On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:27:59 -0500, MaryL
> wrote:

>On 6/14/2016 1:59 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Getting ready to demolish my rental cottage, druggie *******s don't
>>>> pay rent, they should all over dose and die, quickly:
>>>> http://i64.tinypic.com/154zzx0.jpg
>>>
>>> WHy don't you just let them stay for free instead of wrecking the
>>> building out of spite? You let the cats stay in the barn rent-free,
>>> And heck, you even feed them for free and pay their utilities.
>>> Where's your compassion for the human race, grumpy old man!
>>
>> Those cats do more than pay their keep by keeping many acres rodent
>> free, I haven't seen evidence of voles for two years now... those
>> underground pygmys were killing my shrubs by munching their roots. The
>> cats eat very little cat food, they much prefer rabit, squirrel,
>> chipmonk, field mice, frogs, etc.... fact is possums and skunks eat
>> more dried cat food than the cats. All critters are welcome to my
>> food bank, at least they don't steal my donations.
>>
>> Tenants suck, they pay no rent and cause destruction. It's much
>> smarter to remove that cottage, it'll reduce my property taxes by
>> nearly 30%. In this economy there are few tenants that pay their
>> bills. That cottage has been empty four years, it has been an expense
>> to maintain, time for it to go.
>>
>It depends on the type of tenants you get. I rented for many years,
>starting with the years I was in graduate school and then when I moved
>to Texas. I left every apartment in better condition than when I got it
>because I treated them as my home. I also had very good landlords. On
>one occasion, I came home to find new living room furniture. My
>landlord told me that I had lived there for 5 years, and he had not
>needed to spend any money on the apartment, so he thought I deserved new
>furniture (it was a furnished unit). Similarly, my landlord in another
>location gave me one month free because he said he counted on using some
>of a tenant's money for repairs, and he had not needed to spend anything
>on my apartment. I eventually bought my own home, but not because of
>problems with landlords or neighbors.
>
>MaryL

For many years I had very good tenants, but nowadays the economy is
terrible, people don't have jobs, they can't pay rent