Thanks for the info so far . . . sounds like prepaid legal is not the way to go.
Pete
the landlady and husband are in there 70s 0r 80s and both know what is going on. They live in San Jose about 3 hours from the house. She is being lied to by the so called friend. He was not a roommate. He supposidly moved in to Protect my brothers posessions . . . ya right. They were in a band together and he worked for my brother off the books.
The cars are not really a big deal as I got the one 58GMC short bed fleet side 4x4 out of there the first day. He kept the other car of value (only about $2200) and forged my brothers name on the title and transfered it into his name.
When the police came and would not let us in, I told them to give me the car in my brothers name and they asked him and he claimed to have the title but could not find it for them. So they would not give it to me. What a joke. What good were they???? NONE.
This is a mess . . .
Andy
the answers to the questions . . .
Yes, made out to me . . . a letter signed by him.
Yes
NO
That is the problem . . . no $5000 sitting around to use . . .
My mom, dad, and sister don't have it either (maybe dad, but he is against holding these people accountable . . . he says "let it go" and forget about it.