Heh. Man I've had a Chinese restaurant owner who didn't pay the rent (I managed a shopping center)and I used to go in there, eat their food, and tell them I wasn't leaving until they pay the rent.
I've been to rent court so many times and man the stories I could tell. I evict them in a minute. By the time eviction rolls around they've been warned for THREE OR FOUR MONTHS!
I like your car trunks theory. And man, I've seen disasters in those apartments.
Since I am a female, ahem, I can be very nice and like my fine, doomed dog Jo-Ann, I can turn vicious on a second's notice.
Oh I can handle it. Just don't know if I want to.
I am worried about my niece. She bought a new house before she sold her old one.
She is now renting to her former next-door neighbor who has not been able to come up with enough rent to make the house payment, even though my niece is still paying utilities.
I've warned her that it may be hard to get this woman out ... I don't know how hard, but I'm thinking a couple of months anyway.
She's also been warned that if she stops paying utilities, she will be liable in some way because there are children in the house.
She needs a lawyer (a cheap one)