, collectibles including signed rock star photos given to me, my dads World war two navy watch, rare comic books, hundreds of dollars worth of paints and tools used for my custom guitar projects, all purchased and paid for before we moved into their little slum hole, we didn't have a lot of rental options and we can't afford the jet set neighborhoods.
Also stolen from us were electronics including a nice stereo, several radios and two televisions, also family treasures, our wedding and family films and photos, cookware, glassware, silverware and much more.
Other financial losses that we suffered were, lost jobs opportunities since I earned my living at home on the internet and home setting business appointments.
All of my clients, associates and mainland friends have canceled their annual vacations including any golf or fishing tours after learning about what happened to us they are also telling their friends the same thing, instead they are looking at alternative destinations because they are so angry about the abuse that we experienced, some are even researching the laws to see what can be done about this kind of bad renting.
In conclusion we were told to pay the entire rent amount including all the lawyer fees and late fees combined, they could have had the balance paid in full on the very next paycheck because we were getting a loan to cover at least a good part of it, the greedy fools, we had no other bills, we lived on a shoestring and we stayed at home most of the time, my wife and I seldom ate out or anything, plus we rode the bus instead of driving.
I've been renting since 1987 and never have I had anything like this happen before, these were cruel and unusual circumstances, a 20 minute surprise forced eviction, we needed at least 24 hours to move all of our stuff, this has been nothing more than a theft of valuables and a death sentence for innocent animals, our pets could have been adopted, but you can't take dogs to a human homeless shelter, you can't take cat's with you to live on the beach.
This has been a horrific experience, we are still angry as hell, and we are telling everyone that we can to not rent from Lani Properties, so that others won't experience these hardships, if it takes an attorney, if it takes a protest, if it takes some political action to get the the laws changed, we will move forward, the citizens have a right to be protected from these corrupt companies, we the people need to expose the scoundrels if we want to prevent our rights from being trampled.