can a landlord sue over a rental property if a lease wasn't signed and if it 's not in there name !?

Question

we were painting getting ready to move in and thinking about buying it because his wife said that here husband would sell it for about 5-6000 well i went to the court house to get the public records to see how much it was taxed on and i found out it wasn't in his name then he found out that we were painting and got mad about it and started acting weird then i had a friend that is married to his daughter tell me that if we weren't going to rent it to give the keys back,well we didn't even think about not renting it at the time even after knowing he got mad because his wife told use we could paint and to treat it like it was ours, after things kept mounting up i just felt like i wanted out we had the keys a total of about 10 days 4 of which we were actually there painting we never moved in no lease signed and really no verbel agreement on when to pay or anything other than a price !

Answer 1

Give some more details. Anything signed ever?
Verbal contract with any witnesses? How long in there? What is he suing for?

Answer 2

Anyone can sue you but in the state of Fl. you need a legal signed document a lease.... Now the owner of the house can start eviction on anyone living in the house to get them out. As far as money goes if there is no lease he can't charge you for anything. landlords can't even charge you a dime if there was no move in inspection sheet much less a lease. How would the judge know how much they charged you with out a lease. I was a property manager for five years I know...

Answer 3

If you're living in a property without the landlord or owner's permission, it's still called trespassing. Rather than being sued, you're likely to be evicted.

Answer 4

nope he does not have a leg to stand on! just laugh at him lol.

Answer 5

if there was a written agreement.