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| Posted by: sarge33rd
- [11858268] Sat, Sep 26, 2009, 09:58
One rare Landlord
Wanted to share this, as I wonder would I be so generous myself in those circumstances? |
| | | 1 | Texas Flood
ID: 57802511
Sat, Sep 26, 2009, 12:35
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Good story. It's how people in this country used to help each
other all the time. Now we're conditioned that government will
come to the rescue.
I have owned several rental properties over the past 20 years. I
evicted only one tenant, and have let many slide for a month or
two. Of course my properties were paid for at the time so it was
easier to eat some rent, and it just seemed to be the right thing
to do.
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| | | 2 | Boldwin
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Mon, Sep 28, 2009, 05:54
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That story is as common as rainwater.
If every tenent who still owes rent from years past lined up to pay, the line would stretch several blocks from my dad's front door. My father-in-law took in a homeless guy as his tenent of his upstairs appartment in exchange for invisible help around the place. Just one-on-one charity, the most efficient kind.
My own family has been supporting a tennant who makes 4K a month [but way cut back from previous levels] who lives in considerably more luxury than we do. We finally had to give him the notice, but we've been paying his past due rent for over a year. It finally became clear the guy had no intention of putting the rent at the head of his priorities and we just couldn't keep covering him no matter how much we would have wanted to.
We know landlords with many units who are carrying a substantial percentage of non-paying and way late renters. I mean mind-blowing percentages. Call it charity. Call it being realistic. The next guy you rent to is going to be struggling just as bad these days. This market is a disaster for landlords as much as for tenents and the banks holding the mortgages are in disaster mode as well.
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| | | 3 | Boldwin
ID: 2451199
Mon, Jun 09, 2014, 11:09
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'Paging Thad Cochran'
Lobbying filings down from ~5200 to ~3200, a 38% drop during the era of the Tea Party.
Getting that money out of politics.
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| | | 5 | Tree
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Tue, Jun 10, 2014, 22:36
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Teacher's Unions and the Tea Party in a bipartisan moment
to be truthful, people all over the political spectrum were against Common Core. it was hardly only the Tea Party.
a close friend of mine is a key force behind the movement. she'd describe herself as a combination of a socialist and a libertarian, and a strong, strong, strong unionist, despite her taking on the NYC Teachers Union, arguably one of the strongest unions in the country.
a bit about her, and her change-evoking actions...
oh, and by the way, Lauren and I met a decade ago, because we both have a keen interest in pro wrestling, and went to many shows together.
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