Re: Tenant & Lawn Care - Landlord Forum thread 227945

Re: Tenant & Lawn Care by OK-LL on July 7, 2011 @08:51

No good deed goes unpunished. This is real life -- you aren't the first person to extend a helping hand to this person and have the person bite your hand. Don't waste your sympathy on anyone -- if they wanted to be anywhere else in life besides just exactly where they are, they'd be making efforts to get there, not sitting around waiting on the kindness of strangers like you. Nine months pregnant and a tight budget are both things completely within the control of the tenant; it appears they WANT (not need) more than they can afford, and they found a sucker (YOU) to help them get what they haven't earned, a nicer home they can't pay for. The sooner you learn this lesson, the quicker you'll be a good LL turning a profit. Keep your standards high and don't fall for poor-me stories.

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Re: Tenant & Lawn Care by Erika (Oregon) on July 30, 2015 @01:45	[ Reply ]

Woah, for a Landlord you really seem to despise your Tenants! People rent for a lot of reasons, not just because they're financially beneath people who own their homes. Relocations to areas people aren't knowledgeable enough about to know where they want to buy straight off, a short term work assignment where it doesn't make sense to buy, living and working in an area that doesn't have promising housing values and where buying would be a poor investment choice... just to name a few off the top of my head. Too busy to water does not mean they're total degenerates. They should pay for the damages if they were responsible, maybe you should just keep it at that.