28-year-old small business owner gets back at landlord who kicked her out of her rental space: 'She took EVERYTHING'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 27, 2026 5:00 PM EST

When this 28-year-old small business owner realized she had to leave her current rental space behind, she started packing up, which her landlord was totally not expecting. 

Most small businesses don't make it. It's just a fact! That doesn't mean you shouldn't start one, though. Even if you only run your business for a year or two, at least you made a difference in your own life and in the lives of your customers. Plus, if all goes well, you might even succeed. Then you'll have extra cash to continue to grow your budding business and see where it ends up in 5 or 10 years. You could hire additional workers to take on the burden for you. Entrepreneurial individuals know that it's a risk, but they take it anyway, for the love of the game!

I imagine one of the most satisfying milestones for any entrepreneur would be the day you finally get your own storefront. Some of these welcome in customers each day, while others mainly exist to fulfill orders shipped out online. These two spaces will look very different — one has to entice shoppers, while the other just needs to be functional. 

Lots of boutique stores will pour money into their storefronts, so I would never blame them for taking every little thing with them when they move. After all, why wouldn't they? As you can see below, this woman did just that when she was (rather unfairly) kicked out of her place with just one month's notice. She even took up the very nice wood flooring, and it doesn't even appear to be that difficult for her. Maybe it was never glued down, but she seems to just be able to lift the boards off the floor, exposing the much less pretty flooring underneath. It's a very satisfying read, thanks to one Twitter user who spilled the tea for us, just in case you don't speak Spanish. 

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    I just came across this little piece of gossip on TikTok. Turns out a girl rented a space to start her business. She began selling makeup and little by little stocked it up with more stuff ―clothes, accessories, etc.
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    But as time went by, she also kept remodeling or as she calls it, "tuning up"-the place. She started by buying a small counter, some decor, and even invested in flooring because the one it had was
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    literally just concrete. So she went ahead with the expense, bought some SPC flooring, and put it down all by herself. She always filmed all the remodels and
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    posted them to TikTok, so a bunch of those videos went viral for her. She finished laying the floor, everything was going great, but out of nowhere, in mid-December during peak season, the owner
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    decided to ask for the space back, so she had to hand it over in January. She had no choice but to suck it up and look for another spot, but when she told the story, everyone was worried about
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    what would happen with the floor. Several people commented that she should take it with her and leave the place just as she found it; and others were dead sure that the owner got jealous
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    and that he definitely wanted to copy her business. And a week ago she posted the last video of the move and the final details to hand over the space, and you can see
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    how she took EVERYTHING-the security camera, the floor, even the nails. And for real, good for her JAJAJA.
    via @ElChocoflan
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    The business owner shared the progress of preparing the building for the next tenant

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    Painting, repairing the holes in the walls, moving every single thing out

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    And here's the proof! She's removing those lovely floors to bring along to the next place. What a smart investment!

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    Ready for the next place!

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