And Sometimes Your Landlord Stinks

nospam@example.com (Gilles Deacur) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:30:00 -0500

Gilles Deacur

I did a job in Clearwater today where I had to rekey the locks of a house. The bank had just taken possession of the unit after the landlord had defaulted on his payments.

The problem here was that the tenants were paying rent. They paid to the landlord on time, so really they didn't have a reason for being evicted. But the landlord was currently incarcerated and didn't make the payments to the bank. So, since payments to the bank weren't being made, the property was taken over by the bank and the current renters were forced out.

The renters were offered a "Keys For Cash" deal. Sometimes the bank will offer $2,000 to the renters to evict if they hand over the keys and clean out the unit. The renters took this deal. It's not a bad deal at all.

I rekeyed a property in Clearwater a few months ago where the tenants were offered a similar "Keys For Cash" deal. The property was filthy. Clothes piled high, along with garbage and animal feces. It was a disaster inside. Filthy, filthy. One of the top 10 disgusting places I've had to enter and rekey. The tenants didn't take the "Keys For Cash" deal. I don't know why. Maybe it was just too much mess for $2,000. Although, if I was next to homeless, $2,000 to clean out the unit and vacate isn't really a bad deal. It may have taken a week of solid work to clean the trash out of that house, but not a bad deal to do so.

I felt sorry for the people that had to leave today. It really wasn't their fault they had to leave. They made their payments.

Sometimes your landlord can really stink.

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