spare bedroom??!? Can I move into your house? Maybe put my HOUSE into one of your spare bedrooms? Just the stuff that he hauled out from my closing office would fill three normal "spare bedroom"s.

In the US this is a matter of state law, which of course varies from state to state. In California, the landlord can NOT take simply possession of the tenant's belongings. The eviction process involves having the Sheriff seize the tenant's belongings. If the property is believed to be worth more than $700, it has to be sold at a public sale (auction) at a time and place published in a general circulation newspaper. I rather doubt that eBay qualifies. See California Civil Code section 1980-1991, especially section 1988. If the landlord takes possession of the belongings or disposes of them in a different manner than prescribed by law, it is theft, conversion, and/or unjust enrichment. [These are my personal opinions, which are worth exactly what you've paid for them. I am not a lawyer, and this isn't legal advice.]//