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My favorite story is when a tenant left me a message and said he was going to jail but didn't know when. I phoned him back and asked him what on earth he had done. "I just shot Linda (gf). It was an accident and she drove herself to the hospital and I couldn't go with her because I was too drunk...."
OMG! I think you just officially won the best story lol!
One of my (3 unit) buildings is a bit like a reality TV show. I get calls from the upstairs tenant who works shifts, about the downstairs tenant starting his motorbike too early in the morning (7 am lol). Or the downstairs tenant phones to tell me she's getting nasty text messages from the one next door, and so-and-so stole her son's new video game and showed it to her as if it were HERS... and oh, "she doesn't buy her kids shoes so I had to give her MY kids shoes" and "that one downstairs, when she sits on her front porch and smokes, we can smell it upstairs and I'm worried for my baby's health."
My favorite story is when a tenant left me a message and said he was going to jail but didn't know when. I phoned him back and asked him what on earth he had done. "I just shot Linda (gf). It was an accident and she drove herself to the hospital and I couldn't go with her because I was too drunk...."
Oh come on. Tell the rest of it, now I'm dying to know. Was Linda okay? Did he go to jail? I second that you win the prize for best story in the renting forum.
Well as it turned out, it was a BB gun. They were both quite drunk, apparently, and she got shot in the side of the face and who knows where else... she drove herself to the hospital and called the police on the way. My tenant got arrested, and spent a few nights in jail and then she told the police she didn't want him charged after all but they said it didn't matter, he was being charged anyway. So on went this huge battle between her (legal aid) lawyer and the DA's office.
Linda survived the shooting, and he ended up being put on probation. His health wasn't good to begin with, and both of them were on the slower side of average. He was my craziest tenant and sadly passed away last year.
I remember one time, he wanted to see my house so I showed it to him on Google streeview, which he found fascinating. A few months after that, I picked up a series of hilarious voice mail messages from him. He was painting the fence and I was to "look on the computer." Eventually I figured out what he meant. He thought if I checked on the "computer," I would actually SEE him painting the fence.
Well as it turned out, it was a BB gun. They were both quite drunk, apparently, and she got shot in the side of the face and who knows where else... she drove herself to the hospital and called the police on the way. My tenant got arrested, and spent a few nights in jail and then she told the police she didn't want him charged after all but they said it didn't matter, he was being charged anyway. So on went this huge battle between her (legal aid) lawyer and the DA's office.
Linda survived the shooting, and he ended up being put on probation. His health wasn't good to begin with, and both of them were on the slower side of average. He was my craziest tenant and sadly passed away last year.
I remember one time, he wanted to see my house so I showed it to him on Google streeview, which he found fascinating. A few months after that, I picked up a series of hilarious voice mail messages from him. He was painting the fence and I was to "look on the computer." Eventually I figured out what he meant. He thought if I checked on the "computer," I would actually SEE him painting the fence.
Well as it turned out, it was a BB gun. They were both quite drunk, apparently, and she got shot in the side of the face and who knows where else... she drove herself to the hospital and called the police on the way. My tenant got arrested, and spent a few nights in jail and then she told the police she didn't want him charged after all but they said it didn't matter, he was being charged anyway. So on went this huge battle between her (legal aid) lawyer and the DA's office.
Linda survived the shooting, and he ended up being put on probation. His health wasn't good to begin with, and both of them were on the slower side of average. He was my craziest tenant and sadly passed away last year.
I remember one time, he wanted to see my house so I showed it to him on Google streeview, which he found fascinating. A few months after that, I picked up a series of hilarious voice mail messages from him. He was painting the fence and I was to "look on the computer." Eventually I figured out what he meant. He thought if I checked on the "computer," I would actually SEE him painting the fence.
Did Linda get arrested for drunk driving herself to the hospital?
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Was Linda okay? Did he go to jail? I second that you win the prize for best story in the renting forum.
