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Renters In a house that is being Sold I am a renter in a house that is being…

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Renters In a house that is being Sold
I am a renter in a house that is being sold in MA. The landlord has not told us anything about the house being sold, and the Realtor have no knowledge of us living there. One Realtor actually tried to force her way in with just my wife and kids being home and giving us no notice of the arrival. I need to know our rights in this type of situation. We are month to month tenants and our landlords got this house about 6 months ago as an inheritance. Can you please let me know where the lawstands in this type of case?

Landlord Foreclosure Moved into a 1 family home-which is owner occupied as well…

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Landlord Foreclosure
Moved into a 1 family home-which is owner occupied as well as 2 other roommates on 11-1-05. At the time signed a month to month lease (which I was not given a copy of at this point), only put down 1st & last months rent.

After much proding (we had seen mail come in landlords name from MA foreclosure prevention services), landlord finally admitted to us on 12/14/05 that the home is in fact in foreclosure & they have no intention of saving it.

Can they legally have entered into a rental agreement with us based on the pretense that we were going to have a home to live in for the future. I realize it was only month to month lease but that is very common to have. There was never any mention that she was having financial problems or that it was to that point. Do we have any recourse against her for allowing us to move in there fully knowing that hte home was already in proceedings?

Also, I realize we do not have any legal rights as far as the bank is concerned..but do they need to be made aware that we live there? or at the least, the attorney representing them. I am just wondering about notices & such that we should be given as tenants on the property. thanks!

Trying to get inheritance My grandma died 4 years ago.

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Trying to get inheritance
My grandma died 4 years ago. In her will, she left me ”five acres or the cash equivalent”. My mom is the executor of the will, and trustee of the trust. The will and trust have never been filed at the court. The trust leaves everything to my mom and uncle. We have always assumed I would get the ”cash equivalent”, because they would not sell me the house with the property. There are no other assets in the trust (just the house and attached acerage.) I just found out that they are selling the house to my sister on a land contract (no money down, payments to be ”whatever she can afford.”) Since they will not be getting a lump sum of money in selling the house, how could I get my money? Also, mom once mentioned that they had a quit claim deed signed by grandma from years ago that wasn’t recorded. If this gets recorded, making the house hers and my uncle’s, does that mean the trust has no assets to pay me, and I get nothing?