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As you said, there are degrees. Paying your rent on time is 90% of being a good tenant. Going back to your other example, yeah, the gate was broken, but as you

As you said, there are degrees. Paying your rent on time is 90% of being a good tenant. Going back to your other example, yeah, the gate was broken, but as you said, you didn’t actually care. I’m guessing you never complained. So how is that all that relevant? Not saying the landlord shouldn’t fix it, but you’re just making excuses. You don’t actually care. Suggestion: pay your rent on time and none of this will ever be an issue. And I wouldn’t bother “lawyering up” when you fail to pay your rent and get an official demand to pay what you owe. The law is not on your side and most courts will take a very dim view of the excuse that the gate is broken, especially when you never cared enough to complain.

fzeroracer 8y ago
It's still according to the post I replied to a breach of contract on their end. Which would entitle me to taking a harsh legal view (the equivalent of immediately going to eviction) and take them to court. Since you seem intent on missing the point people take an absolutist view towards a tenants responsibilities while taking a lax one towards landlords.
- ryanwaggoner 8y ago
  You might feel that you're "entitled to take a harsh legal view", but the actual legal system would not agree with you. I don't think we're going to see eye to eye, and you've also never been a landlord or had any exposure to any of the legal side of this. It's all fine and dandy to claim that you'd "lawyer up" based on some hypothetical, but you wouldn't, and you'd lose quickly and embarrassingly if you did. I've evicted tenants, sadly, and never once did I worry that some minor maintenance issue from months before that they never complained about would even slow the process down, let alone stop it.
  - fzeroracer 8y ago
    You seem keen on calling something that was advertised and sold to me as non-working a 'minor-maintenance' issue so you're right we will probably never see eye to eye. Only landlords believe false advertisement is okay I suppose. And you've probably never had to deal with shitty landlords judging from your response.
    - ryanwaggoner 8y ago
      Not sure you’ll see this, but I was calling it minor because you said it was unimportant to you. And I’ve never owned my primary residence other than living in a unit in my first property for 18 months. I’ve rented from a variety of landlords in 5 cities over the last 15 years, all over the spectrum for excellent to terrible.

fzeroracer 8y ago

It's still according to the post I replied to a breach of contract on their end. Which would entitle me to taking a harsh legal view (the equivalent of immediately going to eviction) and take them to court. Since you seem intent on missing the point people take an absolutist view towards a tenants responsibilities while taking a lax one towards landlords.

ryanwaggoner 8y ago
You might feel that you're "entitled to take a harsh legal view", but the actual legal system would not agree with you. I don't think we're going to see eye to eye, and you've also never been a landlord or had any exposure to any of the legal side of this. It's all fine and dandy to claim that you'd "lawyer up" based on some hypothetical, but you wouldn't, and you'd lose quickly and embarrassingly if you did. I've evicted tenants, sadly, and never once did I worry that some minor maintenance issue from months before that they never complained about would even slow the process down, let alone stop it.
- fzeroracer 8y ago
  You seem keen on calling something that was advertised and sold to me as non-working a 'minor-maintenance' issue so you're right we will probably never see eye to eye. Only landlords believe false advertisement is okay I suppose. And you've probably never had to deal with shitty landlords judging from your response.
  - ryanwaggoner 8y ago
    Not sure you’ll see this, but I was calling it minor because you said it was unimportant to you. And I’ve never owned my primary residence other than living in a unit in my first property for 18 months. I’ve rented from a variety of landlords in 5 cities over the last 15 years, all over the spectrum for excellent to terrible.