We are both penniless, but with business prospects looking much better later in 2012. But she took the stuff of his livelihood. Even bankruptcies are more merciful.
Anyhow it isn’t because the legislature all decided to smoke LSD one morning that it promulgated fixed rules and regulations on tenancies. Anyone who has stayed in a hotel probably has read the arcane rules of that state on its door. Different rules apply when the facility is a home, not a hotel. No, the strawman objection that the landlady would have to come in person would not apply here — she obviously had a local sidekick she was willing to do dirty work on her behalf, and there are things called powers of attorney are they not?
Those pointing at my buddy and saying “scofflaw” need to look in a mirror.
“Those pointing at my buddy and saying “scofflaw” need to look in a mirror.”
Those with a mirror hanging on the wall to look into would not see a “scofflaw”, more than likely.
I think what folks are responding to is your buddy not looking in the mirror before being tossed out on his ear and realizing that his landlady, if that is really what she was, was being deprived of her livelihood by your buddy.
You lament bankruptcy....does your buddy not think that the landlady must pay her mortgage, and is likely in a tough spot herself?
You and your buddy seem to have approved of the informality and ease of moving into this arrangement (with no credit check, or lease) but now decry the lack of due process and “certified letters” informing him of what he well knew - you gotta pay the rent.
That’s how it is with far too many renters. They lie, misrepresent, and make excuses to get into a place, and then cry a river about being made “homeless” just because they don’t pay their rent.
Your buddy should look into the mirror. He should see a selfish deadbeat asshole. He can and should resolve to no longer be that person. Having a friend like you to enable his victimhood is not helpful in the least.
Go hat in hand to the landlady. I’ll bet she’s got more compassion for him than you claim, even though he probably doesn’t deserve it, given his lack of compassion for her.