Disenabler disenables addicted tenants and reduces his grief.
Disenabler of the Month:
Sarasota, Florida landlord Ace Holland, offering 25% off the monthly rent for those willing to be drug-tested, explaining he got “fed up with druggies…telling me they couldn’t pay their rent.”At least one prospective tenant, who laughed when she first saw Holland’s sign offering the discount, said “this is a place I want to rent”because she knows there won’t be any drug use. As mentioned in “Drunks, Drugs & Debits,” tenants who don’t keep their promise to pay rent or even vandalize the property are virtually always alcohol and other-drug addicts. While he may miss screening out a few objectionable types (nothing in the news item suggests he’ll test for addiction to the drug alcohol), I’ve a hunch he’ll do a lot better than he did before, when he evicted one tenant who was addicted to prescription pills, another to crack cocaine and a third he caught with a huge bong.