Let's Lynch the Landlord...

[JazzGuitarGimp]

Sorry to hear, Lefty. As much as I hate to say it, I have to believe the eviction is a blessing in disguise. Yes, finding a new home in short order and the move itself is going to be a huge PITA, but clearly, your landlord is a piece if shit, and he is making your life miserable on a daily basis. You will have a much less-stressful life after the move.

[Phil_S]

Lefty:
It is an understatement to say this is not a happy story and you've already expressed your preference to avoid the disruption of moving. Even so, things have a way of working themselves out and there is a very real possibility you'll end up better off.

Here's hoping for the best.

Phil

[Teleguy61]

Lefty-some observations, as a landlord. My wife and I own a couple of rental properties.
Firestorm's got it right-once the landlord/tenant relationship goes bad, it's hard to get it back. Kinda like life.
Your landlord is an idiot. You have lived there, paid the rent regularly and cared for the property for five years? And he's not happy? And you even were willing to up the rent to help with his tax burden?
You, sir, are a dream tenant and he is a fool. You will be better off somewhere else.
That being said, as Leo said, document everything. Photo the whole house with time/date stamp and save to your computer. Mostly, when a tenant leaves, he's gone and that's it, but better safe etc.
Good luck.

[drew]

Lefty You can move down here I'll sell you newly remodeled 5BR 3 bath on the country club course for $150,000 or I'd rent it for around 900.Its down the street from my house so you would have the perk of hangin out with cbass.
It ain't seattle though. Its about a million times better

Where is this?

[cbass]

Southern MO

[cbass]

Good luck LefT,
Moving sucks.I've moved 4 times in the last couple years looks like I'm gonna move again If someone don't buy this house.

It goes both ways
I manage a bunch of rentals and have a few of my own.I grew up doing it.Just when I think I've seen it all.Someone manages to shock me.
I don't go by the law if someone is damaging my place or not paying rent.They get tossed out.Go ahead call the Police sue me.If I went by the law I would be out of business in a year.

I just had a lady move into a house.First night she's there calls me all frantic.I just can't stay in this house.There's no hot water."Well Did you have the gas turned on"? Yes I'm not stupid. She hadn't called I know the people at the gas company.The meter was still locked
Then she goes on bitching about internet not workin .Wich has absolutely nothing to with me.After saying I just can't stay here about 5 times.I told here we can tear up the lease and I'll give her deposit back and we'll pretend like we nver met.She didn't wanna do that.
Now she's threting not to pay rent cause her sprayer on te kitchen sink doesn't have enuff pressure.

When me and my ol lady first got together we rented a Trailer.It was ok for a couple months.Then while I was at work a tree fell on the kitchen.They wanted us to pay the insurance deductiable.Of course I said no.and everything went to shit after that.Furnace goes out that winter.Of course thats our fault,Pipes freeze up cause they're just laying on the ground, thats our fault.Then he started doin shit like showin up at my door at 6am on the first demanding rent.When we had never been late and our lease stated it wasn't due untill the fifth.

So we moved I happened to drive by about two months later.They were in there working looks like they were gutting the place.Guess the renters after us did a real number on it.

[Leo_Gnardo]

I happened to drive by about two months later.They were in there working looks like they were gutting the place.Guess the renters after us did a real number on it.

I'm more suspecting they were doing what should have been done before you moved in.

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cbass, I was inspired by your Kenny Rogersville. When I saw that I knew I had to put up a location. Dogpatch-on-Hudson pretty well describes where I am, plus withering taxes. And no Moonbeam McSwine.

[cbass]

I happened to drive by about two months later.They were in there working looks like they were gutting the place.Guess the renters after us did a real number on it.

I'm more suspecting they were doing what should have been done before you moved in.

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cbass, I was inspired by your Kenny Rogersville. When I saw that I knew I had to put up a location. Dogpatch-on-Hudson pretty well describes where I am, plus withering taxes. And no Moonbeam McSwine.

It was a pretty nice trailer.I think the next renter's just trashed it.
Is that a refernce to Dogpatch AR?

[cbass]

Buy the way I'm not a slum lord My houses are very nice.I would have no problem living in any one of them.I had a deal with the hospital here .We used to rent to doctors that came through here but most of them were total assholes and filthy people.I'd much rather deal with working class folks.

[cbass]

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cbass, I was inspired by your Kenny Rogersville. When I saw that I knew I had to put up a location. Dogpatch-on-Hudson pretty well describes where I am, plus withering taxes. And no Moonbeam McSwine.

Is that a refernce to Dogpatch AR?

Oh duh Moonbeam McSwine lol You live at an abandoned theme Park?
There have been several attempts to buy that place but I guess it's just to rundown.Its bout an hour and a half from here.
There are some really cool abondaned resorts on Beaver lake it's neat to see the old rock buildings.I wish they would abandon the rest of em lol.

My grandad told me stories of the white river before they BFed it all to hell.
I live near the Northfork of the white river and they have Takin one of the most beautiful places on Earth and totally BFed it.Thank God a large portion of it is in the Natinal Forest.I wish tey would make it a protected waershed like the Jacks fork.You can't build on it at all

[Leo_Gnardo]

I happened to drive by about two months later.They were in there working looks like they were gutting the place.Guess the renters after us did a real number on it.

I'm more suspecting they were doing what should have been done before you moved in.

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cbass, I was inspired by your Kenny Rogersville. When I saw that I knew I had to put up a location. Dogpatch-on-Hudson pretty well describes where I am, plus withering taxes. And no Moonbeam McSwine.

It was a pretty nice trailer.I think the next renter's just trashed it.
Is that a refernce to Dogpatch AR?

Sounded like the trailer was already in decline what with the crushed kitchen, frozen pipes, busted heater. And if the next renters trashed it completely in 2 months or less, whew!

Dogpatch from the Al Capp comic strip L'il Abner. Lots of folks make fun of the mid south, and I'm sure there's some spots like this, but definitely not limited to the south. Capp claimed his inspiration was a spot in New Hampshire, about as Yankee as you can get. There are some references in the strip to being in Kentucky, but - it is imaginary. There's also Barney Google & Snuffy Smith, up in Hootin' Holler with Maw & the kids & their cast of characters. A lot of the humor in both strips comes from the natives' interactions with upper crust folks and winning the day.

Every now & then L'il Abner would be replaced by Fearless Fosdick, a sendup of Dick Tracy. We had our own Fearless Fosdick around here, an assistant district attorney by the name of G. Gordon Liddy. I'm sure you've heard of him. His "bust" of the Timothy Leary compound was legendary. When he presented evidence in court, the judge told him "Anybody can see that's a geranium." True story.

FWIW there's a spot about 30 miles northeast of where I am called Oniontown, it's legendary as a super Dogpatch zone.

From Wikipedia, Oniontown is an unincorporated settlement in Dutchess County, New York, located 1.5 miles south of the hamlet of Dover Plains, in the Town of Dover. It was briefly the subject of world-wide media attention in 2008, when a derisive video about the area published on YouTube led to visiting outsiders being attacked.

[cbass]

From te Lil abner WIki page

Dogpatch USA: In 1968, an 800-acre (3.2 km2) $35 million theme park called Dogpatch USA opened at Marble Falls, Arkansas, based on Capp's work and with his support. The gift shops sold "hillbilly" souvenirs like corncob pipes and moonshine jugs. In addition to the newly constructed rides and attractions, many of the buildings in the park were authentic 19th century log structures purchased by general manager James H. Schermerhorn. The logs in each building were numbered, catalogued, disassembled and reassembled at the park. Dogpatch USA was a popular attraction during the 1970s, but was closed in 1993 due to mismanagement and financial difficulties. Several attempts have been made to reopen the park but at present it lies abandoned. As of late 2005, the area once devoted to a live-action facsimile of Dogpatch (including a lifesize statue in the town square of Dogpatch "founder" Jubilation T. Cornpone) has been heavily stripped by vandals and souvenir hunters, and is today slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding Arkansas wilderness.

[Leo_Gnardo]

From te Lil abner WIki page

Dogpatch USA: In 1968, an 800-acre $35 million theme park called Dogpatch USA opened at Marble Falls, Arkansas, based on Capp's work and with his support. - but was closed in 1993 due to mismanagement and financial difficulties. - today slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding Arkansas wilderness.

Arkansas had to do what it could to attract tourists, even send up its own hillbillies. Worked for a while I guess. One of our almost forgotten states, except as the starting point for Bill Clinton, and for me, Paul Klipsch.

Seems modern folks have no appreciation or perhaps knowledge of Al Capp's work. He was one of the USA's great comedy authors as far as I'm concerned, along the lines of Mark Twain. Some of his sendups were hilarious and to the point if on occasion a bit unfair (Joan Baez as Joanie Phoanie f'rinstance.)

Now letsee what we can do to help out Lefty, up in the upper left hand corner. Maybe there's a spot, Geoduck Junction...

[cbass]

I always think of Levon and JC as the pride of AR.

Guess I did get a bit off track.
Hope you find a nice place soon Lefty.If I was closer we could send some Muscle over to his house or a flaming bag of poop.

[LeftyStrat]

Well, never there's been a time in my life when one door didn't open when another one closed, so we'll be okay.