'Can my landlord do this?': 5 Times Landlords Displayed an Inhuman Lack of Consideration For Their Tenants

It's no secret that landlords have a reputation for being manipulative lizard-people who will take any chance possible to extort or exploit tenants for a little bit more profit. It's akin to when you've made a few too many whiskey sours and are really trying to take that same lime for as many laps as possible. You futilely keep squeezing and squeezing the dang thing, determined to get out a little bit more juice, despite it already having as much juice left as a politician has morals.

Anyways, if you need spelling out of the awkward analogy: You're the lime, and your landlord will get some more cash out of you regardless of if you have any more to live.

Here are five stories where landlords showed their absolute desire to "lord" over their tenants. Each story has a title, a brief description, and the first screenshot. Click on 'Continue Reading' after each screenshot to view the full story.

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Landlord Pretends Security Deposit Is Not Refundable Despite No Damage

It's no secret that landlords can be shady. Whether it's doing the bare minimum to fix a leak or implementing unnecessary rules for you to follow that aren't real. In this case, the latter situation happened. This thread was posted on Reddit's r/LandlordLove subreddit by u/Envystar09, who shared their story of being cheated by their landlord.

Font - r/Landlord Love Posted by u/Envystar09 13 days ago Can my Landlord do this? I thought the whole point of a security deposit is that you can get it back. Need Advice Hello, me jan Heines ago Details D I am following up on your recent move-out. We have completed your inspection and there were no charges for damages. Thanks for leaving the unit in great condition. You did not have a refundable security deposit. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck on your next journey!

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'He said he lost the lease papers': Landlord devises new lease to get current tenants to leave in 2 months

Time to add yet another horrid landlord to the seemingly endless list of horrid landlords. This thread was posted on Reddit's tongue-in-cheek r/LandlordLove page by u/raimine, who shared their story of being cheated by their landlord after living in their apartment for five years.

Font - r/Landlord Love Posted by u/raimine 20 hours ago Landlord Lost the Lease n We signed a one year lease in june and everything was fine. We always paid our rent and even went above by clearing out the backyard and the roof. We have been good tenants for over 5 years now and have had no issues with the landlord. But yesterday our landlord said that he needs us to move within the next two months because a relative of his is going to buy the house we are staying at. We don't have a copy of the

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Terrible Landlord Suggests His Tenant Should Just Move Out Instead of Fixing Leaky, Disgusting Ceiling

Anyone who has ever lived as a renter knows that there are typically a small handful of perks when you're living in a property that someone else owns. The biggest allure of being a renter is that you don’t have to pay for maintenance costs of the property and if there’s structural damage or unsafe living conditions, you can just ask the person who is feeding off of exorbitantly high monthly checks to do their due-diligence of fixing the problems. Right?

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Predatory Landlord Screws Themselves With Their Own Lease

An error in the lease that they were strictly enforcing caused this landlord to lose out at their own game in this trending Reddit thread. The thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by the tenant, u/aalilyah, who was looking to get out of their lease. The landlord's strict enforcement of this document had them on the ropes before they discovered the crucial error.

Font - Posted by u/aalilyah 1 day ago 242 You want me to read the lease. If you say so. OC L Long time lurker first time poster. I just had the best malicious compliance today and thought I would share. Back Story: I moved to the big apple in April from LA and signed a lease for an apartment sight unseen. It was the same price as my LA apartment but while in LA $1350 gets you a master bedroom with a walk in closet, private bath and three roommates. In NYC for $1350 they've turned my closet into

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Scummy Landlord Demands Extra Month's Rent On Move-Out, Wants to Keep Deposit Too, Guy Shuts Them Down

This predatory landlord has attempted to extort their tenant out of an additional month's rent and employed shady strategies to try and keep their deposit.

This story was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by Reddit user u/YerTime, who shared the story of their compliance with their landlord's exploitative terms. The story strikes many similar tunes to this story that was posted to the r/ProRevenge subreddit.