Tenant:  You know what would be nice?  If you didn’t make everyone pay rent in December!  That would be such a nice holiday gift! Me:  That would be really nice, but unfortunately we still have to pay all of the property expenses in December.  We have the mortgage payments and insurance payments and utilities for… Continue reading I cancelled Christmas.

Tenant:  Why do you keep sending all of these bills to me? Me:  The rent statements?  You get those every month as a reminder to pay the rent. Tenant:  Well, I don’t have to do that anymore.  I sold the business.  Quit sending these to me.  It’s not my problem anymore. Me:  You sold the… Continue reading Stop messing up my con job!

Tenant:  When you come into my office like this it just makes me feel sad. Me:  You mean when I serve you with legal notices because you haven’t paid the rent? Tenant:  Yeah.  You should try to bring joy with you instead of sadness. Me:  Okay.  Let me do that over again. I walked out… Continue reading

Tenant:  We have such a great connection.  You’re like my best friend, I hope you know that! Me:  Well…um…thanks.  That’s a nice thing to say. Later…. Me:  Hi there, I noticed we haven’t received your rent payment yet this month?  When did you send that in? Tenant:  Oh I can’t pay the rent this month.… Continue reading BFFs Forever!

I went to tenant’s shop to talk about how he was paying his rent late each month and was racking up a lot of late fees as a result. Me:  I’m concerned that you’re still paying the rent late each month and you now have $425 of late fees on your account.  You need to… Continue reading That’s now how this works.