ESP Property Management    |    Eric Perl    |    Little Silver    ,    New Jersey 07739    Landlord Complaint 23-0417

The most serious of my problems is that earlier this year I was wrongfully evicted. In March I came home to an eviction notice on my door stating that I had to move because of non-payment of rent, even though I had never paid my rent late. I called Eric Perl, the owner of the property management company as well as the attorney who filed the eviction and explained that this was a mistake, that I’ve always paid my rent on time if not early and that I had proof of this as I had copies of all of the cashed checks from the bank as well as the actual bank statements showing when the checks were cashed. I was told my rent checks were being applied to another account (although I now believe the property manager at the time, Derek Toresco, was stealing my rent as he had done to other tenants) but they said not to worry and that the matter would be resolved immediately, and was assured that it would not affect my credit. I received a letter from Mr. Perl stating that it was an error and would be dismissed, as well as a copy of a letter that my landlord’s attorney sent to the courts telling them that the eviction was filed in error, that I was never behind in my payments, and to dismiss the case. I believed this was resolved until now. My lease is ending soon and I’ve been trying to find a new apartment but no one will rent to me because apparently the case was never dismissed and I now have an eviction judgment on my credit report for not paying rent. In the year that I’ve been here I’ve never paid my rent late even once and I have proof of that as well as a letter from my landlord’s attorney stating the same. I’ve worked very hard to build good credit and haven’t made a single late payment on ANYTHING in several years, and through no fault of my own I now have a judgment on my credit and can’t find a place to live.