Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Foreclosure and Eviction with a side of Bankruptcy surrender? - We rented a house in April '10 and paid the landlord who claimed to own the property a large deposit and continued paying our monthly rent (on time) every month until September '10. We received several letters from the bank that it was in default (under a different name as owner). We had bank reps from GMAC come and tell us to pay them and then we had the landlord tell us to pay him while the ACTUAL owner had surrendered the property in a BK over a year ago. Apparently the guy (said landlord ) invested money with the owner and was on the Deed....Through the county recorder it shows DEED TRUSTEE and TRANSFER OF DEED and TRUSTEE -