On the other hand, what kind of person would evict an entire family over a $100 dispute?

The article says that all the back rent had been paid, except for $100 which was in dispute.

I guess you (Steven) missed the part of the story about the father losing a lot of money in his construction business. The parents were obviously trying to pay their rent. Times are hard, really hard. I think a better solution could have been made available. Maybe that's easy for me to say. I just can't imagine kicking children out from their homes.

Maybe they couldn't pay their rent Steven.

So, Steven did you read the entire story? Over $100? In such a tough economy I guess they rented from the Grinch! I hope NO ONE rents from that scum bag landlord.

Yeah, I thought the same thing. $100...that is not much to fuss about. However, you are only hearing the tenants side of this. You would need the landlord to verify that $100 was actually in dispute. My opinion is that the $100 in dispute is a fairy tale!

Have to agree with Auzziegirl. Who would do that to a family over $100? IMO, shows poor moral fiber. If these folks were deadbeats, they wouldn't have paid all of the back rent but $100 (which the article says is disputed).

Exactly. This landlord is a douche.

I can see it from both sides--the renter should have contacted a lawyer and put the $100 in escrow until the matter got resolved, but if they were behind in rent, what money did they have to hire a lawyer? The landlord has the right to kick them out, but for $100?

Totally heartless. I hope that property never makes money for that landlord ever again. It's called no kicking people when they are down.

Steven-604068, judge much, do ya? This type of eviction is happening all over the country. And it's happening to people that aren't "Pretty horrible parents." You see, Steven, it's the economy, stupid. I hope this never happens to you.

Hey Steven! Let's see what your budget would be like if you lost 40% of your income and what you would do in the same position. I love how people like you sit on your high horse and judge over someone else's misfortune. It is a case of a horrible economy, not horrible parents. My family owns rental property and I know what it is like to have people behind in their rent. Eviction is a proper tactic, EXCEPT when the family pays up beforehand. Then you resolve the dispute and find a suitable way to ensure the renters don't fall behind again. So I say pretty horrible landlord and sheriff department.

It cost the taxpayers of Araphahoe County, or the landlord, more than $100 to pay for the sheriff and workers to haul a family's possession on the lawn. At least this received national attention and the public can see what heartless people are capable of. They obviously won the battle but lost the war.

Folks Steven is right - pay the damn rent! You only have one side to this story and I don't believe it!

Maybe you will be the next, and I hope it is over 50 bucks. Lord have mercy on your soul, cause the rest of you ain't worth, S***

What's wrong with you? Were you damaged as a child? I bet you consider yourself a Christian, don't you? Look at what you said and consider how Jesus would view it.

Have to agree with big paul..need to hear the other sides story why this happen..no way the police would let them do it for just $100 short..The police officers would even give the $100 to pay it off..I WOULD!

They did pay their rent- there was a dispute over $100, not over the general rent.

Maybe they should have paid their damn rent" ???? "Horrible parents"??? I hope you never get into this situation. It says that he was a home building contractor who had lost over 40% of his business due to this economy. People are struggling all over. Kind of hard to keep a roof over your head when you just plain don't have the money. To say they are horrible parents is uncalled for. My husband was just laid off and jobs in Michigan are scarce, as they are all over. We have a 4 yr old and don't know how we are going to pay our rent. We are scared to death and stressed to the max. Maybe you should walk in their shoes before making nasty comments like that. The article did say that they had paid all the rent due, except for $100. In this economy, people everywhere are losing their homes through no fault of their own. If you don't have the money, what do you do?

Perhaps Steven is THE LANDLORD! Shame on you!!!

There is probaly more to the story than we have heard, but I wouldnt evict them over 100.00 bucks.

Plain typical anymore, when it comes to money not many are tolerant. I DO NOT support this landlords actions. Having left after living in Colorado for 15 years, it fits.

Steve6040yadayada...it's people like you who make the world a horrible place to live in. A $100 rent dispute is not a reason to throw kids out on the street.

I'm sure the landlord is a real jackas*.

and this is newsworthy WHY exactly?

That's as sick as the documented case in Tx where a lady was about to have Breast cancer surgery and it was stopped because the Ins company called and cancelled coverage.

After this happened the ins co was called to task because they did it because the lady short paid her last bill by $1.

Look it up

I am only speculating, not judging.

My guess is that these people where often very late with the rent. Whether their fault or not. Landlord gets tired of it. They also maybe paying lower rent that the landlord could fetch now. So when the homeowner shorts the landlord $100 over a dispute (valid or not). The landlord uses that as a excuse and evicts. Gets a new renter that pays on time and pays more per month.

Not saying that's right, not saying it's wrong, but it's the only reason I can see anyone evicting anybody over $100.

more liberals that want a hand out ..they could have worked harder and came up with $100... but they didnt .. if he was loseing business due to the recession he should have gotten another job at McDonalds to make up for his business loss

Right now in the Denver area rent is soaring with only a 5% vacancy rate. I'll put money that the landlord knew he could break the lease through an eviction to get higher rent from the next guy.

@auzziegirl, a republican.

independent jim, what is it with you conservatives that you cannot spell a simple word like 'loseing'?

Not saying that's right, not saying it's wrong, but it's the only reason I can see anyone evicting anybody over $100.

I understand, but then again there's one other reason too. The landlord actually is a heartless SOB. It happens too.

Is this an example of our so called "christian nation"? I hope not. WWJD.

baddog ..how do you spell loseing ..Im not conservative .. I have always been Independent

Assume for a minute you are the Landlord. The rent you get is what IS KEEPING YOU from being on the street and paying YOUR BILLS. Lets also assume that like most places, evictions take months, and after repeated warnings, attempts, etc. your renters don't pay, making you go through a long legal process to get them to pay, or get out.

Finally, lets assume that after months of legal work, during which time you have received no rent, you finally get an eviction approval from the court. The renters now seeing the "light" pay up past due rent, realizing things are serious, hoping to stay. They pay all they have, but it is $100 short of what they owe you.

As the landlord you can now accept that payment, let them stay... in which case the "clock starts ticking all over again"... meaning that if they come up short on the next payment, or not pay at all, you have to go through months of legal paperwork and hearings all over again.

THAT IS WHAT happens for most evictions. I know, because I have been a cop for 21 years.

I am not saying it is right or wrong, but how many missed payments, partial payments, etc. do you feel a landlord should forgo to be compassionate enough for you?... hmm? Most single family residental landlords are not much better off then the people they rent to. Many, are victims of the recession who became landlords because they could not sell a house.

There are two sides to every story, don't be a sucker and jump on a side without knowing all the facts.

this entire article is absolutely ridiculous. for all we (or the reporter, for that matter) know, these people could have been an absolute nightmare as tenants. perhaps the landlord had a strict "no pets" policy that would clearly have been violated by whatever creature was inhabiting that lovely tank shown above. or maybe they were hoarders that were absolutely wrecking the place with piles of junk. or maybe - just maybe - this wasn't the first time they were late on their rent. And the landlord just lost his job too and can't keep paying the mortgage on the rental if he doesn't get the rent on time or at all. is that car in the driveway the tenants? why not downgrade to something more reasonable if you can't afford shelter? and i sincerely hope mom's dye-job isn't from a salon. either way, posting an article that offers up tears and a golden pedestal to tenants that are irresponsibly delinquent on their payment without so much as mentioning the landlord's position is, in itself, irresponsible - and if each individual in this country took more responsibility for themselves, we might not be in the economic situation that we're in today.

Welcome to T-Party Libertarian America where it's everyman for himself and you are definitely not your brothers keeper. In fact Christ himself would be put in a mental institution after he was evicted from his hut. Good luck with that future America. You are going to need it.

We only have one side of the story here. I've been a property manager and I know first hand what it's like to be walked all over by a tenant. It's quite possible that this was their final notice to pay up after months and months of being behind. Something people don't seem to understand is that it's a business. Don'y pay your mortgage? They take your house. Don't pay the power bill? They turn it off. Cheat a small business owner (rental property owner) out of his/her income, and he/she is a heartless bastard for evicting you. I fought tooth and nail to help people time and time again, and you know where it got me? Used, abused, and in debt up to my neck. I almost lost EVERYTHING. So you can call me and others like me heartless or whatever you want if makes you happy. Try being s%*t on by a few tenants when you desperately need the rent money to make repairs or make the loan payment and see if it changes your perspective.

For those heartless people in this forum, always think about the kids first. This should never be about who did what and who didnt do what.

I truly feel bad for the kids. The parents should never have left the situation come down to this. At the same time, as a landlord; you just dont do stuff like this to a family with kids dude. This is the United States of America!

The Landlord has now opened a can of worms on himself and his heartless business....

Sadly this is daily life for most Americans in these bad economic times, most of whom never have a chance to get publicity, or help and self dignity.

I once saw a couple sitting outside their evicted home with a 2 day old baby, no where to go, no help, all neighbors sneering at them and wishing they would stop attracting attention to the surrounding by going away...they were the only black couple in the entire neighborhood...wonder what happened to them...one of the few times I was truly ashamed to be white...

He had lost a job, she worked until the last day of pregnancy and him two jobs, but still lost their home....they were really nice people , both college graduates but no job in a white neighborhood...everyday life for most Americans...

I have to question the renter's credibility on one issue. If they were not anticipating this to happen or were surprised, why was there a photographer already in the house when the notice of eviction was served. That tells me that they were very aware that this was going to happen and it wasn't a surprise. Here is the link showing the complete series of pictures regarding this eviction.

photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2011/09/centennial-family-evicted/#name%20here

The bad news is this family was evicted. The good news is the U.S.A will be bailing out foreign banks in Europe.

Welcome to the new America. Read the glee in the comments applauding the landlord, almost as happy as the debate crowd when the subject of the death penality came up. Disgusting!

If anyone is interested here is the property information from the county...

http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/Apps/ParcelSearch/PPINum.aspx?PPINum=2077-23-4-06-023

This is wrong. The landlord is an old SOB that needs his azz kicked for doing this. They article notes that the rent was all caught up but the people were short 100, there is no excuse to evict these people whatsoever over $100. If this family was a deadbeat one, then they never would have paid everything last week minus the 100 owed.

They were trying to do the right thing,m they just happened to be 100 short.

These people have the right to sue the landlord now for unlawful eviction.

The judges ruling was to evict for failure of paying the rent, they have the proof they paid minus the $100 and that is illegal.

The initial lawsuit to eviction was based on failure of not paying any rent, not based on the -$100 due after paying all the rest.

The police officers needs to be reprimanded as well for not understanding a court order of eviction. If the eviction order has been altered in which this case was when the people paid all this back rent to the landlord, the court ordered eviction had to be redone in order to carry out the process has to be reviewed and redone for it to become valid once again.

What was done here is CRIMINAL and the family has the right to sue the landlord and the police for following the correct protocol of the eviction process.

This is a very one sided story. I did'nt see any indication that the reporter tried to get the landlords version.

They say a" picture is worth a thousand words " but I don't think that we are getting the whole picture!

If this is photojournalism why is it being skewed with the commentary and who wrote it? The photographer?

My guess is that these people where often very late with the rent.

You have no clue so why even guess?

Steven-604068

Maybe they should have paid their damn rent? Pretty horrible parents... that would let their kids lose the roof over their head because they couldn't resolve something THEY were responsible for.

It must be wonderful living in your world where everything is in black & white with no grey area. It's mindsets like yours that sank the housing market to begin with. Go for the dollar, and be damned what the consequences might be for the people. Who knows what extenuating circumstances might be involved with over that $100. We don't, but to put a family on the street over it is nothing less than horrific. All I can hope for is that the name of the landlord involved becomes public. Not as a target for hate calls and such, I want it known so anyone considering becoming a tenant of his in the future knows what he's capable of.

I say the judge should be fired!!! Are you kidding? The judge and land lord must be Republican Teapartiers.

The people that own this property is an investment company. Here is their wiki profile.

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Colorado/Littleton/atsah-llc/56768821.aspx

Everyone seems to be going with a All-American knee-jerk reaction, but have you seen those photos "dustoffdaughter" linked? There seems to be more going on than the story is letting on. My parents-in-laws are landlords to a few properties and trust me, it takes A LOT to piss off a landlord into initiating an eviction process. All of you seem to be under a belief that eviction takes only a matter of days, but in reality its a months-sometimes years long- process. Filing the eviction notice, taking the renters to court because everyone has their day in court(if they showed up at all-if not then the court automatically rules in the landlords favor) collecting evidence for eviction, ect. My guess is that family knew this was going to happen, didnt try to prevent it and tried to shame the landlord. Some people do try this in the mistaken belief their infractions would be forgiven. You have exactly 30 days from the moment you are served with your notice to get your things out yourself because hiring an eviction team is costly for the landlord. Forcibly evicting a family is a last ditch effort because its embarrassing for everyone involved from the landlord to the renters to the personnel hired to touch and move someone's personal possessions. I and my hubs rented ourselves for seven years before we bought our castle and I know how important it is to abide by the agreement you signed with the landlord before moving into a property. ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU RENT A PROPERTY, ITS NOT YOURS!!! Even if you've been renting it for years and feel like its your house, ITS NOT!

the rent is to damn high...

When the landlord accepted the back money minus the 100 still due, the landlord altered and null and voided the original eviction on this family. The landlord, the police have both broken the law here, and these people have the right to sue.

When the landlord went to get an eviction for back rent, it was for a different amount than the $100 that was due. The landlord null and voided his own eviction contract with the court in accepting the back rent.

What happened here is illegal an illegal eviction. Once the landlord took the back rent money, then his right to evict went out the window.

In an eviction case, the people do not have to pay any rent to the landlord and are given a date to be out on their own accord. This is not what has happened here. They caught up on the majority of their rent minus the $100, and that voids the eviction court order once the landlord accepted the money.

I haven't lived in Co for nearly 40 years but I know where I live in Oregon a landlord can get a tenant out in 72 hours. And once the court order has been handed down only the landlord can stop it. While the cops may have been willing to pay $100. it was a legal dispute, they would not have been allowed to do so. That being said, it is easier to get a legal tenant out of a place than it is a squatter, I know this from experience. The mortgage company and I own my house and because of the economy I have been a month behind on my payments for over a year however they seem to believe I am a good risk and they work with me. They worked with me when I was four months behind and I owed a heck of a lot more than $100.00. My sister and I are raising two teenage grandchildren on SS and sometimes it comes down to pay a bill or feed the children. Tell me what would get your vote?

Incidentily the proper spelling of the word is "losing", try spell-check.

evlqn

Incidentily the proper spelling of the word is "losing", try spell-check.

^^^

Maybe you should take some of your own advice and use spell check yourself.

You know you are right and I am wrong, thanks for pointing out my mistake. I am not even going to make any half-baked excuses, I didn't pay attention.

Maybe you were loosing your mind. I think it was Andrew Jackson who said it takes a damn fool mind that can not think of at least two ways to spell a word.

Arieus I think you are inferring a lot of facts base upon the tenants quote. I am guessing that once the judge orders the evacuation of the premises, all bets are off. The hearing is 48hours prior to the physical eviction. Why wouldn't the tenant bring this issue up to the judge. If you are evicted for not paying rent you still owe the money. Do you think the property owner will see it? It not easy trying to run a business and reading these comments on here shows why. One comment says do not evict until the lease contract expires. I am sure your mortgage bank would understanding that reasoning, not.

evlqn

You know you are right and I am wrong, thanks for pointing out my mistake. I am not even going to make any half-baked excuses, I didn't pay attention.

I don't care if you misspelled evlqn. People aren't perfect, so why even make a fuss over a misspelled world in their posts. That's the point I'm trying to get across to you. We don't need the spelling correction police on the Vine.

:)

It's part of being a landlord--you have to have money set aside for emergencies, maintenance, etc. If you can afford to hire a crew to and get a court order to evict someone, you aren't hurting for the $100. If the owner bought the house to flip it and make a profit, and is not hurting, serves them right.

I havent heard of anyone comeing forth and offering this family a home... I wonder why

*Coming

Another fine example of the wonderful Texas educational system.

Front page MSNBC... that owner is so screwed.

You can't have an eviction without notice. If a landlord gives you notice 3-5 days you have to pay or leave. It is sad but if you do not run your business like a business then you go out of business. These parents should have moved their stuff while the kids were at school and should have had a candid conversation with them.

Do you really believe that it was only $100. Who can't get a $100.

This is as bad as the firefighters that let a families home burn down with their pets still inside all because they failed to pay the yearly $50 dollar fee for the service. WTF is wrong with the infrastructure of America these days. GREED!

Money first, then we will help you.

What has happened here is criminal and the people definitely has a right to sue. When they paid everything minus the 100, the eviction process had been altered and a new eviction papers must be drawn up for it to go through.

Sue the landlord and the police for not doing their job by the book.

I don't understand the people on here. It is an incredibly sad situation but don't blame the property owner. In your world no one pays rent and no one gets evicted. One poster is smart enough to realize the eviction costs the property owner a lot more than $100 but then goes on to condemn him. Connect the dots, it is costing the property owner a lot of money. Don't believe everything you read but use your brain to deduce the situation.

I love how you've got something to base that on other than a sympathy for authority or lack of empathy for the unfortunate.

Well cyclo, we also only have the tenant's word here that they had actually paid their rent & only had a $100 dispute with the landlord. So maybe it's your empathy that's misplaced due to lack of evidence.

Or maybe you're ready to assume the landlord is in the right because you prefer to believe in a world where people aren't petty, greedy thugs who would do something like this just because it was entertaining.

Cyclometh,

The fact that it stated they had "caught up" the rent shows that they had been late. They should have paid the $100.00 and disputed it later. For those that think it's heartless, just what is the monetary cut-off where you think it's justified?

A judge signed the eviction order. That means that adequate evidence was presented to the court that the renters were in violation of the terms of their lease. The sob story behind the reason for not paying doesn't matter. If you don't pay your rent in accordance with the terms of the lease, you get kicked out. Empathy doesn't pay the bills.

Yep, sure is. I am referring to all the folks deciding who is in the right after hearing one side of the story. Kinda like a criminal trial being held and the defense is not permitted to present their side.

You hit that!!! you bet it's 1 sided and we can only comment on what we do know.

not if your a illegal migrant looking for housing...or a meth head looking for a place to to strip for metals...

Tea bagger? Way to be off topic and self absorbed with your own issues.

psysurfer,

Obsessed, aren't you. Since the guy that was evicted was a contractor, he probably adhered to the Tea Party concept. Try thinking----for a change.

Welcome to America. Compassion is for the weak. The unfortunate should just die and stop being in the way of those who don't have bad luck.

WoW! Cyclo, you are cold-hearted. So, my husband, myself & my 4 yr old daughter should just die because my husband had the misfortune of being laid-off? Must be nice to live in the clouds and have no worries. I don't know what you do for a living but, just remember there are a lot of hard working folks who probably helped you get where you are today. If you are in a position of authority, just remember who is keeping you there. Without them, you'd be nowhere.

Obviously Cyclo was being sarcastic.

I think cyclometh was being facetious.

KML - Take a deep breath and turn on your sarcasm detector. I wish the internet had a better way to indicate tone than emoticons. You can either be taken seriously for a joke or look like an idiot posting happy faces all over the place.

Because it is emblematic of what is happening commonly in the nation right now. 1 in 6 live in poverty, numbers not seen since the 50's, update was made this week. It means we have made a gigantic change in our culture and society that makes us a different place all together than the current society thought we were.

Does it look like they went to the media, or does it look like the media went to them? This story has legs and of course it went national- and it wasn't because this family wanted it to, it was because pathos sells.

Everyone's gonna wring their hands and moan about how bad things are and how terrible the landlord is, some authoritarians are gonna go all Rand Paul and say they should just die or something, others are going to assume that they were bad renters and should have been evicted a long time ago, and a few people are going to advocate violence against someone.

And in the meantime, this family will be sleeping in their car, all of their posessions lost or destroyed, and nobody beating their chest in outrage on this thread will give a damn.

And THAT is the sad, pathetic truth about this country.

Unfortunately, you are right.

At one time we owned a rental house. We often had tenants who were late with the rent. The only time we evicted tenants was when they hadn't paid for 5 months. We talked to them over and over again and finally got to the point where we couldn't carry them any more. They understood, the judge understood, and we gave them through a weekend to move. They did move and left the home in immaculate condition. Real communication makes all the difference, and the fact that my husband & I cared about them also made all the difference.

I blame MSNBC. Why put out a story without investigating both sides claims. Maybe the Landlord is an SOB and just threw out a tenant over $100, or maybe the Tenant was a pain in the *ss and had been abusive to the Landlord. Without getting each sides story, this piece is just playing to peoples empathy without the work of obtaining the facts. We will never know!

Cyclometh - If you take a look at the photos from the Denver Post from the link a few posts up you will see that they are staying at La Quinta and not in their car, and that they rented a storage space from a place that provides a free truck. That being said, no telling how long they can afford the La Quinta, but they're not on the streets.

No, didn't you read the article? It says it was a liberal democrat that voted for obama.

Moronic statement, nzpete. You must be one of those morons that would evict someone for $100 in times like this.

Yes, that's because I'm a liberal democrat that voted for obama.

Hey Jack.... take the clue from your name and off.

Jack pay special attention to the part in the article that says out of the 25 most charitable states 24 are red states. To give more credence to this article, think about the last time you actually gave. http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730&page=1

Sailor held by Somali pirates a 'true adventurist'

Fri Feb 18, 2011

I don't want one red cent of my tax dollars spent to save these morons. If they
want to peddle their religion in pirate infested waters, that's their problem,
not mine.

Wow what heartless bastard said that? Oh it was Jack... So its cool if someone else has to spend their money to keep someone in their property, but no one better spend any of Jack's tax dollars to help someone out... Can't tell if you are a troll, or just that stupid.

Owner Name:

ROBINSON, SANDRA LEE & GWINN,

Co-Owner Name:

DAVID J P, JT TEN

Owner Address:

6834 S. UNIVERSITY BLVD. #431

City/State/Zip:

LITTLETON, CO 80122-1515

wow.. and so are you.

you tried him/or her. you judged him/her, you just convicted him or her..

based off of 8 pictures.

and 10 scentence.

*golf clap*

a perfect example why humans should have stayed in the trees.

Why would anyone want to rent from this person? It's not like the rental market is hurting for rental properties. I hope the landlord's name gets all over the media and no one rents from him again.

It seems pretty stupid to throw away future income over a $100, but there are plenty of stupid people out there.

Bingo! One sided article...

I have to agree here. Why not pay the 100 and not have this worry hanging over your family. It may be the landlord depends on this house for income and these folks were only going to pay when they went through the court process again, which costs the landlord a great deal of money and time again. They may have felt that they went through the process already, better to get it over with and not have to refile all over again.

I feel for the family, but why not reach out to all the aid organizations and get help to keep this from happening? I don't know their circumstances, but for me, I would stand on the corner and beg before I let my family become homeless - and long before that I would work any job out there. At some level, you have to act on your own behalf and not sit back and wait to see what happens to you, that is madness.

Not necessarily. You only have one side to this story - the tenants! It is possible and probable that they owned a lot more money and tenant was string the landlord along!

Big Paul, which is why I began my comment with "There has to be more to this story".

If you could read, you would have discovered that they had paid all the pack rent the prior week EXCEPT the $100.

Jon Smith - That is the tenant's claim. You need the landlord to verify this claim! I just don't believe it!

The court would have had both sides of the story and they stood behind the eviction. That's why there was a cop there.

Laura,

No not true. You automatically lose if you do not show up at the hearing. The judge only follows the law. They could have been evicted for 10 bucks. The judge doesn't care about hardships or any excuse they may have. If the eviction is lawfull, the judge will grant it reguardless of anything.

Agree 100%.

Wow! That almost sounds like the Afghanistan that we have built up. For all of the money we have given that gov't. there has been many huge mansions built, that the few wealthy there use as rentals for other wealthy people on vacation, rather than use that money to build real infrastructure for the country. Good to know there is already a model for us to follow.

Since this guy has his own construction company, he shouldn't be collecting unemployment. Don't know from this story if the wife is working or on unemployment or what.

Baloney to anyone who is clueless enough to say that "most landlords are slumlords" and thinking that it's Ok to burn someone else's house to the ground. Landlords have mortgages and their mortgage lenders don't accept "my tenant hasn't paid his rent" as an excuse for a late or missed payment. He can't send in his payment $100 short. Like it or not rental houses are business and businesses offer a product for a set price. A landlord is not a social welfare agency.

I know this because I have a few rental houses. I give breaks to tenants who let me know ahead of time that they'll be late paying the rent but then I have to cover the mortgage payment out of my own pocket. Of course the bleeding heart liberals never look at the other side of things or consider the possibility that the landlord may not have the money to pay the mortgage if the tenant doesn't pay the rent. They don't ask how many times the rent has been late or whether the tenant will have the money to pay next month. I've been burned too many times by irresponsible tenants and now get the first month's rent, the last month's rent and a security deposit before handing over the keys. If you can't afford your rent I sure can't afford to pay it for you.

Local media is not mentioning the address or the owners name. If anyone knows please post it.

I think the owner is Steven. He sounds like a slumlord. Steven, is that you?