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No
matter what their personal situations or how great their intentions
are, all my tenants fall short in some way; they either pay late, not
enough, or not at all. And/or they don't honor their obligations as
tenants. ALL of them. You would be amazed by how many sob stories I
hear on a daily basis.
Please
keep in mind that my low-income tenants are not living in ramshackle
buildings where they need to huddle in the corner for warmth; no, many
live in homes with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and
whirlpools (this is how investors attract renters in this area these
days, after paying close to nothing for the properties themselves).
Mind you, some of these are people pay NOTHING in rent every month.
They
also pay almost nothing for food, utilities, and medical care. Yet
despite having pets, flat screen TVs, cable, and gas-guzzling cars, they
somehow can't afford the $395 move-in fee (I don't require a security
deposit in order to avoid a potential lawsuit, which would result from
not following the Chicago Landlord/Tenant Ordinance precisely and which
many shark lawyers would happily take on) or light bulbs or mousetraps
or batteries for the smoke detectors.
If they agree to maintain the yard, they expect you to provide a mower. Signed leases mean nothing to them. Nothing.
They don't seem to care who provides the resources which allow them to
stay home all day waiting for their government checks to arrive in the
mail. They don't seem to think about the many, many, many people out
there just like them, creating this unbelievably huge, unsustainable
economic imbalance. They have mastered the art of throwing tantrums
and threats until they get what they want, and they seem perfectly
content contributing nothing more than carbon dioxide and votes for
their favorite democratic Presidential candidate on Election Day. And
of course, their favorite democratic Presidential candidate is happy to
indulge them.
What
I find so alarming is that these folks are multiplying like rabbits.
(This is another way to pass their time while waiting for their
government checks, which will now be bigger thanks to the imminent
arrival of another CO2 producer.) And that they are so
incredibly...big. They consume way beyond their means, like almost
every other red-blooded American. I personally don't understand why
anyone needs to debate the existence of "bubbles" when he needs to look
no further than a rear end nearby (or in a 3-way mirror, as the case may
be). We literally have "ass(et) bubbles" e v e r y w h e r e. If the
U.S. is indeed headed toward another Depression, all I can say is: the
country could sure use a diet.
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