[quote=Coronita]And I posted earlier about my tenant that decided to cancel his least because he’s going back overseas for 2 months starting December, and didn’t feel like he should pay for the 2 months rent while he is not using the condo… Go figure…[/quote]
TBH, I can imagine myself making the same decision as your tenant, on the grounds of:
-I like to make the occasional outrageous request (politely) and a couple of times have unexpectedly gotten a positive response.
-I have a general aversion to authority (ie. Coronita, the landlord)
-I generally hate inefficiencies (ie. a home being empty/unused for 2 months) and try to embrace change over maintaining the status quo.
-Before Kids, I had an income where dropping an extra $300-400/month would not impact my lifestyle materially.
Who knows, maybe he’ll come back, find a better place where he finds/makes new, lifelong friendships.
Or maybe he’ll come back, pay more for a worse place, become unhappy and get pushed in new direction.
To me, either of those options might be better than coasting along, same sh*t different day.
