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we lived in a very affluent area in MD. The average home cost was upwards of $600,000 with more being started every day.. In that area, this happened a few times for similar reasons. One person had to move (military) another worked for state and a third was divorced.
Each had their homes ransacked during eviction proceedings and the law was not on the side of the homeowner. One home was abandoned and written off as a total loss (according to a neighbor) and the other two were sold because they didn’t want to deal with renting.
In DC, the rules make it virtually impossible to evict someone. I had a friend that lived in a three level home, each being rented. The women on the basement apartment moved in, paid first and last and didn’t pay until month 10 when she asked for her security deposit back. It took 9 months of non-payment and proof of collection efforts to get to the point when the landlord could evict and it would take a few weeks to get someone on premises to actually do it. Not sure if this is the norm but if I’m potentially thinking about renting, reports like this would give me pause.