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Old Posted Jan 21, 2010, 9:44 PM
hulkrogan hulkrogan is offline
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Originally Posted by freeweed View Post
Yeah, as a young'un I was exposed to a lot of landlords and heard all the stories. I wouldn't wish the (landlord) lifestyle on my worst enemy.

Of course, the bad apples really do spoil it for the rest of us. Back in my renting days, I actually had a landlord try to enforce a "no visitors" policy. Because he wanted to seem "tough" he pretty much ran this zero-tolerance - I asked him if my parents were allowed to visit from out of town, or would I have to meet up with them somewhere else just to talk. He never gave me an answer, really, just repeated his policy.

Needless to say we violated that rule on a regular basis but still - just how bad were some of his previous tenants???

I'm guessing you were a younger guy. I will be in future looking for younger tenants, because they actually have a reason to be renting a basement. If someone is 50 and renting a basement, the odds are a lot higher they don't have their life together.
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