Received 3 day default notice “served” at my apt today
So I don’t know where to begin, I have lived in my apartment for three years and we have gone through multiple property management companies, and this newest one took away our online portal to pay our rent electronically and made us mail it and I am in an old building where I have had mail stolen by usps (multiple complaints with usps postal inspector made) and I have driven far to different USPS locations to mail my rent check days before it was due, even though they are located in Miami also and mailed it priority with signed receipt require required.
I have constantly received emails from the property management company that I owe money for not paying my rent when I have done this until I sent them photos of the check that I sent as well as videos of me at the post office doing it with all of the above and looking online And replying with a screenshot that shows it was received and signed by x person at their office.
They go radio silent after that until they send me an email stating I owe rent for Juan Gonzales at apartment 8 at my address - I’m Carlos Betancourt in apartment 2 at the address. This has happened since they took over management of my building two years ago, but with emails about owing rent with other people’s name tied to my apartment number as well as the aforementioned.
Two months ago I sent a check and video like I always do as well as a photo of the check and the envelope stamped, 4 days before the end of month and on the 7th I got an email saying I owe $200 late fee on top of my rent and I replied with all of the picture and video documentation I had taken like I always do just for my safety and they went radio silent and stopped replying to my emails - listen I only want to converse with these people by email because they are so inept and I need all documented if and when I told them to take me to court. They will only rep reply, saying we can only talk about this on the phone.
Today I walked out and found this in the hallway (pretty much at my neighbors floor, lol) saying now I owe money (last month they set it up so we can wire transfer to their account and I did, photos and all)
I’ve never used a lawyer in my life, but is there anybody here that can guide me because to my knowledge I can’t be served if I didn’t physically receive the paperwork myself and also I paid my rent and the only thing that they were trying to charge me for and the only ongoing issue I have with them is the $200 late fee from before that I wasn’t wrong on.
I pay my rent 5-10 days before the first of the month for years, shit I paid my first year up front to get in here as I was buying a house with my girl and we split and I needed a new place asap
This is a joke. $0 credit card or other debt and I pay rent early since I was 18 in like 10-12 places at this point
Any advice? This got me super heated