Anthony Fareri breached our rental contract and failed to pay STATEN ISLAND, New York

I was contacted by Re/Max realtor David Gilmore on Friday, July 31, 2010 to ask if my single car garage in Celebration, Florida was available for rent. The duration was for three months at $100. per month (August 1 to November 1, 2010). I agreed to rent the garage to Mr. Fareri and Mr. Gilmore used a standard Re/Max lease stating the terms. Mr. Fareri signed the lease and agreed to the terms.

Mr. Gilmore said he gave my account information to Mr. Fareri, but I still had not received a payment on August 12, so I contacted Mr. Gilmore by email and asked him again for a copy of the contract and why no money had been deposited into my account. Mr. Gilmore then sent an email on the same day to Mr. Fareri and I with the contract attached and Mr. Fareri's contact information. I then contacted Mr. Fareri by email and let him know I had not received any money in my account. He asked for my account information, which I gave him.

Mr. Fareri contacted me on August 18 to say that there were no SunTrust Banks in the NY area, so could he write me a check? I answered him with details on how to wire the money and also gave him my physical address in France to mail a check. I asked him to pay for the three months at one time. He answered my email with "OK, will do..."

I sent Mr. Fareri an email on September 2 to tell him I still had not received the money and to tell me when he would be paying. No word from Mr. Fareri, so I wrote an email to him on September 10 with the exact fees he owed me, equaling $340 (two months late at $20/month) and the same instructions on how he could make the payment.

I still did not hear from Mr. Fareri, so on September 24 I sent Mr. Fareri an email with an attached copy of the Three-dayNotice to Tenant Demand for Payment or Possession. I also mailed a signed copy by normal mail. He responded the same day with, "The check was sent, but never cashed.  Please provide an address for fedex delivery, do you have a US address? Instead of France?"

I answered him on the same day and provided him with the physical mailing address of my property manager (for another property) and told him he could mail it there. On September 28 I re-forwarded the same email that I sent on September 24 and asked if he had mailed the check. He answered, "Yes."

To this day, November 17, 2010, I have never received a payment for the final balance of $360. that Mr. Anthony Fareri owes me. He has not paid for the service that I provided him.