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shrike3

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3. My dad was a landlord.

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:05 AM

Oct 2021

At the end, he was renting out bare shells. People had to bring their own appliances. Fridges and stoves had been stolen too many times. One beaut of a tenant even stole heating oil from the boiler.

Having been a tenant, I can see both sides.

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They didn't pay rent, then stole the fridge. Landlords deal with pandemic squatters [View all] Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 OP

If the facts here are as stated dsc Oct 2021 #1

There's a lot of this where crooks can use laws to protect renters Hortensis Oct 2021 #2

Yes, but many landlords run into that kind of tenant eventually. shrike3 Oct 2021 #4

Umhm. A number of times as an appraiser attorney-owners threatened Hortensis Oct 2021 #6

People have this notion that college educated means classy. shrike3 Oct 2021 #14

If I ever had that notion... Those who defaulted on their mortgages Hortensis Oct 2021 #15

You're probably right. shrike3 Oct 2021 #18

friends rented house to well paid engineer. He immediately ceased paying rent Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #11

I've had worse luck with landlords than tenants. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #5

My dad was a landlord. shrike3 Oct 2021 #3

I have been a landlord. Tenants are the same people you meet in real life. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #7

My worst tenants were wealthy young top level college grads. They punched cbabe Oct 2021 #8

Just imagine how much less slimey slimey people would be Hortensis Oct 2021 #16

Since the federal government put landlords in this position, it should pay the landlords. marie999 Oct 2021 #9

I came home from work, a number of years back... Archae Oct 2021 #10

Maybe one day, the rental market will collapse, with so many 'bad apple' tenants out there. SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #12

With corporations buying up rentals, raising rents and putting Hortensis Oct 2021 #17

After the housing bubble popped in 2008, I had to rent out my condo. SYFROYH Oct 2021 #13