Not paying rent isn’t a victimless crime, despite FFG and Scam both hand-waving it away as such. There is a landlord, very often a small business owner or just a rank and file 9-5er who saved up the funds to buy a building and pay for the
mortgage, maintenance and upkeep on said property (because it’s a nice investment to have, if you’ve the patience for dealing with renters.) While they both spent years accumulating an embarrassingly high amount in past-due rent and judgments associated, this man or woman was paying their mortgage without the benefit of their rent, and so losing money, and this wasn’t a one-off with either of them: This was a way of life, years worth of rent unpaid, and if either of them have made good on their debts they sure didn’t announce it when called out (and it’s not in the record).
They both could’ve settled these debts for, probably, a slim percentage of the original amount owed, as it’s been so long (with respect to some of the rental balances), but instead they just continue with their hood rich mentalities.
You don’t get out of the ‘hood
permanently by keeping a street mindset.
I wonder if FFG paying for that house in cash is due to her continued desire to skirt paying her debts? Can’t finance a house if your credit is shot from judgments against you, but, that’s just my speculation. With Scam, we have access to much more detailed records, and can see that the likelihood of her obtaining a mortgage is laughable. How very like Chantal-er, sorry, my fault. That’s not true - Chantal actually pays her rent (and that of both Peetz and ShittySalah, for that matter.)
@shameful existence Was Mary in the community? Forgive me. Too many characters, not enough whiteboard and string.