Fun Survey (by Rusty [MD]) Jul 30, 2016 5:00 AM
Fun Survey (by Barbara [VA]) Jul 30, 2016 5:06 AM
Fun Survey (by gevans [SC]) Jul 30, 2016 5:46 AM
Fun Survey (by S i d [MO]) Jul 30, 2016 6:51 AM
Fun Survey (by Ken [NY]) Jul 30, 2016 8:35 AM
Fun Survey (by James [TX]) Jul 30, 2016 8:54 AM
Fun Survey (by Jim in O C [CA]) Jul 30, 2016 9:24 AM
Fun Survey (by Hippd [KY]) Jul 30, 2016 10:56 AM
Fun Survey (by JAC [OH]) Jul 30, 2016 11:13 AM
Fun Survey (by AllyM [NJ]) Jul 30, 2016 12:28 PM
Fun Survey (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jul 30, 2016 1:00 PM
Fun Survey (by RB [MI]) Jul 30, 2016 4:00 PM
Fun Survey (by tryan [MA]) Jul 31, 2016 7:20 AM
Fun Survey (by Adele [FL]) Jul 31, 2016 7:39 AM
Fun Survey (by pm [CA]) Jul 31, 2016 7:52 AM
Fun Survey (by Adele [FL]) Jul 31, 2016 9:15 AM
Fun Survey (by Rusty [MD]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 5:00 AM Message:
I'm leaving the business very soon. Had a gr8 run. I thought it would be fun just to ask a few questions every now and then. Add a little humor to a job that can (and will to some) burn you out A times.
Here's the 1st question.
"What was the funniest or lamest excuse you have every gotten for not having the rent when it was do?"
I'll go 1st. Went to get rent from tenant (soon to be former tenant). He was one of those that the bank was always messing up his checking account, so he was on a cash basis (and his last leg). He looked me dead in the eye and said, "You were suppose to be here last night. When you didn't show-up, I went to the bar and the crack dealer was there. Now I don't have any money, but I can pay you next week."
Needless to say he was evicted. He said this to me with a straight face and honestly expected that this was a good reason for not paying the rent.
Remember, this is just for fun. Tell your funny stories. Don't be telling others how they should have handled the situation that probably happened years ago, like mine. --71.166.x.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Barbara [VA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 5:06 AM Message:
I had a tenant state that she mailed the rent. When I said I hadn't gotten it she went to the Post office. They told her it had been sitting in my mailbox for 3 days and since I didn't pick it up, they gave it back to her and said she didn't have to pay rent for that month. It was my fault for not picking it up in a timely manner. She even told the judge that with a straight face. --68.107.xxx.x |
Fun Survey (by gevans [SC]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 5:46 AM Message:
A young airman told me "a hot 19 year old wants me to move in with her! How do I break the lease??"
In his defense, he actually paid out the lease when he moved.
No, it did not work out for him. But it worked OK for me. --173.233.xxx.x |
Fun Survey (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 6:51 AM Message:
Mine are not that interesting, but they are persistent: the ones who before they moved in told me "how they'd always be on time or early with rent."
Month 1: My employer screwed up my pay check.
Month 2: My son totaled his car and didn't have insurance so I paid to fix his car.
Month 3: We're going thru some difficult financial times.... (ya think?)
Month 4: If forgot rent was due and I don't get paid until next Friday.
She's never more than 7 days late which is when I file the eviction papers. I even switched her over to bi-weekly and STILL she's late about 2-3 days every month! Almost have a full extra month's rent from her late fees over the past year, plus now receiving the 8% bonus from bi-weekly. I'd put her on autodraft, but it's most likely just bounce. I've got the papers ready for the day she waits until Day 8. --173.19.xx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 8:35 AM Message:
I told you to be here last night and you weren't so I went to the track and lost it. --24.25.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by James [TX]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 8:54 AM Message:
not rent related, but still funny. Got a call from my downstairs tenant saying water was coming through the ceiling. Headed down to find police cars with lights flashing. Asked the upstairs tenant what happened. "my wife came home and caught me in bed with another woman and put a butcher knife through the water bed. But it WASN'T MY FAULT, he said with a strait face. My wife wasn't due home until tomorrow"
I couldn't help but laugh. --97.99.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Jim in O C [CA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 9:24 AM Message:
My best was the company is changing payroll services. I called the company and was told They have had the same service for 15 years. When confronted the tenant told me it was his wife's idea for that story. I handed the husband a 3 day pay or quit and said give this to your wife. Bye bye. --108.89.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Hippd [KY]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 10:56 AM Message:
Ahh come on man, do I really have to pay rent in December? It's Christmas, be nice to me. --74.132.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by JAC [OH]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 11:13 AM Message:
My dog had to have vet care. My answer was I hope your dog can find a new place for you to live. --74.215.xx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 12:28 PM Message:
I have had an ongoing issue with one of the tenants in my huge beautiful duplex. They always pay but it got to be on the twentieth of the month last month so I handled it in an interesting way. I told her I would divide it into a series of payments and add it to the rent. She will be paying the new rent for two years to catch up but I have an empty now and don't want an eviction.
Here are the most recent comments
My pension payment was moved to the 15th.
My son doesn't have Obamacare yet and the doctor wants him to pay up front for his heart test.
My car broke down and it's the ball bearings so I need to pay to get it back.
And there were more mostly about medicine that was needed. What's going on here is that her husband pays for some part of their household expenses and she pays for the rent. So while he is paying for high end cable like HBO etc. and they have them all, she is not able to make the rent because she decides to help out her kid who has a small business handling IT problems for a couple businesses but doesn't get paid regularly and is still living at home.
So while this isn't really funny, I found a creative way to not have to evict someone. --73.33.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 1:00 PM Message:
I couldn't pay rent because I was in a coma - AGAIN. --72.23.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by RB [MI]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 4:00 PM Message:
I will be out (jail) in 2 days. --24.180.xxx.x |
Fun Survey (by tryan [MA]) Posted on: Jul 31, 2016 7:20 AM Message:
I wrote 2 checks, the first one to deposit would get paid.
--73.249.xxx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Adele [FL]) Posted on: Jul 31, 2016 7:39 AM Message:
Same family, two months apart: wife needed breast reduction.... The three kids and her and husband made up the household. Next month the alarm system from a prior resident was never turned off and the tenant tripped the alarm. When the cop came to investigate the alarm, he asked for ID. After the cop checked the ID in the computer system, the tenant was arrest for a warrant on a $12.00 bad check. Wife had to bail husband out so they couldn't afford rent and were thrown out. --73.104.xx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by pm [CA]) Posted on: Jul 31, 2016 7:52 AM Message:
My ex-tenant, who just got evicted last month, said I was harassing him (calling and texting him for the rent) and that he filed harassment charges against me at the courthouse. His ex-girlfriend has her stuff stored in my garage and is picking it up today together with my ex-tenant, who has been a real Pita. Sheriff's deputy will also be there. --208.54.xx.xxx |
Fun Survey (by Adele [FL]) Posted on: Jul 31, 2016 9:15 AM Message:
Same family, two months apart: wife needed breast reduction.... The three kids and her and husband made up the household. Next month the alarm system from a prior resident was never turned off and the tenant tripped the alarm. When the cop came to investigate the alarm, he asked for ID. After the cop checked the ID in the computer system, the tenant was arrest for a warrant on a $12.00 bad check. Wife had to bail husband out so they couldn't afford rent and were thrown out. --66.87.xxx.xxx |
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