# On Being a Landlord (Subtitled: Eviction, New Tenants, and Remants)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-landlord-subtitled-eviction-new-tenants-and-remants/517953>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-landlord-subtitled-eviction-new-tenants-and-remants/517953 "2009-11-17T21:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-landlord-subtitled-eviction-new-tenants-and-remants/517953/21 "2009-12-02T19:39:34Z")

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Always change the locks.

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**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-landlord-subtitled-eviction-new-tenants-and-remants/517953/22 "2009-12-02T21:07:36Z")

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Bottom line, give the freeloaders a call. Tell them that you collect rent for a living, it’s what you do; and no hard feelings but you’re evicting them. Sorry it didn’t work out, but it’s what you have to do to make a living. Bottom line.

I see no reason why their hard times should affect you. I’ve been a landlord for over thirty years, and you always have to keep your bottom line in mind. My personal motto is: “If they aint payin, they aren’t stayin!”

I suppose you could make an expception for your mother, but the ex-MIL? Geez, grow a pair already!

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-landlord-subtitled-eviction-new-tenants-and-remants/517953/23 "2009-12-02T22:04:00Z")

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The IRS audited me because of the loss I took when the Tenant from Hell didn’t pay for three months. I filed an eviction notice, but I don’t think the cops ever went out there.  
Glad your ordeal is nearing an end.

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