We have "sort of known" the contractor for the past two years. He put siding on my son's house and he did some work for my son's dad. He does excellent work, that is when he works. He took 7 or so months to do the siding and we have had other problems him finishing work . Thing is we felt bad he did not have a place to live because he lost his house this past summer. Weather started to get pretty cold here and well... here he is... renting a room? He keeps promising to finish work here that he has already been paid for, yet it still isn't finished. He promised to pay his rent... So far everything he said he do he has not done. And we are out of a washer/dryer and refrig. He still had not paid my son the "half" he owes him...................

Good thing is I don't deal with the rent, as my son's dad is dealing with him...I just happen to "SEE" what goes on here and if I sense a problem I call my son's dad. I did ask him if he is throwing trash out his window. He "of course" said no.. He said maybe the "snow storm" blew the trash there. I responded that I had cleaned up two small bags of trash on Saturday and the following day there was more trash. That somebody is throwing trash in front of his window and it is not the wind blowing other folks trash. He said not one word... Don't think I will be finding any more trash in front of his window....

My son's dad is already upset that he hasn't paid all of December's rent. Guess he hasn't found enough stuff in OUR garage to sell to pay his rent.... Have a feeling he will soon be asked to leave......

As for the Young Girl tenant. She is just that, a young girl finding her way.. She is young and does "young" things. I think the only thing she did was take over half of the ham that upset me. Thing is I don't even eat ham. That ham was made for my son..... To be honest, I normally would not mind even if she did give her boyfriend the ham. I am still confused a bit as to why I got so upset over the ham....

ANYway, living with "tenants" can be a challenge.. And a learning experience in dealing with "problems" without causing anger or tension... I do believe I will be more "verbal" and not let things go...... We all have boundaries... I respect the tenants.. THey need to respect mine.....

Guess time will tell what happens here....