I just did a post on here about being a landlord... domestic abuse... it's a real mess. And it just eats your profitability -- not to sound callous. I had a t

I just did a post on here about being a landlord... domestic abuse... it's a real mess. And it just eats your profitability -- not to sound callous. I had a tenant who hit his girlfriend. They were both on the lease. Anyway she filed charges against him (good for her!) but that meant I had to let her off the lease. Her dipshit boyfriend couldn't pay for the place on his own... so then I was left in a situation where I got paid like 1/2 rent one month, then had to give him 30 days for free to vacate... The girl called me in tears, "Can I please get my security deposit back I moved out already?" I was like, "No, sorry... I can't give that back until I do the exit walk through, and you're already behind at least half a month on rent..." and then, "I'm sorry but your shithead boyfriend didn't clean up the place after he left..." I felt for her, but not a lot I could do other than eat the loss she was causing me by having horrible taste in men. I feel like a jerk saying that... but I didn't feel like the burden should fall on me... She got all snarky with me, threatened to hire a lawyer... but nothing ever came of it... I ended up taking their entire security deposit, and still having to pay out of pocket for cleaning services. Domestic violence creates a no-win situation. I'm out money, and it's not like my mortgage and taxes stopped because she had drama in her life... I really just wanted to tell her, "Be more careful, and have higher standards next time around..." but of course that would have been rude and uncalled for. The whole thing just sucked. I still feel guilty about it... and there's no reason I should, she signed the lease agreement.