Conning College 

that struck me right up front. He said he rents to college kids all the time, and that they are always messy, so why rent to college kids. to me it says you no what will happen and you don't care.

Speak for yourself.

How about the neighbors lol!

I think the Fraternity and the College are more to blame than the Young adults, and i agree every Landlord knowingly renting to people of this type will have damages. But it isn't the Landlords responsibility to own them up front, it is his/her job though to take pictures of the place before it is moved into and when it is vacated as hopefully a walkthrough with the tenant. And if the Landlord was gracious they could give he Tenant a copy of the walkthrough pictures and video, as well as a list of discrepancies and charges if any! Then if disputed by the Tenant, and not handled between them. Then we can go to court! I think also the Landlord should make an agreement with the College and Fraternity to be able to inspect the place periodically and have the Collège handle any costs of keeping the place like it was before it was ever rented, because this ongoing renting to the Fraternity there never appears to not be a tenant. One set moves in as one moves out from the same Fraternity at the same College!

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The dad didn’t check the place after his son left and I bet he would have kept all the deposits without returning any money.

And he wasn’t expecting one on them to have a dad who’s an attorney 😂

I mean he rented to more frat boys after those left!

There was graffiti spray-painted on the walls when they moved in! Then he wants them to pay to clean it up. He doesn't clean that up! I think you're right.

@@ancastanescu4190 if I heard right it's a rental for local college kids and apparently has been for some time.

Well when you look at it he collected $1000 per frat boy for the deposit....so he gets $7000. Then if he kept $560 per deposit for ‘cleaning’ he got nearly $4000 for cleaning up!! And there really wasn’t that much cleanup considering the new tenants were moving in as the old ones were moving out! He’s a shifty landlord making a killing off unsuspecting college kids!

That’s smart though! 😆🥴

And he prepared his son well! His responses were things like "I didn't see it; I can't speak for my roommates." Good answer! You're not saying 100% no, you're saying "not that I was aware of."

Me too! It gets all the more exciting to see how JM responds to attorney arguments 🤓

The nerve of spray painting someone's walls and appliances...

Absolutely agree with you!!!

The difference is that it was a fraternity group. Different members but same fraternity. They were renting the same apartment. Instead of it being a frat house it was turned into a frat apartment. This is what the dad was standing on when he says the things left there were permitted. Permitted by the plaintiffs frat brother. They still using the left items for future fraternity events. Why? Because it's the SAME FRATERNITY group just different guys. The landlord needs to be careful with this group.

Case not about you 🤫🤫

@@jaygirl1148 he’s sharing his opinion. Go sit down. Troll

I’m not sure if it’s you in your profile pic but either way that person is beautiful.

@@emilyquill4976 yes that’s me thank you 🙂

Right! Leaving graffiti from the previous tenants, basically says "it's ok to spray paint the walls".

Obviously the Defendant was trying to make the Plaintiff pay for his remodel, when the defendant had to paint over the graffiti before the tenants moved in, since they're young he also figured he'll blame the graffiti on them, Glad the Dad Helped his Son!

Exactly. I think a lot of commenters missed that part. I read some ppl feeling sorry for the landlord 🤦‍♀️ I'm sure this wasn't the first time he's withheld so much for that slum, but probably the first time one of the student's father was a lawyer. Out of more than $3900 he only had to "return" a small portion (really nothing since the show pays)... But he's banking off of that place and those students.

Right? $3000 is an insane amount for a place that had graffiti when you walked in. His whole trick was to take advantage of college students, he just had no idea this one had a father as an attorney. He got new tenants in from the same frat house before they even moved out, insane.

@@kimberlyadorno280 yes but now there is a precedence for the other 6 and landlord wont win.

@@lisaparrey1343 that's only if they choose to pursue him. He's already collected from them. And going forward, he may still get away with this unless the new college aged tenants have involved parents like the plaintiffs. Really scummy to do what he's been doing. And what gets me even more upset is by coming on the show, he hasn't paid for his illegal behavior since the show pays the judgements. I hope he is sued in an actual court where the money comes out of his pockets.

@@kimberlyadorno280 I don't think the show pays for the judgements though.

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Never miss an opportunity like that again. It’s so satisfying 😂

And there r slumlords out there 2 so b careful because they wil just take money and not pay th mortgage or theyl take th money and not make safety or other improovements ! ... c other coment s

@@donaldbeetlestonesgamingan4313 im looking into real estate and home management and this just blows my mind

I am guessing their were some underage tenants and he was afraid of legal problems from underage drinking.

@@christienelson1437 doesn't matter. you can't enter a tenants space without permission unless it's an emergency

$560 from each, not $1,000 from each.

That's about right for renting a house in Rutgers.

He's never going to clean the graffiti, and he's going to try and charge for it every time.

There needs to be more consequences to the landlord in cases like this where they have intentionally set out to commit fraud. He needs charges against him, or he will keep on trying it

Now all the rest of the kids are going to take him to court too!

I had to go back and watch and indeed in was hilarious.

The lawyer dad, being a professional, smiles amiably as the defendant tries to stare him out of the courtroom.

Oh please. Nothing excellent about him 🙄🙄

College kids, generally, and sorry but it's usually the men, are messy. They're messy like my 7,9, and 10 year old. That's just a fact of life. He chose to rent to them. What did he expect? But then again, he didn't even paint the graffiti.

what a hide trying to charge for not resigning the lease, how dare he. That alone says he is committing fraud and milking it

What color shirt?

Lol

Which one are you? I'm the blonde lady!

@@lilo4399 I’m the one in the b/w scarf fighting sleep at 4:33 😅

You were totally falling asleep 😴 💤

what about his attempt to charge them because they didn't resign the lease, this guy has some nerve and needs criminal charges for fraud brought against him

I am sorry that happened! I have taken two of my old landlords to small claims court and won both times. Knowing your rights helps!

I am betting that they will since it was won on national TV. The landlord might just give in and pay them all back. The old tenants need to educate the new tenants about the landlord's tactics.

I dont think he thought all this was going to be brought up court. He's probably been pocketing kids deposit money for years. Its legal.

Not possible, they only paid $1000 total security deposit for the 7. Their share should come out of the $670

@@danmiller8223 they paid $1000 each. Which makes the total deposit $7000

Sharon if they did turn the testimony sure did not convey that at all.

@@danmiller8223 Dan, 4:15 mark they discuss the deposits and about 4:20ish the judge says he kept 500 something from each of the 7 tenants.

My thought, too!

My thought was how times the landlord was going to mention vodka specifically

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@@TK-ge2gh but he didn't mention the brand!

Absolutely!

This daddy said “let me handle this son” and so still treats him like a child.

Come on the landlord freely admitted the place was graffitied before the boys moved in, this wasn't an immaculately clean place.

this guy rents to college kids know what they are like and specifically to rip them off of their deposits

Buahahah omg… that was funny.

This is very true!

Right!? $7k a month, plus thousands from damage deposits. Then he spends a few hundred bucks cleaning.

Rite

I loved that comment! I live in Eugene, OR close to the U of O where it was filmed.

Dean Wormer, what did the defendant get? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2V3CfD8TPac.html

Dad should have told his son to handle the case. Helicopter Daddy for a 21 year old.

@@TK-ge2gh His dad's an Attorney, its literally his job lol why wouldnt he?

@@denisheunjackson sometimes the learning experience for the kid is worth more than the $670 they won back. No problem with his dad advising him before hand, but it was the kid who lived in the house and signed the lease. It’s the landlord who needed a consult with an attorney.

@@TK-ge2gh True True

@@TK-ge2gh It's not helicopter parenting for a lawyer to help his son vocalize an honest case. Parents don't stop being there for their kids when they reach a certain age. If he was a helicopter parent, he would have been at the house every weekend cleaning up for his son, rather than letting him have his own life with his friends.

this landlord knew exactly what he was doing, he neglected to know the father was a lawyer and expected them all to roll over and allow his fraud, but this time it came back to bite him. Hopefully he will learn a lesson and not try this again. He rents to college kids especially to rip them off like he did

It was probably dad's money though lol

Most people see there a difference between parents involvement in their kids lives while at college, more often than not the students can't get in the institutions and sign leases without the backing of the parents. While I agree helicopter parenting is a problem - your experience being an example, as it highly likely its the dad's signature on the bottom of deposit cheque the landlord took, hence why the father has standing in law to sue him, this case isn't comparable to your experience over the employment dispute. If landlord didn't want the father involved, don't take his money in the first place.

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@@user-uy6uc5ey5q too many people try to take advantage of the kids hence why sometimes the parent's do need to step in. both my daughters worked at McDonald's and one was constantly not paid properly and she had spoken to them and was being ignored until I went up there and spoke to them. It is in how you do it. The other was discriminated against on grounds of disability, but it was a little more complex and so left it.

@@lisaparrey1343 There's actually a really good middle ground between helicopter parenting and helping out young people just starting out in the workforce. Have labour laws and strong unions which enable new workers to stand up for themselves against employers plus learn to be independent from their parents. I'm not an American so when I started working one of my father's pieces of advice when started work was join a union.

Daddy was coddling the kid. He should have only been in that courtroom for moral support. Yeah the landlord was not prepared and expected not to be taken to court. It is a cash cow with very little problems until real crimes occur on the property.

and statistically most wont even end up getting a job that is in line with their degrees

And then complain about the crushing debt & asking for a handout "cancel my debt boohoo"

@@payableondeath9091 if you chose the wrong major like some social studies or liberal arts bullshit…. Than yeah I wonder how students are even surprised they don’t get jobs

Get that papa

I think they would find out that if they are due any deposit back, it would have to come out of the $670 awarded here. They all paid one security deposit totaling $1000 not $1000 each

@@danmiller8223 No she says at 1 point the other 6 got X back as well.

@@danmiller8223 no I am pretty sure each had a separate lease and individual deposits. Sounds like a lot but that is how it works in larger college towns. Each kid might have been paying as much $750 a month.

@@danmiller8223 no it was clarified in the begining that is was $1000 each

I don't know if been involved in civil legal cases involving claims of money but lawyers will always put the maximum amount possible that can be claimed with even the most obscure favorable legal argument.

Sum beding that wasnt mine wen i mooved 2 Binghamton ... also ... she threw out my WORKING tv and told me after th fact ! ... she says in her polish accent ... donald ... zare ver bugs in in it but did she pay 4 a new tv 4 me?...no and wen i found out that i had free cable she didnt even ofer me th flatscreen as a replacement

And she tried 2 hav a no alcohol policy wen were just upstairs from th red jug pub and 3 liqour stores r also in th town i moovd from ! ... im so glad that i moovd wen i did because i love where i am now

@@donaldbeetlestonesgamingan4313 are ya drunk right now? lol

@@MrMaddox57 😝🤣

@@donaldbeetlestonesgamingan4313 , Say "No" to drugs. They are killing you.

Exactly ! ...

Why spell sorry sori?

You can't really feel sorry for him. He knew what he was getting into. He was "smart" enough to have spreadsheets and paperwork for some things, so he's not a complete dummy. Plus renting to college students is a slippery slope for any landlord, especially 7 frat boys. He's income driven and that's ok, but this is probably the first time one of the tenant's Daddy is a lawyer, so he probably usually gets away with charging up for a bunch of things. Think about it, $560 X 7. Yeah, he didn't make out too bad if this is the only one out of the 7 who sued.

My bet is this is the first time he was taken to court over not returning deposits.

@@mychannel9403 - I dunt knoooowwwp

Honestly she should have pressed the adult college student to present the case. Tell daddy lawyer to step back!

Thats when you supposed to do your job because both are apart of the BAR

I agree. However, I'm sure she has to be careful not to appear to favor someone just because they're an attorney. She has her moments, but she does have a way of tearing up people who deserve it.

I don't think she can across that way at all.

She told the attorney he was wrong about NJ's double pay law then awarded him the double pay in the end. lol. She can never accept when she's wrong.

He knows what he is doing and rents it to students on purpose so he can charge them over and over again for cleaning somewhat…. A despicable way to conduct business.

First off, there wasn't any real leeway on the sign/pipes - JM just told the college students to remove them as they still live in the town. That's the landlords compensation, the removal. As the landlord didn't do a walk through with anyone on the old lease and looks to in fact not been onsite till 2 weeks after they were out and the new tenants in, (who he also didn't have a walk through with it appears) it's difficult for him to start arguing "his wishes' have been violated in regards to the property as he's not following the processes for accessing if the old tenants has vacated and the state of the property prior to the new tenancy. As the furniture was removed by the sound of it in short order with the new tenants living there paying rent and they don't seemed to have minded he's got no leg to stand on arguing he 'suffered a loss' with legal standing. As the last question, he couldn't sue them over the lease as neither the Fraternity nor the College were parties to the lease. I don't know if you picked this up, but he had individual leases with each of the 7 boys (and their respective guarantors- ie parents- hence why the Dad has standing to sue). In the same way say if a bunch of work mates rented a place together which they organized themselves, the landlord can't sue their employer due issues he has with his tenants.

Absolutely agree! It’s only asking for trouble! 🤦‍♀️

It’s a racket in many situations. They nickel and dime students because they don’t reply to notices or read the lease. It’s only a different story when the parents get involved and know the law.

It’s goes to the college towns for landlord tenant ordinances that allow renting to more than four adults for a single property. Some towns are smart to limit the number of adult renters and also follow up on enforcement.