Open Thread

M4L, Ok imagine this:

1) Loss of previous rent
2) Go to court and file for eviction (hire lawyer say 1500 plus 300 per court visit)
3) Wait for court date
4) Show up (tenant may not show) If they show, then judge may wag finger at tenant and order them to start paying rent and give them 6 months.
5) Tenant probably won’t pay.
6) Go to court again
7) Go back to step 4
8) Tenant doesn’t pay.
9) Go back to 4
9) Six months goes by – tenant total screwup
10) Judge orders US Marshal to come (with gun) to evict tenant. They haul shit off to a warehouse and you can change locks.
11) You go to small claims court (you try to get tenant to show up) If it is more than 5,000 dollars, which it IS, then you have to do two separate claims.
12) Tenant doesn’t show up, judge makes judgement.
13) You then have to collect the money yourself.

THEN

You have spent 6 months in court for the eviction. 2-3 months in court to try to get your money.
You have paid annoying lawyer 1500 dollars plus 300 dollars for every court appearance.
You have not been paid rent
The jerk probably ruined the apartment
So add up:

Lawyers costs
Damage to apartment
Loss of6 months rent
Loss of your time 9 months in court
Massive aggravation

A roll of hundreds is starting to look like a better and better solution isn’t it.

“DH, that’s what the hong kong triads use when they battle it out on the streets – ie no guns, just steel pipes, machettes,…”

yeah – i have no prob with that as innocent bystanders don’t get hit by accident.

these dumb shits in brooklyn who are always busting off shots and hitting small children are pussies to the nth degree.

I don’t have a problem with the idea of owning a gun, but prob not a good idea for me as I am a terrible shot.

DH, that’s what the hong kong triads use when they battle it out on the streets – ie no guns, just steel pipes, machettes,…

Not sure I can. Don’t remember him having an distinctive accent.