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Yes, but here you are expecting a landlord to actually think about the future.
A passive income earner is definitely going to think about the future, and realize that tens of thousands of dollars in damage is likely going to cost more than the income from renting.
No matter how much you disagree with a demographic, they are still human. Maybe we'd have better chances at improving things if we started seeing each other as human again.
I don't see it happening though after these last few decades of internet caused radicalization
Right. The entire reason they purchased an investment property is because they're thinking about the future. But there are slum lords that'll invest the least possible money and milk it for everything they can, then just condemn the place and move on.
Hey, that is my landlord. He spun a story to my wife when we rented about having caught illegal subletting in the house we rent and that is why he padlocked the finished basement and attic, but the longer we have been here the more we are pretty sure there is a serious mold infestation in both that should make the house unlivable and he just wants to charge us a grand a month until we die.
The house needs serious work, the floors are deforming, there is cracks along door frames and buckles in the plaster from where the structure is slowly collapsing. Unfortunately, the rent is so high that we cannot afford to escape. I am wholeheartedly planning on leaving him with code enforcement coming in and dropping a bunch of fines on him when we go to leave.
FYI, pad locks are seriously easy to defeat without breaking the lock. A few minutes of YouTube videos, an aluminum can, and scissors are all you need to get in. If you're worried about mold, I'd strongly advise that, or an official inspection.
Yeah shims are great for cheap locks. I learned how to pick a 5 pin lock in a few hours, so you can always do that too if the shim won't fit.
Yep, picking is very easy to learn too, but requires tools. Also, you will do minor damage to the pins over time, because the metal of the picks is harder than the brass pins, so scratches will be left. Put if you're only doing it once, it won't be an issue.
Thanks for the advice. I am working on it from the other, stronger, angle. Getting a better job so I can afford to get out of here and into something better while I find a house for myself. I am well aware of the ease a padlock can be defeated. I will likely pick them when I find new employment as right now I don't want to risk retribution. It's illegal, but I cannot afford to fight him. He also put some shady (illegal) clauses in the lease trying to circumvent the eviction laws, which again, I cannot fight if he decided to exercise them. We moved here in an emergency, we don't want to move out in one as well.
My old landlord ignored a water mark hole in the ceiling below the bathroom until the leak got to the point they had to tear out all the drywall in the bathroom, and probably should have replaced all the framing too.
(It was there when we moved in, and we mentioned when we noticed it getting bigger)
So no. Unless they are a "professional" landlord they tend to not act on issues until it costs them more than early action would have. All while making life a pain in the ass for the tenant.