Hi, I am a 26 year old entrepreneur and photographer. I got evicted from my apartment and had just about everything I own thrown out by apartment staff, maintenance, and/or the marshals. For a few months I had been struggling with staying current with rent (sometimes catching back up then soon falling back behind) and had been communicating with my leasing office about my situation while still working to catch up. After working all day, I came home to a changed lock , so I couldn’t get inside and was forced to contact a friend about staying the night to avoid having to sleep in my car for the night. The following day I spoke with my leasing office manager again to communicate that I only needed a few more days before I could bring my account current and was informed that it was too late and I had officially been evicted. When I asked about the status of my personal belongings that were inside my unit, the manager informed me that everything I own had been either dumped in the parking lot or thrown in the dumpster. One of the many issues with that is the fact that when I went to the parking lot to retrieve my things, nothing was out there meaning everything was gone. The manager claimed that I was supposed to be home when the unit was being repossessed, however, I was never given an official notice to vacate with any information on when anyone was coming. This meant I was robbed of the opportunity to maintain possession of all of my belongings and move them into a storage unit. My apartment staff, maintenance, and/or the marshals cleared out my apartment of everything while I was gone for the day working. In addition to furniture like my bed, couch, chairs, and tables which I don’t even care to replace, they also threw out all of my clothing/shoes and expensive things like my TV ($400), MacBook ($1800), all camera equipment ($6000), kitchen appliances ($200), and the $6,000 worth of money orders I had hidden/stashed in my closet for when I made the last bit to bring my rent current. This adds up to over $14,000 worth of loss. With that, they threw away personal belongings of mine with sentimental value that can never be replaced. All I really had left was the clothes on my back, my wallet, and my car. I am devastated having experienced this. I am not sure if I can raise $14,000 as that is alot of money, but I would greatly appreciate any help to lessen the burden of this loss to facilitate me getting back on my feet and starting over from scratch. Thank you so much for reading this far; anything is appreciated!
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