In 2004 I leased my home to my brother for $2000 a month which included utilities and he signed a lease. After 7 months of not paying his rent I asked him to move so that I could sell the home. He asked me if he could buy the home, I said yes. In the lease agreement the purchase price was $200k. he was living with me initially because he was goind through a divorce and was broke from the divorce. He had also lost his previous home due to the divorce.
We contacted a mortage broker, forged my signature on a contract for deed, The mortage broker make up false bank statements, false divorce documents and false rental payments. He was approved for the loan as a result of the false documents I did not find out that he forged my signature on a contract for deed ahd stated in the CFD that he had paid me $20,000 as a down payment and more than $24k in rent. I only saw some of the documents at the close and when my check was more than $50k short I contacted my attorney and contact the tital company explaing that these were not my signatures and I never signed a contact for deed. The title company told me it was between me and the mortage company. My attorney told me that if I pursued it my brother would go to jail. When I confronted my brother the threaten me and told me if I did'nt close on the house and take the check he would hurt me. I was at my wits end, he had rented my home with all my furnuture and had everything I owned and now my home. He claims that he did not know what the mortage broker was doing and just signed what she told him tooo. It's been 4 years now and I don't know what to do. he still owes me $26,000 in back rent plus $50,000 for the diffference on the house. Do I sue the mortage broker or do I sue my brother or do I sue both. Where should I start.
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