Originally posted by @Matthew Paul:Landlords are business people , not charities ,  personal issues are not our problem .  

:@James WiseAll right, I'll bite.I had a young tenant who had recently gone through three jobs and was completely broke and living on the charity of his baby momma's mother pull up to where I was working on the house I rented the family.

I do have money to pay them off but I'm not running a charity.

After paying off student loans (180k) invest most of the cash flow into diversified investments of my choice, and give back to me, God, family & friends, and charities of my choice.Can you tell I am reading and have probably been reading for too long? 

Make a one-time donation to a military approved charity, donate blood, etc.  

A couple years ago my eyes were opened and I set a goal of $300,000 annual rental income with at least $100,000 of that going to charity.

If I want to give more to charity, I can.

What would normally happen before this is they would stay a few days in a shelter run by a non-profit like Catholic Charities.

I’m not sure where to post about this, but my dad collects bottles and cans to redeem them and then donates 100% of the proceeds to local charities.

Unfortunate, but thats reality if your hobby charity exceeds 1 man, 1 garage.