Unlawful eviction: While tenant is on vacation, Syracuse landlord empties her house 

Taking a vacation while owing over a year's rent is literally shoving it in the face of this landlord.

I'm not a homeowner but i would imagine that if I didn't pay my rent and was that far behind the first thing you should do is pay it before going away on vacation, that's a major slap in the face.

So she went on vacation yet owe 15,000 in back rent that's crazy I don't blame the landlord.

I think a housing crash will happen because all those people who bought homes over asking price, although it was at a low interest rate, they are over their heads. They have no equity if the housing prices continue to go down, and if for whatever reason they cannot afford the house anymore and it goes into foreclosure because even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I think this will happen to a lot of people especially with the massive layoff predicted for the future and the cost of living rising at a high speed.

I'm just upset how nasty a person has to be to take a brand new stove and make it so nasty they have to throw it away. I'm a painter, and have a contract with the local HUD office. I paint a lot of the section 8 HUD houses. And let me tell you, those places are NASTY!! There's absolutely no reason just because you are poor that you have to live in absolute filth. I will never understand some people.

Have money to vacation .shopiing, enjoying life but no money for rent. Shameless!

She owes 15,000 in back rent but yet then she feels like it’s necessary to take a vacation instead of putting any money towards her rent yes sorry no no tears over this one she deserves everything she gets and hopefully she gets in trouble for it

The amount of entitlement is unbelievable

I do not blame this Landlord one bit. She took advantage and had the audacity to go on VACATION while owning so much rent? I live in London, I always pay my rent on the day that I get paid. All through the Pandemic, the Housing kept sending me emails with ways I could relax payments etc. No thanks, my home is my priority, things could easily get out of control.

Anyone who takes a vacation instead of paying rent has this coming to them.

Only in America, where criminals can play the victim card...

15k owed but take a vacation instead of taking care of rent. Rent is solely top priority.

the amount of people who abused the eviction moratorium is universally dumb.

She can afford to take a vacation but can’t pay her rent? Need priorities straight

I used to own 36 rental properties and now I have downsized to 22. I went through horrible tenants for the first 2 years of being in the business but now I am blessed to have really good tenants that I feel comfortable working with when they have hard times. The ones that refuse to make an effort are the ones I have no compassion for.

Wait, so you take a vacation and not pay your rent?! 🤔 #PRIORITIES

If she had cash to go on a vacation and she chose to do that over paying her bills her priorities are extremely messed up. She knew what she was doing for a year and a 1/2 not paying her bills

How you on vacation but haven't paid rent in a year? Peace out.

You don't pay, you don't stay!! It really is that simple. People unfortunately know how to work the system, courts included. There need to be more landlord rights.

Being in vacation while she owes rent, she's a joke.

She was “vacation” while owing $15,000 back rent. We either have property ownership rights or we don’t. The landlord owns the property. I understand there are needed rules and regs to protect renters from abusive landlords. But, more info is needed for this situation, because on the face of it, the tenant was corrupt in her behavior.

A year and a half? Crazy how so many people put out negative energy and then when they get it back they’re huffing and puffing. Ma’am, you decided not to pay rent for over a year and then vacation. That’s NEGATIVE ENERGY. it always comes back. Put out positive energy by being responsible and it’ll come back to you. You’ll have peace.

I feel so bad for people that own homes and rent them out to people that think they can live for free...a year and a half is a disgrace, she should had left months in

I work on rent property also. The problem with renters is they feel they have rights but the landlord has none. They won't pay rent, steal stuff like appliances, damage property and feel they did nothing wrong. When the renters feathers get ruffled then all of a sudden cops and everyone else need to get involved.

I know a lady like this but worse… she had been kicked out of apartments all her life because she doesn’t pay rent… when her son was old enough she used his name to rent out a mobile home… the manager told his girlfriend(my friend) that her boyfriends mom hasn’t been paying rent… my friend and her boyfriend had been giving his mom half the rent for all that time and she had been keeping it and ruining his reputation. This really sucks honestly for the owners honestly because I believe some of them actually had to work really hard to afford to own extra properties and to not be able to make money off of them is just ridiculous.

She hasn't paid rent for a year and a half, went on vacation while behind in rent 15K and expect nothing to happen. This is a two way street. Don't think you will get away for ever.

Why was she able to pay for a vacation / time away, and not her rent?

If you can go on vacation, you can pay your rent. simple. All of the people playing Pandemic roulette with the landlords and electric companies while at the same time refusing to work are going to be in for a big surprise soon. NONETHELESS, giving your personal opinion instead of doing your job is equally wrong. A report or an arrest should have taken place and not a phone conversation about how he feels about the Pandemic squatters.

If you can't afford to pay your rent how can you afford a vacation sounds a bit shady to me

Good for this landlord. If she owes rent... Then he should have Every right to evict her. It's not the landlords responsibility to take care of her and allow her to live in his house for free just because there is a pandemic going on. Pay the rent or you're out. Period Poo!

As a landlord myself. I would bet, she's very rude, nasty and disrespectful to him. I'm positive she owes him a bunch of money. It's a slap in his face, for her to go on vacation instead of paying the rent. I'm 100% behind the landlord.

Too many tenants used the moratorium to willfully with hold rents.

If she didn’t pay rent in a year and a half she don’t need to be there.

This is exactly why I stopped the home buying process in May 2020. I was gonna buy a multifamily property then the moratorium came out and I shut all that down. I did not want to get stuck with tenants who legally didn’t have to pay. Unfortunate for the landlords who previously had tenants and they decided to take advantage smh

Guy I know has a job making $1800 per month, but making about $4000-$6500 per month on the side TAX FREE about 10 hours or less worth of work.. . He still refused to pay his mortgage for about 14 months. So yeah, if you let people they will abuse the system.. :)

Landlord's are not your parents - pay your rent or get out. Why is that so hard to understand?

Good! Totally behind the landlords! It's time people (A) start to pay rent (B) work something out.. But don't NOT pay rent and then go on vacation. That is totally trying to take advantage of the landlord. In her case.. She's just a bad tenant.

Vacation/Rent, vacation/rent- rent wins always. 15,000 owed in rent I would go hide. Why do people paint landlords as evil 😈. The law advocates for the tenants and is a lose lose situation for the landlords.

I just had one of tenants who thankfully left. Both she and her son destroyed my unit. She allowed her dog to relieve herself in the home. She caused a rat and roach infestation. She also owes me 10000 . I have a hearing set up for August. I am traumatized by what she did because she too advantage of my kindness.

Wow 😯‼️ I would NEVER go on vacation owing rent. It’s sad 😔!!

She can afford to go on vacation...but owes 15,000.00 in back rent. Only in Syracuse 🤣

There's more to this story than we're hearing. I wouldn't want to be a landlord right now. It's not worth the hassle and expense. Leave it to the mega-corporation rental agencies.

WTF just stay home & order a pizza then go to work the next day... Taking vacation when you owe 15k 😆 ???

It literally depends on which type of cops show up. God bless this landlord for doing what the country should be doing

Its astounding how many folks think it is your landlord's or boss's job to support or even ensure your survival. Even more astounding is how many expect someone else (tax payers) to pay for the bad choices that lead to poor survival, and how much longer they think it will continue.

Well, she filed a lawsuit it says at the end. She WILL win and the landlord will not only end up paying WAYYYY more back to his former tenant, he's now in arrears for legal fees of both parties. This ended up costing him nearly triple of what she owed him.

This story is so ridiculous; I need a vacation after hearing that woman.

I am GLAD this landlord did this. I wish I could shake their hands. We did the same thing 30 years ago when my mother was assaulted by a deadbeat tenant that pushed her down the stairs when they were summoned with eviction notice. We SMASHED the door in and smashed all the furniture and threw it out the window. All landlord's need to take drastic action against dead beat tenants.

When I go on vacation, I make sure my bills are paid, especially the rent. Crazy huh?

Wow, 15000 and she goes on vacation and feels she deserves her things too! Unbelievable! Shameful!!

My renter hasn't paid since Jan 2020, and i still cant evict him as per ALAMEDA COUNTY rules. Instead, he bought one Mercedes and one Land Rover, went for vacation every 4-5 months

People who we're at home during the whole time of the pandemic and not having to go to work I consider that a vacation because the ones who had to go to work during the whole time I call that working. So she had two vacations I don't understand why she didn't pay the r e n t

No one knows the circumstances in which she went on vacation. It could’ve been a gift. The fact of the matter is, the landlord should have taken the correct measures to evict her. No one is above the law.

She stands there in her entitled arrogance demanding that he pay her when she had the nerve to go on vacation rather than pay her rent !!! You see what happens when you give a man a fish instead of teaching him/her to fish ?

The landlord is still going to lose in the end even more money because it was illegal what he did regardless of her vacationing and not paying her rent for a year there was a mandate so he actually made it harder on himself.

How freaking backwards is it that the person who has refused to pay rent for over a year can't be arrested. But the landlord, who is still responsible for all of his mortgage payments, can be for throwing her out? How is that justice? I would have burned everything that this woman left in the house.

Pay to play. No pay, no stay. She's going for her next victim now I mean landlord.

Pay your "f"Ing Rent!!!

The Landlord is smart. He has calculated he would rather lock her out and have HER sue HIM . Instead of him trying to evict her

The policeman needs to do his job period. Arrest the landlord. The landlord broke the law. I want to know the outcome of her case.

The cops can't play judge and jury in this case, he has to follow the law. Though she does owe a big rent bill.

unlawful evictions a crime? sign lease to pay- don't pay leave your a deadbeat. Had money to go out of town but not pay rent? proirities???

Good for him more landlords need to do the same.

I don't know the laws in her state but where I'm from you cannot evict someone WITHOUT going to COURT!!! Doesn't matter if she owes him $150,00.00. If she surrendered the keys there still should've been a legally documented agreement on when she would have her belongings out.

People really took advantage of this pandemic.

doesn't pay rent and goes on a vacation

I never wanted to be a landlord, dealing with people is a exhausting! I never had to mow the lawn of a mutual fund or put a roof on a stock, sounds stupid until you have to deal with your first nightmare tenant that complicates things beyond normal maintenance!

Here we go....you on vacation but you couldn't pay the rent?? Make that make sense

She has her priorities mixed. You pay your rent first , then go on vacation. Don’t feel sorry for

Why wasn’t he arrested for illegal eviction. What happened in this. Illegal is illegal???? You still need a court order. She should have pressed charges!

Take 15K from a bank and go to jail. Take15K from a landlord and he could go to jail.

Regardless of whats she owed you cant evict without paperwork

I face to the same kind of people as her. She Has a resturant. She is a State emplolyee. husband also employeed. They have Double income, shop over 10 packages every other day on amazon, but no money for rent since 7 months ago. AND Right now I am threaten by those "POOR" people. how ridiculous is.

Everyone is condemning her "going on vacation" but what if all she did was go to a relative's home for a few days. I don't think she went to a fancy resort. STEALING a tenants belongings is stealing, grand larceny, and ILLEGAL in all 50 states. What the landlord should have done is go to court, get an eviction order and had that posted to the door when she returned. Anything else is strictly ILLEGAL, and the landlord deserves JAIL for stealing--Period.

Dishonest headline, tenant should be charged for theft and prosecuted

I would have thrown her out too and came up with a story like she turned in the keys. The cops are busy with real crimes and do not care about nonsensical tenant landlord disputes.

The officer could have just asked to see her "keys" if she still has them shes telling the truth, if she doesn't, the landlord is because he claimed she surrendered the keys when she voluntarily moved out.

The fact that her shirt says “Queen” says it all.

I think the tenant should be arrested for not paying her rent and going on vacation.

The landlord did it all wrong. A fire would have gotten rid of the deadbeats and a new house with new (credit scored) tenants.

She's a "Kween".

Why don't the tenants realize that paying rent should be their priority? This is so unethical that they went for vacation instead of paying rent. Because of people like these Landlord services are introduced which handles all things related to the landlord and tenant in a smoother and professional manner. When I got trapped in a similar situation where my tenant started ignoring my reminder calls for rent and didn't respond to the house bell, I contacted Landlord Assist. They handled everything really well. They weren't abusive or voilent to the tenant but still sorted the whole situation out. Definitely going for their advise in future too.

I was considering renting out my home when I'm done paying off my mortgage. But I'm having second thoughts dont think I want these problems

Hope she enjoyed her vacation 😂

She went on vacation, bet she wasn't paying her rent.I don't feel sorry for her.

So this lady can’t pay her rent but she can go on vacation? What a joke! I hope this landlord got his property back and she was the one arrested

Ppl love to bring up the law when it benefits them ! All these comments are a prime example! I’m not saying she’s right but he broke the law! Period ! He not only put her stuff out he put it out while she wasn’t home ! Random ppl jus took her stuff ! Are y’all serious?!?!

Have some self respect and pay your rent!!! Now she is going to try to get reparations also...I would have "moved" her out a long time a go!!!!

The police officer handled this very well!

This will be a very very very costly mistake by the landlord.... I feel for him but bad move

She didn’t pay rent for 18 months and wants to act like that? I hope she goes to jail.

It don't matter if you count to sue her you're supposed to abide by the eviction laws you have to go through the courts to evict her you cannot do it on your own if you put her stuff out in the streets or gave it away you're going to be made to pay for it regardless of how much rent she owes you just because you evicted her illegally

A judge will probably take the lost items value out of the amount she owes. But I don’t think that’s fair. Why would she go on vacation when she should have been getting a job, or giving him the keys when she left. Sounds like a setup so she can try to get new stuff to me.

They're both wrong. She was wrong to go on vacation owing so much rent and the landlord was wrong to evict her without doing it legally through the Court

sounds like she abandoned the property to me. i'm sure she didn't tell the landlord she was going on vacation.

This was not unlawful, this was needed and she has to take accountability of her actions. Can't be owing on bills and taking vacations, what be wrong with people?

My siblings and I inherited a 4-family house when my dad passed. None of us want to deal with the hassle of dealing with tenants. The problem is that our mom lives in one of the apts and doesn’t want to move, so we can sell it. Our sister lives in another apt, but she’s not a consideration because she’ll get a cut of the sale if we sold the property, so she can buy a place. It’s just our mom holding us up. Rent from the two paying apartments basically covers expenses: water, taxes, heating, insurance, maintenance, etc. Again, no one makes money on this and it’s more of a massive headache than anything else. We all have full time jobs of our own and have to pay for our own housing. Ignorant people seem to think landlords make money from rentals, but most do not. We now have a tenant who hasn’t paid rent in four months after his lease expired and he’s basically squatting. Our attorney has written to him and served notice. We do NOT make money on this property. It’s terrible that the process seems to be so unfair and people can basically live for free with little recourse. It’s just not worth renting out your property to irresponsible, fraudulent tenants these days. I just hope we get him out sooner rather than later and we can convince our mom to move in with one of us. Rental properties are just not worth the constant hassle.

The landlord must've be getting Rent Relief for her. Because why would you let anyone go a year without paying rent. Something doesn't smell right. More than likely, the program stopped paying her rent, and she didn't pick up where they lefted off.

This is just one reason I will never rent anything to anyone ever....I cant handle stupid, ignorant, rude people.

That law was ruled to be Illegal. The govt had No right to take private property owners houses and force them to house them for free. That would beike ordering you to give me keys to your SUV or car then forcing you to pay while I drive your vehicle for 1to 3 years..