Skycraper Dreams

Being a good guy doesn’t pay your bills; at least not in this case.  As you know I decided to give a tenant a break so that she could get caught up on her rent and not have to move.  As it turns out, all that seems to mean to the tenant is “My landlord isn’t harassing me anymore so I’m not going to pay him, I’ll pay my other debts instead.”  Instead of actually making headway on the more than one month’s worth of rent she owed, she actually fell even further behind.

Because I’m soft, I’m not out about $1,200 with an empty apartment to rent, I’m now sitting on about $1,200 worth of debt, an apartment I can’t rent until my lackluster tenant vacates (November 1), and potentially another two month’s of unpaid rent.  Stupid.

I have made an appointment with the local tenancy board for October 26 to pursue by debt and enforce eviction, but because the system is so shitty I’ve got to wait 6 weeks to even get in front of them and present my case.  I’ll win, then I have to wait another 10 days for the appeal period.  Then, if the tenant is still in the building I can give her Read more…

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