Did you agree to have a tenant
move into your home in February
without paying you rent until
April?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you agree to
have the tenant move in at any
time before they were going to
start to pay rent?
>> No, Your Honor.
When I was absent from the
country, he moved her in my
apartment in January, 2017, and
she was living for free.
There was no lease, there was
nothing.
>> Judge Judy: Did he discuss it
with you first?
>> No, Your Honor.
Those are the issues that
created contention between me
and him, of having somebody
there without my permission,
without my authorization.
>> Judge Judy: And without
paying you rent.
I don't know what you got.
Mr. Herman, I don't know what
you got, but I don't know
any other Realtor that would put
a tenant into somebody else's
property without a written --
somebody who's been in business
for 40 years without a written
authorization from them saying
you can move in this tenant, and
I do not expect rent until
April, and I'm consenting to you
moving a tenant in --
I don't know anybody who's in
the real estate business who
would do it.
>> You can talk to the Section 8
lady who will verify he knew
that she was in there before it
passed inspection.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me
carefully, sir.
You said you've been in this
business for 40 years.
>> I have, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I've had real
estate for longer than that.
I don't know any Realtor who
would do something like that
without a writing -- don't know
anybody.
That's why I don't believe this
nonsense -- none of it.
>> So, that's just made up?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second!
Oh, I think that somebody -- in
all of your dealings with
Section 8 -- I believe that
somebody with all of your things
can go into Lowe's and get as
many bills as they like in the
end of February, and get an
invoice that says "Paid cash
to somebody," $600, paid cash --
That's not the way somebody does
business who's a businessman.
>> This is the Section 8
violations, inspections, that
were done that you'll see on
that sheet as well that were
corrected, and that's it, that's
what these are.
That's what those bills are for.
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
you.
>> Why don't you look at the
evidence?
You didn't do your job.
You found a body that you put in
his townhouse January,
February, and March.
Three months he collected zero
money.
The only money he spent is he
spent $1,500 -- He sent you
$1,500 to do repairs.
Now, you started to receive rent
from Section 8, which was in
April, correct?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
receive from them in April?
>> $1,665 from Section 8, which
represent March and April.
>> Judge Judy: So you got paid
in March.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And how much was
the tenant's portion?
>> Zero.
>> Judge Judy: Was the tenant
supposed to pay you any money?
>> She was supposed to pay $410.
>> Judge Judy: A month?
>> A month.
>> Judge Judy: When did she
leave the premises, finally?
>> She was in jail for six
months, but she finally left in
February of 2018.
>> Judge Judy: Who was living in
the apartment while she was in
jail?
>> She had three grown kids
there.
>> Judge Judy: She was in jail
for six months?
>> Around six months, yes,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you evict
them?
>> Yes, I had to get an
eviction.
>> Judge Judy: How many times
Did the tenant pay you their
portion of $410 for the rent?
>> Three times, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So in April, May,
June, July, August, September,
October, November, December,
January, February -- Well, you
evicted them in February, right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: They never paid
you their portion of the rent.
>> That's correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell that
to Mr. Herman?
>> Yes, I did express my
discontentment with what's going
on.
>> Judge Judy: When you had to
evict them, did you hire a
lawyer?
>> Correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: For nonpayment
of rent.
>> That's correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell that
to Mr. Herman as well?
>> I don't recall.
At that time he doesn't talk to
me anymore, he doesn't contact
me anymore.
>> Judge Judy: When you spoke to
Mr. Herman at the beginning, did
you discuss how much you could
get for rent of the townhouse?
>> That is correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did he tell you,
since this is his business for
40 years, what he thought you
could get for rent?
>> He was able to convince me to
rent it out to Section 8 for
$9,000 a year.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell him,
Mr. Herman, that he could have
an income of $9,000,
approximately a year, from
renting the property rather than
trying to continue to sell it?
>> I told him -- I think he was
making $700 a month rent
previously and we could probably
get maybe as much as $850 or
$900.
We would try as much as we could
get and Section 8 would give a
number.
We tried for $925 a month,
Section 8 agreed to $915.
>> Judge Judy: I didn't ask you
that question.
You're trying to double-talk me.
>> No, I'm not.