How refreshing, every day my thoughts about people and helping out get dragged further down. Case in point, SWAT boy caused a bit more stress Sunday.
Here I am sitting at home when the neighbour to the house calls. When the tactical unit set up outside the property, they broke the fence so they could accurately point guns at my resident moron. Now the city will fix it, hopefully along with the two door locks they broke, but I have to wait for the claim to go through etc.
Anyway, the neighbour next door is quite fastidious about his property, and he is a nice guy. So he took it upon himself to start repairing the fence. Maybe not a full blown repair as several two by fours have to be replaced along with the fence boards themselves due to the way it was torn open, but at least something to make it look less obvious.
As he is working, the resident moron comes out and tells him to get off of his property. Wow, here is the guy trying to make the place look a bit better, working on the fence that was broken due to my resident moron and he is telling him to get off property that isn’t even his. I’m guessing it was about two minutes later when the neighbor called me, extremely upset. I’m also guessing the guy was drunk again, just to make him even more of a pain.
Right now, my hands are tied as I have to wait for my eviction hearing Thursday. Most probable result is he won’t show up and I have to go through more headaches with bailiffs, changing locks and police. Worst case, he shows up and the hearing officer grants him a Cinderella order so he can stay and try to pay off over the next couple of months.
Since I am whining, I might as well mention my paranoid tenant staying in another property. I collect rent Saturday mornings every week. I have a scheduled two hour window I arrive at properties I pick money up and mosey on to the next place. My paranoid client refuses to hide the money in his room, always has to be out of the property by 9 in the morning (even though he doesn’t have a job as far as I can tell), and has made me make separate trips to collect.
When he wasn’t around Saturday again, I left a note telling him this wasn’t going to work, he had either to leave the money in his room or come up with an arrangement to be there. If that wouldn’t work, it was best he moved on. We had company Saturday and didn’t check messages until Sunday to find out he had left me a message. He had taken my note to the police since it was threatening. I imagine they had to hold back laughter as a tiny little man in a cheap trench coat shows up at a police station telling them his landlord is demanding his rent on time. I deal with freaking morons lately and it seems to be getting worse!!!!!!
Talked to the other tenants yesterday and he apparently called the Better Business Bureau to report me, talked about calling a lawyer and went on and on. Dealing with this crap makes it so hard to get up in the mornings lately. The only positive I can see is it’s going to make a great book someday.
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Hang on to your sense of humour, Bill. Despite your recent hard luck, most people are still good hearted. This (moron) too will pass. If nothing else, the grandkids should love these stories!
Yeah, they make halarious stories.
Seems like we are all going through the same thing this year, not enough positives to overpower the negatives because the negatives seem to be amplified ten fold this year lol.
Not much fun or cause for laughter now but someday we will look back on this and have a good chuckle … the reality is, we are doing the right things for ourselves and to assist others and Harold’s right, don’t let the small few wreck your perception of the masses.
I truly appreciate you sharing your experiences and tips with us as they not only help us with our businesses but it’s also relieving to know we are not the only ones being dealt problem tenants in this market and that there are others out there available to share experiences and solutions with.
Please let me know if there’s any way you think I can assist you or if you want to get together to do some problem solving … I have some doozies I could share with you myself lol.
I’m also in need of a small claims collection agency or service if you or anyone knows of one as well. I have a judgment needing repayment and would consider pursuing more judgments if I knew I could collect on it or would make it as much a hassle for the tenant moving forward as it caused me in the moment.