Comments on: Cosmic Karma, or What’s Wrong With People? http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people Alberta Real Estate Investing, Landlord Tips and Information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Investors Housez – Your Real Estate Information Site » Blog Archive » The Eviction Process http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/comment-page-1/#comment-5514 The Investors Housez – Your Real Estate Information Site » Blog Archive » The Eviction Process Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:11:31 +0000 http://www.investors.housez.ca/?p=112#comment-5514 [...] More Alberta Tenant Eviction Stories [...] [...] More Alberta Tenant Eviction Stories [...]

]]> By: Colleen http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Colleen Thu, 14 May 2009 02:41:06 +0000 http://www.investors.housez.ca/?p=112#comment-404 very interesting Bill - absolutely you are both very kind and go the extra mile to help folk who are not able to help themselves.. however, there are a lot of renters out there who know how to play the systam, and play it they do - its a game with them..... I am so fed up - I am a very fair and understanding landlady - but I will never understand why people rent who cant afford the rent in the first place..... my last one moved his Father in unbeknown to me - serves me right for going south for the winter - and had to secure the services of a Power of Attorney - who I might add - under the circumstances, did a bang-up job for me.... I am now considering the thought of should I sell the damn condo and get away from loser/wasters...... the world is full of them.. you can only share so much compassion and kindness...... folk have to come to the table and be responsible.... thanks again for another powerful story. Colleen. very interesting Bill – absolutely you are both very kind and go the extra mile to help folk who are not able to help themselves.. however, there are a lot of renters out there who know how to play the systam, and play it they do – its a game with them….. I am so fed up – I am a very fair and understanding landlady – but I will never understand why people rent who cant afford the rent in the first place….. my last one moved his Father in unbeknown to me – serves me right for going south for the winter – and had to secure the services of a Power of Attorney – who I might add – under the circumstances, did a bang-up job for me…. I am now considering the thought of should I sell the damn condo and get away from loser/wasters…… the world is full of them.. you can only share so much compassion and kindness…… folk have to come to the table and be responsible…. thanks again for another powerful story. Colleen.

]]> By: Bill Biko http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Bill Biko Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:05:34 +0000 http://www.investors.housez.ca/?p=112#comment-351 Hey Deb, thanks for the great reply and the "reframing". I had come to a similar thought about the survival mode the one fellow was in. I'm still not entirely happy with him, but I am more understanding why he disappeared. As a follow up with the other tenant, things seem to be looking up there, so maybe some Karma is coming back at me!! Bill Hey Deb,
thanks for the great reply and the “reframing”. I had come to a similar thought about the survival mode the one fellow was in. I’m still not entirely happy with him, but I am more understanding why he disappeared.

As a follow up with the other tenant, things seem to be looking up there, so maybe some Karma is coming back at me!!

Bill

]]> By: Deb http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Deb Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.investors.housez.ca/?p=112#comment-335 Deb Spring Says: I'd like to Reframe the situation for you and hopefully brighten your Day!! You May have Helped both of You!!! Karma is a funny one...with so many undisguised tricks and gifts. I Applaud you for going to the next level and Trusting and Helping... You have a Heart....and when we extend it to another there is always a Gift on the other side. When a person is in Survival Mode, "They do not always Do the right thing"...that's why it's called Survival Mode. Often we can feel taken advantage of....we gave and we expected to get back in Return.....that's the kind of a Lie in our Society....It may come back to us or it may not ....not Fair I know, neither is Life...sometimes its even better. You saw the potential good in this person...you perhaps saw it's easier to keep this guy and give him a chance versus finding someone else right now...you gave the Eviction notice making it real for both of you. so you have now set free this Young Man to Step up to the Next level and fulfill his agreement with you to either Pay up or Get out . Hopefully he will Pay up and continue to Do so on Time or you get a new Tenant of superior Caliber who may pay even a little bit more and keeps the heat in the house!!! It's So easy to do things differently when we Take Emotion out of the Equation. I'm glad you have Emotion...a character of a truly Good Human Beling. When we help people and we only see the Screw Up ...because that's all that's visibly happening we think we have failed.....how could be so whatever......but I fact, we have Won. It means we have lit their Pilot Light...... someone demonstrated to them,,,a stranger almost that they are worthy of compassion and trust ...we just might not see the results we want to see....but we have lit their Pilot light which in the end benefits all Society. You have demonstrated that the Bottom Dollar is not what It's all About but there is a limit to a Free Handout!!!! Thanks for sharing your story...you are a Pilot Lighter!!! Deb Deb Spring Says:

I’d like to Reframe the situation for you and hopefully brighten your Day!!

You May have Helped both of You!!!

Karma is a funny one…with so many undisguised tricks and gifts.
I Applaud you for going to the next level and Trusting and Helping…
You have a Heart….and when we extend it to another there is always
a Gift on the other side.

When a person is in Survival Mode, “They do not always Do the right thing”…that’s why it’s called Survival Mode.

Often we can feel taken advantage of….we gave and we expected to get back in Return…..that’s the kind of a Lie in our Society….It may come back to us or it may not ….not Fair I know, neither is Life…sometimes its even better.

You saw the potential good in this person…you perhaps saw it’s easier to keep this guy and give him a chance versus finding someone else right now…you gave the Eviction notice making it real for both of you.

so you have now set free this Young Man to Step up to the Next level and fulfill his agreement with you to either Pay up or Get out . Hopefully he will Pay up and continue to Do so on Time or you get a new Tenant of superior Caliber who may pay even a little bit more and keeps the heat in the house!!!

It’s So easy to do things differently when we Take Emotion out of the Equation.
I’m glad you have Emotion…a character of a truly Good Human Beling.

When we help people and we only see the Screw Up …because that’s all that’s visibly happening we think we have failed…..how could be so whatever……but I fact, we have Won.

It means we have lit their Pilot Light…… someone demonstrated to them,,,a stranger almost that they are worthy of compassion and trust …we just might not see the results we want to see….but we have lit their Pilot light which in the end benefits all Society.

You have demonstrated that the Bottom Dollar is not what It’s all About but there is a limit to a Free Handout!!!!

Thanks for sharing your story…you are a Pilot Lighter!!!

Deb

]]> By: Bill Biko http://www.investors.housez.ca/blogroll/cosmic-karma-or-whats-wrong-with-people/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Bill Biko Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:55:44 +0000 http://www.investors.housez.ca/?p=112#comment-322 Hey Daniel and Kareen, thanks for the feedback. I know there are a lot of true slum lords out there only concerned about the dollar, but there are many other landlords like you two and us who try to help people out. We just all have to realize we can only help so much and if some people cannot make it work renting from us, they need to move on. Daniel, you are write about the eviction notice, but just as important you have to follow up. Kareen is he still a tenant of yours, or has he moved on? If he is a problem still and continually late you may be better off having him leave. You can evict if they are continually late with rent as it is a breach of the lease or not renew his lease when it comes up. Some landlords I have talked to have even paid tenants just to leave which seems backwards, but also prevents unnecessary damage to properties and expedites them leaving. Just to update my situations, my first tenants were not able to make any payments yet, so we are going forward with the hearing on Thursday. I am still willing to work with them as they are good people in a tough situation, but I need to receive some type of payments just to meet my commitments. The shared accommodation tenant has packed up and left in the middle of the night and I will probably never see or hear from him again. I am out some money, but I'm moving forward. Hey Daniel and Kareen, thanks for the feedback. I know there are a lot of true slum lords out there only concerned about the dollar, but there are many other landlords like you two and us who try to help people out. We just all have to realize we can only help so much and if some people cannot make it work renting from us, they need to move on.

Daniel, you are write about the eviction notice, but just as important you have to follow up. Kareen is he still a tenant of yours, or has he moved on? If he is a problem still and continually late you may be better off having him leave. You can evict if they are continually late with rent as it is a breach of the lease or not renew his lease when it comes up. Some landlords I have talked to have even paid tenants just to leave which seems backwards, but also prevents unnecessary damage to properties and expedites them leaving.

Just to update my situations, my first tenants were not able to make any payments yet, so we are going forward with the hearing on Thursday. I am still willing to work with them as they are good people in a tough situation, but I need to receive some type of payments just to meet my commitments.

The shared accommodation tenant has packed up and left in the middle of the night and I will probably never see or hear from him again. I am out some money, but I’m moving forward.

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