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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 650396" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>First off Niki, I've worked in the Department of Corrections for going on 23 years so you're going to have to try pretty hard to offend me.</p><p></p><p>For the record, we weren't landlords by choice. Long story short, we found out the hard way that if you charge lower rent you tend to get a lower class of people. We only had one mobile home on a rented lot and at one point we did a favor for one of the clerical at my wife's work. We were eating around $140 each month (not even charging her what the payment on the trailer was much less lot rent) and she repayed us by trashing the place and trying to claim it was already in that condition when she moved in. One woman moved in after a friend of mine. She was a friend of his so he just gave her the key. I still chew him out every once in a while for that! Never got a dime from her and she moved in around August and we finally had to take her to court in December to evict her. She had pets even though they weren't allowed. She trashed it too. We raised the rent and the woman stayed in it for years and actually bought it from us last spring.</p><p></p><p>Our son tried the denial thing but he was always so stupid about what he did. Pawned my guitars when I take weekly lessons, tried to deny stealing the cash we had in a jar in the closet in our room. He actually tried the whole "I dont know what happened" routine until I called him on it. </p><p>Basically said even if it were one of his friends rooting around in our room, which I DONT believe, YOU were the one who let them wander around our house stealing stuff so its STILL your responsibility. At that point he fessed up to stealing at least part of the money. He still hasnt completely admitted it but he knows we know. </p><p></p><p>Within a week or so of me co-signing for his apartment he screwed things up at work and while he is technically still employed, it really doesnt help since the boss isnt giving him any hours due to excessive call ins and complaining. Since he currently has a roof over his head on our dime (Lil paid the rent AGAIN this afternoon) and is now getting food stamps, he is apparently in no hurry to go job hunting. Yeah, come June 1st he has a VERY rude awakening coming his way. No more apartment, no more cell phone (unless he gets around to signing up for the government assistance one which he HAS been warned to do), no more anything. He wants his freedom, have at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 650396, member: 18238"] First off Niki, I've worked in the Department of Corrections for going on 23 years so you're going to have to try pretty hard to offend me. For the record, we weren't landlords by choice. Long story short, we found out the hard way that if you charge lower rent you tend to get a lower class of people. We only had one mobile home on a rented lot and at one point we did a favor for one of the clerical at my wife's work. We were eating around $140 each month (not even charging her what the payment on the trailer was much less lot rent) and she repayed us by trashing the place and trying to claim it was already in that condition when she moved in. One woman moved in after a friend of mine. She was a friend of his so he just gave her the key. I still chew him out every once in a while for that! Never got a dime from her and she moved in around August and we finally had to take her to court in December to evict her. She had pets even though they weren't allowed. She trashed it too. We raised the rent and the woman stayed in it for years and actually bought it from us last spring. Our son tried the denial thing but he was always so stupid about what he did. Pawned my guitars when I take weekly lessons, tried to deny stealing the cash we had in a jar in the closet in our room. He actually tried the whole "I dont know what happened" routine until I called him on it. Basically said even if it were one of his friends rooting around in our room, which I DONT believe, YOU were the one who let them wander around our house stealing stuff so its STILL your responsibility. At that point he fessed up to stealing at least part of the money. He still hasnt completely admitted it but he knows we know. Within a week or so of me co-signing for his apartment he screwed things up at work and while he is technically still employed, it really doesnt help since the boss isnt giving him any hours due to excessive call ins and complaining. Since he currently has a roof over his head on our dime (Lil paid the rent AGAIN this afternoon) and is now getting food stamps, he is apparently in no hurry to go job hunting. Yeah, come June 1st he has a VERY rude awakening coming his way. No more apartment, no more cell phone (unless he gets around to signing up for the government assistance one which he HAS been warned to do), no more anything. He wants his freedom, have at it. [/QUOTE]
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