Tenant lost job during Covid 19

[Robert White]

I had a tenant who was furloughed for about 2 months during this beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. She was super stressed about not being able to pay rent. To be honest I was a little stressed as well. She lives in one side of my duplex. Luckily the tenant in the other side was still working and was able to still pay his rent. During this time my wifes family who knows nothing about real estate decided they were all of the sudden experts and where telling me to evict her and get her out of there and find someone new. They where hounding me constantly. I had to keep pushing back because she was a great tenant. Has always paid her rent and has been with us for 2 years. Well to top it all off during this period her daughter was diagnosed with cancer. So not only did she lose her job but now her child was very sick.  There was no way I could evict her for things happening that where out of her control. I just morally couldn't do it. I called her multiple times a week to check on her and made sure to reassure her that she was fine. I was not going to evict her and to pay attention to her daughter and we will get through this. I worked out a good deal on this duplex so if push came to shove I could cover the cost of it. This went on for about the last 2 months. She finally got back to work and this month she called me and said she has rent. She paid me full rent like she had before all of this covid-19 stuff. I feel that me looking out for her during this very hard time for her is all she needed. I'm very happy I didn't let people who had no idea what they were talking about get to me. Everyone needs a hand here and there and I gave it to her. We have gotten through the worst part so far here in wyoming. Businesses are back open and she is back to work and able to pay us and take care of her daughter.