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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 557244" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Jody, I rented for years and years.........and years. Rent was one thing I was anal about, and even with husband and his issues with money during our early years, it always got paid. (he knew I'd have killed him if not) </p><p></p><p>That said..........we were having money issues while katie was living with us when kayla was a baby. husband had issues with talking to people on the phone and with stuff like this, avoidance was his policy if he though he could get away with it. And so.......brilliant husband went 2 months without paying rent, without telling me........and without a word to the landlord. Brilliant because we were on a MONTH TO MONTH lease! Fortunately, we were excellent tenants and were never late with rent prior.........and we had a nice landlady who had grown up poor and knew hard times could befall anyone. She called me one morning to see if something was wrong, if perhaps husband had lost his job. Now since I wasn't in the loop.......I had no clue what she was talking about, so I asked her what was up. I nearly come unglued when she told me husband was 2 months late on the rent. (he was also trying to keep utilities on......2 extra people were killing us that way) So I was honest with her and told her we were having issues. (she already knew katie had come to stay, she'd given us her old crib for kayla) She was relieved that husband hadn't lost his job and we were not intending to move. She's not had much luck with decent tenants, still doesn't to this day. She was more than willing to work with us........and we paid 50.00 extra a month until we were caught up again. That worked because I then forced husband to go to the county for help with the utilities, forced katie to go to welfare and WIC which eased our food budget by a ton and we could do it. </p><p></p><p>Another time.........husband did come to me that we couldn't pay it. I forget the reason but it had to be awfully good. I called her and explained, we paid it later in the month. A non issue. </p><p></p><p>My mom was such a strict landlady that I would never have rented from her if she wasn't my mom......and trust me, she was just as strict with me. She had a tenant who couldn't do rent for well.......honestly she didn't know how long because she'd lost her job. She'd been a great tenant. She called mom up and explained. And mom told her not to worry about it just try to find a new job as quickly as she could. I think she missed a month or two, but she and Mom worked out a way for her to pay the back rent and still be able to make her monthly bills ect. </p><p></p><p>A landlord can't work with you if they don't know what is going on. If you're a good tenant, well.....I've never seen one that won't work with a good tenant if they can. My landlady was using our rent to make the actual house payment she owed on the house (well double the house payment, she got the house for a steal and was paying it off fast) and she<strong> still </strong>worked with us. Mom owned the homes she rented out right so didn't have to worry about that. Income from them went into savings and an account set up for needed repairs. </p><p></p><p>If they don't have a clue what is going on.......then they also have no clue of your intention to pay soon as you can. </p><p></p><p>And I've always found it best to be honest. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 557244, member: 84"] Jody, I rented for years and years.........and years. Rent was one thing I was anal about, and even with husband and his issues with money during our early years, it always got paid. (he knew I'd have killed him if not) That said..........we were having money issues while katie was living with us when kayla was a baby. husband had issues with talking to people on the phone and with stuff like this, avoidance was his policy if he though he could get away with it. And so.......brilliant husband went 2 months without paying rent, without telling me........and without a word to the landlord. Brilliant because we were on a MONTH TO MONTH lease! Fortunately, we were excellent tenants and were never late with rent prior.........and we had a nice landlady who had grown up poor and knew hard times could befall anyone. She called me one morning to see if something was wrong, if perhaps husband had lost his job. Now since I wasn't in the loop.......I had no clue what she was talking about, so I asked her what was up. I nearly come unglued when she told me husband was 2 months late on the rent. (he was also trying to keep utilities on......2 extra people were killing us that way) So I was honest with her and told her we were having issues. (she already knew katie had come to stay, she'd given us her old crib for kayla) She was relieved that husband hadn't lost his job and we were not intending to move. She's not had much luck with decent tenants, still doesn't to this day. She was more than willing to work with us........and we paid 50.00 extra a month until we were caught up again. That worked because I then forced husband to go to the county for help with the utilities, forced katie to go to welfare and WIC which eased our food budget by a ton and we could do it. Another time.........husband did come to me that we couldn't pay it. I forget the reason but it had to be awfully good. I called her and explained, we paid it later in the month. A non issue. My mom was such a strict landlady that I would never have rented from her if she wasn't my mom......and trust me, she was just as strict with me. She had a tenant who couldn't do rent for well.......honestly she didn't know how long because she'd lost her job. She'd been a great tenant. She called mom up and explained. And mom told her not to worry about it just try to find a new job as quickly as she could. I think she missed a month or two, but she and Mom worked out a way for her to pay the back rent and still be able to make her monthly bills ect. A landlord can't work with you if they don't know what is going on. If you're a good tenant, well.....I've never seen one that won't work with a good tenant if they can. My landlady was using our rent to make the actual house payment she owed on the house (well double the house payment, she got the house for a steal and was paying it off fast) and she[B] still [/B]worked with us. Mom owned the homes she rented out right so didn't have to worry about that. Income from them went into savings and an account set up for needed repairs. If they don't have a clue what is going on.......then they also have no clue of your intention to pay soon as you can. And I've always found it best to be honest. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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