TAMPA – In Florida, homeowners’ associations can foreclose on homes when owners don’t pay their dues…sometimes for as little as a few thousand dollars.

Investors who buy the liens get temporary titles and can rent those houses until banks foreclose.

But as the I-Team discovered, leasing these properties can pose plenty of potential problems for renters.

“It was a little over 1300 square feet. There’s a half bath on the bottom floor and two full baths on the main,” said Chelcie Miller, describing her former Carrollwood Rental townhome.  Read more: