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Updated almost 7 years ago,
The Dastardly Landlord by Nancy Neville
The Media vs. the Landlord
WARNING!!!
What you are about to read are some of the things that have happened to not only me, but to other landlords across America.
Please note that I don’t write this to scare you. I write what I write because these are things you need to know and to prepare for!!
You have invested tens of thousands of dollars into a rental home, some are over a hundred thousand that you have paid for a rental home, and I just can’t sit by and watch new investors invest that kind of money into a rental home and not know the things they really should know.
I have seen many new investors, invest tons of money into a rental property that couldn’t make it, and their marriages ended up in divorce and they lost their investments and all their money.
You may never see what I post in your life-time, but I guarantee you that you will be an extremely lucky person if you don’t see at least one thing that I show you in my photos.
I have rented to doctors and police officers and they have done damages just as bad as some of the tenants that were low income. Therefore, the photos I show you are not from any type of individual or income level. They just are from some tenants that just don’t care. (And these tenants were screened well, and Security Deposits were collected. But sometimes, even a Security Deposit doesn’t cover the damages that are done)
So, here we go. (click on the photos to expand them)
For years now I have been trying to educate the courts and the media as to who we (landlords) really are. When asked, most will respond by saying that Landlords are greedy people who care nothing about the tenant, but only cares about the money! In other words, they view us as the “Dastardly Landlord”
The courts, the media, and the tenants believe that landlords have rental properties that look like the following pictures.