Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Bad tenant alert

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

IMO these issues are not only relevant in regards to renters.  Home  
buyers can be just
as bad, and worse in the sense that buying is harder to getting out of  
than renting (especially
these days...)

racheli.

On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Muriel Kranowski wrote:

> Barbara, I understand that these messages bother you.  For me, though,
> living in a community where there are some rented units, these  
> stories are
> a good reminder that homeowners should be careful and engage in some  
> due
> diligence when strangers come around wanting to rent.  If a  
> community has
> had renters who seem to specialize in ripping off cohousing  
> homeowners,
> it's a great service for someone in the community to pass on the  
> relevant
> facts to the rest of us.
>
> Of course most renters are normal good-enough people, as are most
> landlords, as are people in general.  But it's good to have an  
> awareness of
> the few exceptions who can cause so much misery and cost so much  
> money.
>
>   Muriel
>
>
> At 01:50 PM 3/13/2011, you wrote:
>
> > OK, OK enough with the bad tenant stories. I understand that what  
> > you are
> > describing is a tough situation but it is highly unusual. Almost 40
> > percent of Americans are renters, some because they want to be but  
> > most
> > because they do not have the equity, or the secure employment or the
> > credit history to do so. There are just as many horror stories of bad
> > landlords shutting off water or heat, harrassing tenants as there  
> > are bad
> > tenant stories.  Frankly I am surprised at the tenor of these emails.
> > Barbara
> > Eastern Village
> >
> > ----------Original Message----------
> >
> > From: Joanie Connors <jvcphd [at] gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 1:38 PM
> > To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Bad tenant alert
> >
> >
> >
> > Interestingly, the Village Voice has a story this week about the 10
> > worst tenants in NYC. Some of these awful stories might make you feel
> > lucky!
> >
> > Stories of 10 worst tenants in NYC
> > http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-03-09/news/nyc-ten-worst-tenants?utm_source=Newsletters&utm_medium=email
> >
> > Definitely, the protections for tenants have gone too far. There  
> > needs
> > to be a middle ground somewhere!
> >
> > Joanie
> > Silver City EcoCommunity planning group
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