Investor · Maui, HI · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 3k+ votes
13y
I have a tenant that continually complains of being cold, and I need to do a better job of sealing her doors (which they are sealed fine.) I go over there- and her heat is off. "Well, I don't wan to pay for all that electricity! I just run it once in a while."
As many of you know, I'm going through an eviction with a tenant I am calling Tiffany here on Bigger Pockets. Tiffany got high today and called me up.
"Why are you evicting me?"
"Well, you're a junky..."
"I'm not a junky!"
"Oh really, was it someone else who bought black-market sleeping pills and crushed them up and snorted them, ODed on the fentanyl in them, and it took paramedics and Narcan to bring her back from death's door?"
"I'M NOT A JUNKY! Trying new things doesn't make you a junky!"
(Comparing a near-fatal overdose to putting Cocoa Puffs instead of Lucky Charms in your supermarket cart because you found a coupon in the local pennysaver...)
I shouldn't be laughing, but that's hysterical! Her response, not the situation.
The comedy of absurd hypocritical rationalizations is, sadly, completely lost on junkies.
Rental Property Investor · Upstate, NY · Member since 2012 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
4y
"The comedy of absurd hypocritical rationalizations is, sadly, completely lost on junkies. "
Sadly we have had to evict several young kids that started out being great tenants. They were college educated had great jobs, but then they get hooked on drugs. Some had very young children so it's tough to see. However, according to some of my Lower Income rental LL friends it's becoming an epidemic.
I have a tenant that lives in a ground floor apartment of a two story building. He emailed me to tell me the roof is leaking into his bathroom over his tub. I suggested it’s probably the bathtub of the apartment above. He proceeded to tell me the upstairs neighbor said he doesn’t have a leak. So he insisted that it’s coming from the roof and only leaking into his bathroom. He also insisted that I call a roofer.
The signature line of his email said he’s the director of admissions at a very prestigious prep school in the area. 🤷♀️