I spent the first 20 years of my life living in a pretty sheltered neighborhood. You might even call it exclusive in that the lots were big, there was only one road that ran through it, and all of my neighbors were so old that by now I’m sure they’re all dead, so I didn’t really understand what it meant to have, want or be a good neighbor until I first struck out on my own. Almost everyone complains about their neighbors, but there’s a pretty easy way to get yourself better neighbors, and it doesn’t always have to involve moving, just BE a better neighbor yourself.
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If You Want a Better Neighbor, Be One
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008GlossyNews.com News Story – Apartments Find Gold in Housing Crunch: They Mine it From Tenants
Monday, October 6th, 2008The following article appeared on GlossyNews.com recently. It’s reprinted here by permission for your viewing.
Apartments Find Gold in Housing Crunch: They Mine it From Tenants
I’d like to say it’s rare to find a mega-corporate conglomerate that has discovered a new and innovative way to make a few extra bucks legally, and it’s because those types almost always go about it the wrong way. We rarely dip in to consumer protection stories, but the management at Heatherwood Apartments has preyed on its poor, working class tenants like no professional agency I’ve ever seen, and it’s a can of worms, so we’re ready to dip into it. Not because we can, but because we must. These guys are corporate crooks, and they’ve taken advantage of thousands already, and they need to know the world is watching.
According to every tenant I’ve interviewed, they work pre-lease negotiations fraudulently, and write the leases themselves in ways that strain legal believability.
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