As September came along we started getting more and more foreclosure junk mail and actually had Realtors leaving us foreclosure and short sale help packages at our door. Then one day I got a call from my wife while I was at work and she told me that a Realtor had come by and had informed my wife that the house was in foreclosure and he could help us with doing a short sale instead( He thought she was the owner). I immediately called the landlords and this time they gave me a different story. They told me that the previous renters were responsible for their HOA dues and that they had not paid the total amount for over a year hence the HOA had put the house in foreclosure process.
They told they were working with the HOA to get this resolved. Anyways, at this point it just seemed too fishy so I asked the landlords to call me and come by the house to discuss. Of course they didn't show up and soon after by October they stopped taking our calls. I still kept paying our lease during this whole time.