On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:06:36 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"Little Malice" > wrote
>
>> One time on Usenet, "Nancy Young" > said:
>>>
>>> "Little Malice" > wrote
>
>>> > We had tenants in our old house who did just that, although this was a
>>> > single story place, not a high rise. The pile outside of the kitchen
>>> > window was amazing. I cried...
>>>
>>> You and your landlord mentality, tsk tsk.
>>>
>>> (laugh) nancy (not interested in being one, too much work)
>>
>> I should have been clearer, but I'm always trying not to be verbose.
>
>Oh, I was just making a joke about an earlier post. I'm sorry if
>I came across wrong.
>
>> It was my childhood home, and Mom wound up being a landlord because
>> the person who bought it from us when we left defaulted on the loan.
>> I cried because I remembered how clean and tidy Mom kept the place
>> when we lived there -- childhood memories...
>
>What a shame. Some people have no pride.
>

I actually do understand Shemptons disgust with renters. I'm not a
landlord, but some of my friends and family are. Some of the
apartments are amazing when they get them back. The stoves are
sometimes so bad it's easier to replace them. Carpeting with burn
holes, ink stains, and wax. Cigarette burns on counter tops and
vanities. Huge holes kicked in walls. Doors destroyed. Crayon marks
on walls. etc. etc. One renter of a house didn't pay the gas bill and
when the pipes froze the hot water heating system cracked and flooded
the house. With the damage that caused, and with all the other things
they had ruined the owner wrecked the house and sold the land. Most
of these idiots are the type that want their security deposit back. I
could go on, but I won't. I'll never buy rental property.

Lou