This is another conversation that took place in a courtroom hallway. Judges will often send the parties out into the hallway to try to hammer out a settlement and avoid taking up time in court. Sometimes it works…sometimes it doesn’t. In this situation, the tenant had quit paying his rent (along with all of his… Continue reading You Owe Me One!
I managed a shopping center located on the corner of busy intersection. One morning I noticed a bunch of political signs had been stuck in the lawn area facing the intersection. The owner of the property did not allow any signs to be posted on the property because he thought it looked sloppy. I called… Continue reading Here’s Your Sign
I received a call from a very agitated tenant from a small office building that I managed. She reported that men were coming into the locked women’s restroom and it was no longer safe for any woman to go into the restroom alone. She was very upset and said some of her staff members were… Continue reading Attack of the Toilet Invaders!
Tenant: There are too many trees in this shopping center. You should cut them down so that customers will come here. Me: They’re nice mature trees! We keep them trimmed up too that your shops are visible. I think customers like how the place looks with the big trees and they like to park in… Continue reading No one likes trees.
I was talking with a husband and wife business team in their office. Things seemed pretty normal until the husband left to go to another meeting. As soon as the door closed behind him the wife turned to me and announced: Tenant: I’m divorcing him. I own the business and I’m kicking him out. I… Continue reading Divorce Bomb!
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.
A tenant hosted a big open house event in his office for the holiday. He invited many prominent people from the community and sponsored a children’s charity as part of the event. I stopped by and was pleased to see that things were going really well. There were a lot of happy people and… Continue reading It’s not stealing if you give it back later!
Before the holiday season kicked off I sent out a memo to all of the tenants in an office building to remind them that real Christmas trees were not permitted due to fire safety regulations. Only artificial trees could be used for decoration inside the building. Later that week when I visited the building I… Continue reading It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s a Christmas tree!
I met a potential tenant at a shopping center to show him a vacant space for rent. He showed up covered in tattoos, wearing sagging pants and sporting a black eye. Me: I’m going to assume you’re not really a dentist like you said on the phone. Tenant: No I’m not. I want to open… Continue reading Honesty is usually the best policy
We had evicted a nightclub operator and were taking him to court to collect a financial judgement. This was a conversation in the courthouse hallway before the hearing. Tenant’s attorney: We’d like to settle this account with you right now. Here is a spreadsheet showing the arrangements. You’ll need to write-off a portion of the… Continue reading Just Business
You'll Never Rent In This Town Again! 