Going through our first eviction

[Jennie Jones]

We own a nice/decent rental in a working class neighborhood. We entered the apartment to make an agreed upon repair to find loads of drug paraphernalia all over the living room. Our lease strictly prohibits drugs/smoking etc so needless to say we started the eviction process. We are learning a lot as this is our first eviction. Frustrating but I’m grateful that I am learning this now and that this tenant was only in the apartment for 2 months.

Wondering how you all don’t lose faith in humanity when something like this happens and what keeps you going?

Also, I have had some other landlords say to me “who care if he’s doing drugs as long as he’s paying rent.”

Do others feel this way or would you have also evicted.

New to this land-lording thing and want to make a go of it so would love any helpful tips, inspiration, words of wisdom.

Thanks!

[Bill F.]

Originally posted by @Jennie Jones:

Wondering how you all don’t lose faith in humanity when something like this happens and what keeps you going?

"Qué Será, Será"

"God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference."

"Control the controllable"

Pick whatever aphorism floats your boat.

Bad things happen all the time in this world, things far worse than someone doing drugs in violation of a lease, so I think couching it in terms of losing faith in humility is a tad hyperbolic. I'd say eviction is more of an inevitability dependent on time in the business and/or number of units. The drugs, well they vary a bit more on the tenant class and location, but again, nothing that would cause me to stare out the window pensively thinking if I should bring children into this world; other things make me do that. Though maybe I'm the jaded one...

As for what keeps me going, the long term goals I have for myself and my family.

Without getting too philosophical or stiring up a debate around dead German philosophers, "

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how" -Nietzsche