Should I move out?

This is a somewhat complicated story. I am signed into a one-year lease with a roomate. A few months ago, I left town for an extended amount of time due to stress related health problems. About a month and a half later, my rental office refunded my half of the rent for the current month. It turned out she had not paid the rent for that month. After weeks of my calls being ignored and different stories being told, I decided to return (1000s of miles) and see what was going on. Our rent is now 2 and a half months late and we are being sued. I return to her having moved a total stranger in, who also is not paying, and alot of my belongings missing or moved around. She gave me a finacial sob story, and having had hardship in the past, I feel badly. My rental office is offering for me to evict them from the lease and carry on in a one bedroom, less expensive apartment. I feel very guilty. I am not perfect either, but I have had a steady job for 2 years and neither of them has steady work.

I feel as though I have been degraded (lied to, stolen from) , and it is also a huge liability for me to continue on with them. Paradoxically, I also feel that I should help them out in their time of need. Please help

Also, I am already responsible for the entire past due amount (i am able to do this, although things will be tight for awhile). She keeps claiming she will get the money in a "Few weeks"....I already have a judgement pending against her and others for the full amount paid in X number of days, and I am prepared to take her to court if necessary, where I will more than likely win. I am just unsure if I should hold out hope that she will pay eventually, or should I just pay it and evict her. I live in a large city, so we are talking and amount in the range of many, many thousands.

Dude, Kick them out and take care of yourself. They haven't paid rent in 2 months it's time for them to go...

don't feel bad for them, they need to grow up and be responsible... you work... you're lucky your rental company is willing to help you like that... a lot of them wont.... get rid of them and do what's best for you.

you need to sue her and her friend for rent and you personal belongings that have been stolen. u need to move out because she will never pay and sue her.

I would pay it and evict her and her buddy. Take her to court for her part of it, but pay it now to keep yourself out of trouble. The courts will make her reimburse you for her part. Being in a time of need is not moving someone in without your permission and your stuff going missing. She's screwing you around.

kick her *** out shes just useing you for all tht she can then will move on ...

move her out NOW before it cost you more there are people tht you can help but shes not one of them Sorry to say

Forget about being sued it won't go any further, it's just an intimidation tactic.

I used to be a reporter and a lawyer can bust any lease in about 15 minutes. So see a lawyer and he or she will break the lease legally for you and you won't have to worry about it. Then no lease, no law suit, so all the lawyer has to do is file a motion that it isn't valid and it won't be contested and it will die.

Sorry about your health you don't need this, but my advice is to pay a lawyer $200 to $300 to make it all go away. When your health is poor the money to make these kind of things go away is worth it, in my opinion anyway.

I read your extra details, you don't owe the landlord past rent. About suing your ex-room-mate for the sale of your property and having won a lawsuit -- the answer is highly likely you won't collect.

Winning the law suit is a first step, getting paid is another, what you could do is ask your lawyer for a thing called a writ that attaches her car. That any repo company will be more than happy to take it away for you, it's outside.

Then call a collection agency that is a real collection agency that is a lawyer and you might be able to get some more. He or she will tell you if they are willing to take your case on. If they want a lot of money up front, don't pay. But I have to tell you the reality is that in lawsuits you never collect everything you are owed or even anything close to what you are awarded by the suit -- just ask the Goldman family in the O.J. Simpson case.

Even the famous law suits where read that someone wins a big amount from a big company, they never end up getting it all. All the big company or insurance company does is appeals and appeals until the plaintiff settles for a lesser amount. Sorry, but attaching her car is the only easy asset a judge will usually give a writ for.

kick them out. u may feel guilty but u are who u have to take care of. the problems she has are the ones they caused for themselves plus ur items are missing js bc u had to get away for a couple weeks. tell her that u can no longer live in ur house the stress is making u sick again and u have to worry abour ur health above all else

Get over wanting to enable this behavior from your roomy and kick them out. You have already had stress related health problems and taking on the financial burdens of two unemployed users with a history of not paying their bills isn't going to help you. They will never learn to take care of their responsibilities if you let them take advantage of you. Take up the rental office on their offer and take care of number one first, lest you cannot be of help to anyone else in the future.