There are some cold..cold folks in this world (and some on FR).
I am in shock at what I am reading here.
OK, you want the whole story. Here it is.
A friend and I bought a house in the ghetto in Detroit. It was a two unit home in decent shape. Two girls lived upstairs and a guy lived on the first floor. His rent was partially payed by the state and he was responsible for the balance. We floated him for 6 months without receiving a penny. In court, he swore to the judge that he would pay in 30 days. We gave him 60 before we filed for eviction.
Court cost me a day off work, court costs and parking. Bailiff cost me a few hundred bucks. 8 months partial rent was a few hundred more. All this time, this fine gentleman was living under MY ROOF for free.
Did I feel bad that his neighbors took all his stuff? Sure. Was I willing to pay for security for a guy who scammed me for all kinds of money? Not a chance.
BTW, we were decent landlords. We put most of the rent back into improvements to the home. Windows constantly broke, stuff was stolen, the poor dears thought lighting a fire in the bedroom was a cool idea too. One of the girls became a total crack whore. She was actually turning tricks while we were working on the house.
One day, we replaced the tile on the kitchen floor. The next day, there was a 8 foot gouge across the entire floor.
Happy now?