...can he collect rent .? The house i am renting is in default and a trustee of sale was posted on the door and i have been paying rent to the landlord and he never paid the mortgage.The lender called me looking for him and i gave the # to find him.Now when i was talking to the Lender he mentioned that the landlord has been collecting rent and pocketing it so they told me to stop paying rent Now he is taking me to court.In court can i bring all the information that we paid our rent but he did not pay mortgage.If there is an N.O.D I thought he could not collect rent somebodyb help me