Some battles in landlording

[Ingrid Nagy]

We see a lot of posts related to leasing, screening tenants, increasing cash flows, analyzing investments, etc. - the positives of rental real estate. Sometimes we encounter situations or the unexpected that we have to face as well and get through those unexpecteds. Some can be funny, some sad and some can be tragic. I'll give you one that tested my soul.

I had to evict a young mother for non-payment. As the Constable was removing her and the locks were being changed, she stood there holding her baby begging me to at least let her back into the apartment to get her diapers and her crib while she cried that she had nowhere to go to. I did my job - what I was required to do. As a mom it was the hardest thing I'd ever had to do and a true test having to separate from the emotion.