The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

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Originally Posted by Zombie

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....And he starts yelling back - whilst waving his arms about furiously, mind - that he heard one of the rental properties caught on fire last night, and he doesn't know which one it was, so he had every right to come check it out, and besides, he forgot I live here. . . . .

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"Well, look - I'm just really angry, okay?!!"

Oh! You're really angry? Well, in that case, then, by all means, please carry on, my good man. *adjusts monocle*

Uhmm . . . No. He doesn't. Granted this stuff may vary from state-to-state, I can tell you that in general, a landlord or his/her representative does not have the right to enter the premises without warning the tenants first, period, end of discussion.
There's no "yeah, but..." Period, end of discussion, the landlord just simply does not have that right. That's completely, 100% ignoring the common-sense right-or-wrong of it: The landlord simply does not have the right to do that.

On the flip side, and please don't take this the wrong way 'cause I can certainly sympathise with how you feel about this and you certainly have every right to feel that way - It might be worthwhile to at least try to understand why he was so angry. This is possibly a HUGE investment that his family is making - taking a big business chance - and - why would there have been a fire? Utter carelessness on the part of a tenant? Maybe somebody was even doing crystal meth? There might be a specific reason that made him angry.

But having said that, if I were the Judge, all that would be instantly thrown out the door. He entered a tenant's premises without giving prior warning; that's against the law and probably even in your contract with him. Period. "Nothing else matters." And to be honest I find it "a little suspicious." Whether he likes it or not, it raises the question of what he was really up to. Maybe he didn't know you were home or thought you were sleeping. You might "have to be careful" 'cause sometimes it might be somewhat disadvantageous to piss of the landlord (and you don't want to piss the son off to the point where he might want to get even or "take revenge," if he's that kind of person) - but - in my mind you have every single right in the world to complain to the landlord himself, either through a verbal conversation or even through a formal letter. And if you have a verbal conversation, I honestly think you should literally say something to him like "I'm going to write down the time and date of this conversation, and I want you to acknowledge to me that this conversation has taken place." Unless he's a total schmuck, he'll get the idea when you say that. (i.m.o.)

Not to go on about it "too much" but it kind of "raises a red flag" for me - it's over the top and makes me wonder about his stability and motivations.

By the way though - ten thousand and thirty-seven kudos to Cute Guitar Boy. i.m.o. he should pick up some serious brownie points here for being brave on a moment's notice.