AboutJonathan Dever, Esq Expertise Real Estate Law, Buying Selling, Investor, all types of acquring property through "creative techniques" and fraud avoidance
Experience Super Lawyer by Law and Politics for the last three years, part of over 900 transactions in the last 6 years
Organizations Ohio Bar Assn
Greene County Bar Assn
Champaign County Bar Assn
Publications Personal web site and web articles
Education/Credentials JD - Capital University
MA - IU of Penn
BA - U of Cincinnati
Awards and Honors Super Lawyer 2005, 2006, 2007
Who is Who, Lawyers 2006, 2007
Expert: Jonathan Dever, Esq Date: 7/11/2008 Subject: Home Theft with Lock Box
Question Our home is up for sale and has a lock box. We have complained to the realtor that things have come up missing, i.e. a Queen size feather mattress for one, and personal areas rummaged through. Her response was,"there is nothing I can do about it, it's a he said she said thing." She never returned any of the police calls for information about the box list access. Now more things have been stolen to the point of over $500.00. Is this person responsible to try to protect our home or not? She has just totally ignore the problem. I want to take her to small claims court, but want to be sure I have a leg to stand on.
Respectfully,
J Agosta
PS I have a police case number already started
Answer Call the police again and file a police report. Then call the Board of Realtors and lodge a formal complaint. If that does not work, file a suit in court and subpoena the records, and sue each and every person that came into the house. Depose each and every one of them.
