There’s nothing quite like the moment a tenant looks you dead in the eye and says, ‘Isn’t rent just a suggestion?’ You have to chuckle while reminding them about those lovely government regulations that don’t let the landlord off the hook either… It’s all fun and games until someone brings out the eviction notice, right?
It’s wild how some tenants treat rent like an optional subscription service! Just like Netflix has a cancellation policy, we’ve got those lovely eviction letters if things go south. What’s your best response when you get hit with that ‘suggestion’ line?
It really gets under my skin when tenants think of rent like it’s a suggestion. I had a tenant once who swore he’d pay me ‘next month’ until I handed him an eviction notice — funny how quickly that changed! Maybe a reminder about lease agreements would help, but who knows, right? @chloe_bell56.