I am a Hood Landlord

[Ihe O.]

Not only that I rent to people that most people here would disqualify on grounds of credit history. In fact  I don't know the credit history of any of my tenants - never checked it.

Yes I check stuff, yes I have grounds for rejecting applicants, no the state of their credit isn't one of them, yes I know some people here will get apoplectic about that, no it doesn't make any sense to do that for the demographic that are going to apply for a rental in the hood.

So with that out of the way and it is relevant context, I am going to post about conversation had with one of my tenants last week.

Me: Hi it's starting to get warm and I noticed last year the house seemed rather hot in the summer are you alright for air conditioning.

Tenant: We ok Mr O, we got some air conditioners last year.

Me: Really, you bought portables.

Tenant: No we bought some had someone install them in the windows.

Me: You should have told me you needed that I would have got it for you.

Tenant: That's ok Mr O.

Me: Do you have the receipts so that I can reimburse you.

Tenant: You don't need to do that Mr O we are ok.