People Wonder Why Rents And Security Deposits Are So High, So This Landlord Shares Some Pics
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Remember, there are two sides to every story. Even in stories about landlords and tenants! I know, I know, it sounds like something straight out of an upside-down fairytale, but there are genuinely nice landlords out there (while some renters are more akin to evil stepmothers).
Case in point, Jerry Ciro Ucci uploaded photos as evidence as to why rent and security deposits can sometimes be sky-high. The pics are… shocking, to say the least and perfectly illustrate what absolute pigs some people can be. Scratch that, pigs are cleaner.
Jerry’s post went viral as some people saw the landlords’ and property managers’ side of things for the very first time. Scroll down and feast your eyes. You’ll cringe. You’ll wonder how these tenants could live like this. You might even gasp. Be sure to let us know if you’ve ever seen people trashing homes like this in the comments below, dear Readers.
A landlord shared photos of what one family did to his property
Image credits: Jerry Ciro Ucci
Image credits: Jerry Ciro Ucci
Image credits: Jerry Ciro Ucci
At the time of writing, Jerry’s post got over 25k likes on Facebook and was reshared 49k times. Some internet users even shared the story with law enforcement and suggested that the family be brought to justice.
Bigger Pockets has some simple but to-the-point advice for fresh-faced landlords. Even if you believe in the inherent goodness of mankind, you can’t deny that there are some rotten apples out there. Apples that could spread the rot to your property. So it’s important to screen out potential problem-causers.
Two things that you should look at are the tenants’ incomes and credit scores. A poor credit score is more closely linked to risky behavior than a high credit score. Of course, there are always exceptions. But you want to do business with individuals who pay their rent on time, not those who always make excuses.
“Couldn’t pay rent but could always afford butts”
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“The living room/trash bin”
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“Bathroom #1. Where all the rabbits were living”
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Puking off the balcony on to the downstairs businesses trash cans”
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Got trash?”
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“Soiled diapers lay where ever the kid was changed!”
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“Petrified mix of poop, right next to where they slept!”
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“Trail of trash continued”
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“Destroyed 100 year old floors with layers of urine and poop”
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“The shower, also a trash bin/litter box”
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“Sink that looks to be a great ashtray as well”
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“Hardened poop in the kitchen”
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“Mix of poop, food and who the hell knows what in kitchen drawers…”
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“Windowsill with some sort of jellied something?”
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“Freezer snacks!”
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“Not sure what we have here?”
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“Ahh yes the room the dog was locked in! The black spots are a mix of diarrhea, and urine!”
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“Rabbit toilet!”
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“Actual toilet”
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“More extremely dirty diapers”
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“Another poop filled diaper….. let’s just toss that under the sink! Out of sight out of mind rite?”
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“Tampons and more dirty diapers. Mmmmm”
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“I found one hiding filled with poop stuck behind a dresser…”
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“This folks is a broken drug pipe of some sort”
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“Bahhh just dump that soda on the wall. Don’t worry the property manager will clean that up in 6-7months”
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“Anything goes with playdoe apparently?”
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“Yummo. Hairy toothpaste balls! My fav”
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“Someone practicing their addition”
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“The flies are also our pets! The more the better!”
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“More up and coming artistry”
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“Is that poop on your hands, best thing to do is wipe it off on the trim!”
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Everyone should be given a chance to redeem themselves. After all, we all have the potential to make serious mistakes in life due to desperation or factors outside of our control. However, landlords also have the right to look through tenants’ criminal records and refuse to rent to them.
Also, keep in mind that just because a person has incredibly positive landlord references doesn’t make them a good tenant. They don’t reflect the whole truth and can be faked, so they should be taken with a pinch of salt. Did I say a pinch? I meant a cartload.
Landlords should also check whether potential tenants got back their previous security deposits. And why. Previous behavior is an indication of future behavior. Keep that in mind. Because you wouldn’t want to have the same thing that happened to Jerry happen to you now, would you?
Here’s what people thought when they saw Jerry’s photos
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HOW can people live like that?? I may not be the tidiest person but seriously how can they not smell their disgusting mess. Just gross. I feel for the children and the animals, I hope they get some sort of help. They don't deserve to live in the filth their parent/s put up with.
I think addiction is so gripping that it takes away a person's ability to see the destruction they're causing-even in front of their own eyes. Ergo, they were living in filth but so ravaged by the disease of addiction that they couldn't function or live by societal standards due to the drugs' grip. What's so tragic is that the parents addiction had a tragic effect on helpless creatures (the kids and animals) and to me, that is what is more disturbing than the filth itself: the fact that those creatures will be forever damaged from this experience
Nope, it's not necessarily addition. My dad is a landlord and only rents to white-collar "professional types" who pass all the screenings. That system has delivered zero success. 90% of his renters (doctors, nurses, etc) live like pigs, skip out on rent, and leave behind a horror show. Piles of used condoms, dirty diapers, holes in the wall, backyards filled with so much garbage he has to hire a dumptruck and a crew with shovels. You name it, we've seen it.
I rented to a married couple. They lived there for two years. The living room carpet was a complete biohazard disaster. After they moved out I found a brand new vacuum cleaner in the kitchen closet. It had never even had a bag installed in it (inside was spotless) but it had clearly NEVER been used. They certainly could have cleaned once in a while, but they chose not to.
I have the opportunity and resources to buy and rent property but I know it is not in my soul to be in retail or the rental business. Judge Judy has one important function and that is to point out some people are not intended to be a landlord. I kiss the ground that I picked up that knowledge and I am so GLAD I never entered that venture. It is not in my nature to profit from anyone. If I can't give it away I will put it out on my busy street for someone to use or derive benefit from said item. This story and the images are worse than any nightmare in my life. What kills me is the suffering the children and pets endured. I need a fluffy kitten/bunny/doggo story now.please. Or back to the jug of eye bleach that should come with internet access.
Almost none of these people ARE NOT ADDICTS. They are NOT ON DRUGS. They choose to live this way. I've cleaned a lot of rentals. People are pigs.
Ellen, such a poignant way to see this. You can see beyond the physical damage and stigma; you're one of those rare gems whom actually possesses empathy. Bravo to you! You're a good woman, I don't care what they say! Lol!
I'm so fed up with excuses for drug addicts. The addiction is a disease???? it is the disease which you picked up, not the other way around. Nobody would jump out of window five-story high to make himself feel better, so why to take poison?
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and say there was a lot of Meth going on in that apartment. What the landlord should have done is called child protective services.
Please do not insult pigs.
Mental illness maybe? I mean the smell alone would have to make you want to at least pick up dirty diapers!
Mental illness - no. These type of people live like that and destroy somebody else's property (and their own) because they can. So don't let them. On the other hand there are landlords who keep raising rent to decent, considerate, neat people and thus forcing them out. Those people who buy and rent property to get rich: tough love!!
I think they either don't know it any better or they just don't have the energy to do anything about it. Sadly, I know people like that.
Don't know any better? Even a toddler learns eventually that shit smells and tastes bad.
I just keep thinking about the sorry life those poor kids and pets must be living. That’s fine, I didn’t need to stop crying anyways...
Like you, i'm not tidy all the time but i am clean, being a bit messy and being dirty are two seperate things, this is just so nasty.
This article should be about the children who were raised in this mess. The landlord should have called social services asap.
Not to mention the fucking animals.. like, they just left them all behind and locked them in? The could've starve to death. It must've been beyond horrible.
When I was a property manager we had some idiot leave her cat alone. Her ex-boyfriend was still paying the rent due to the lease - the woman was a nasty, vindictive bwitch. The apartment was totally trashed with a pile of hairy smelly dishes left in the sink. The refrigerator looked like a science project. The poor cat cried all the time - bwitch only came once in a while to feed him. One day me and a friend of mine went into the place and came out with a "bag of stuff" - the cat. I left a window open to air to stink out, and the cat "escaped". He never made a peep while we walked back to the office. She took him and gave him the best home. Bwitch came back and said she "loved that cat, and it's my fault he escaped". Riiiight! This is just one example of the trash the owner leased to.
Those tenants were clearly some crackheads, and there should be a way to make them pay for the damage. HOWEVER, the vast majority of us renting face abusive conditions from our landlords. Like a 7-month deposit PLUS a bank certification (illegal in my country), or a 40% price raise without having made any refurbishment whatsoever
In Poland once media informed about the group on facebook, where landlords advising other landlords how to drag the money from tenants for fake damages, to reduce the deposit. It is a big problem in Poland, so tenants usually treat deposit as a money they will not get back.
Glad they brought attention to the landlords that were scheming together. Maybe it will at least help people who live in their properties, be able to take pics before they move and make preemptive preparations for when they move and protect others looking at properties for rent/lease, so they can avoid the scoundrels.
Let me translate this for you: One time Polish media reported on a facebook group for landlords.
What group? And what effect did the media have here (once media informed about...)?
A bank certification is illegal in your country but a 40% price raise without refurbishment is not?!
What is illegal is the bank certification PLUS the 6-7 month deposit. I didn't word it clearly, sorry. And yes, raising the rent limitless when the contract expires without ANY refurbishment is legal. Welcome to Spain 🙄
I agree that 6 month deposit and bank affidavit is abusive. However, raising the rent after a contract expires could be justified by the current market prices, inflation rate, utilities costs if included. I know some tenants (in France) who have been living in the same flat for 25+ years and pay a ridiculously low rent, so if the landlord ever has to make some repair works in the flat, it's half of the rent gone. Imo the landlord should be allowed to raise the rent in line with the inflation, to avoid massive hikes or flats being put up on AirBnb after such long-term tenancies.
No. This is the way they live. They trash a place, then move when they can't stand the stink. NO DRUGS INVOLVED.
There's a photo of a broken crack pipe...
Aunt Messy is right. I used to clean fancy homes and you would not believe how freaking disgusting human beings are. Plus my dad is a landlord and has to deal with this kind of filth everytime people move out.
There is a picture of a crack or meth pipe he found so obviously it involves lots of drugs because you cant just do a little bit.
That’s not the vast majority of people though. That’s just your situation, and probably not even representative of most of Spain.
Firstly, it's not MY situation, but something I've been asked for many times when looking for an apartment. Secondly, your statement about "probably not even representative of most of Spain" just shows how little you know about the housing market in this country.
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Why do people always assume that drug abuse? You think that sobriety automatically makes you a better person, or that people who suffer from addition are terrible people who don't care about anything else? It is not clear at all that this family had substance abuse issue. It is clear they have some sort of issues, but it doesn't automatically have to be drugs. People are more complex than sobriety = stability.
The photos of the wreckage include a broken crack pipe. There's no such thing as a casual crack user. This family did have substance abuse issues.
There's literally a crack pipe in one of the photos.
The meth pipe wasn't just a one time use thing. If you do drugs you are on drugs. It's an all consuming situation.
HOW can people live like that?? I may not be the tidiest person but seriously how can they not smell their disgusting mess. Just gross. I feel for the children and the animals, I hope they get some sort of help. They don't deserve to live in the filth their parent/s put up with.
I think addiction is so gripping that it takes away a person's ability to see the destruction they're causing-even in front of their own eyes. Ergo, they were living in filth but so ravaged by the disease of addiction that they couldn't function or live by societal standards due to the drugs' grip. What's so tragic is that the parents addiction had a tragic effect on helpless creatures (the kids and animals) and to me, that is what is more disturbing than the filth itself: the fact that those creatures will be forever damaged from this experience
Nope, it's not necessarily addition. My dad is a landlord and only rents to white-collar "professional types" who pass all the screenings. That system has delivered zero success. 90% of his renters (doctors, nurses, etc) live like pigs, skip out on rent, and leave behind a horror show. Piles of used condoms, dirty diapers, holes in the wall, backyards filled with so much garbage he has to hire a dumptruck and a crew with shovels. You name it, we've seen it.
I rented to a married couple. They lived there for two years. The living room carpet was a complete biohazard disaster. After they moved out I found a brand new vacuum cleaner in the kitchen closet. It had never even had a bag installed in it (inside was spotless) but it had clearly NEVER been used. They certainly could have cleaned once in a while, but they chose not to.
I have the opportunity and resources to buy and rent property but I know it is not in my soul to be in retail or the rental business. Judge Judy has one important function and that is to point out some people are not intended to be a landlord. I kiss the ground that I picked up that knowledge and I am so GLAD I never entered that venture. It is not in my nature to profit from anyone. If I can't give it away I will put it out on my busy street for someone to use or derive benefit from said item. This story and the images are worse than any nightmare in my life. What kills me is the suffering the children and pets endured. I need a fluffy kitten/bunny/doggo story now.please. Or back to the jug of eye bleach that should come with internet access.
Almost none of these people ARE NOT ADDICTS. They are NOT ON DRUGS. They choose to live this way. I've cleaned a lot of rentals. People are pigs.
Ellen, such a poignant way to see this. You can see beyond the physical damage and stigma; you're one of those rare gems whom actually possesses empathy. Bravo to you! You're a good woman, I don't care what they say! Lol!
I'm so fed up with excuses for drug addicts. The addiction is a disease???? it is the disease which you picked up, not the other way around. Nobody would jump out of window five-story high to make himself feel better, so why to take poison?
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and say there was a lot of Meth going on in that apartment. What the landlord should have done is called child protective services.
Please do not insult pigs.
Mental illness maybe? I mean the smell alone would have to make you want to at least pick up dirty diapers!
Mental illness - no. These type of people live like that and destroy somebody else's property (and their own) because they can. So don't let them. On the other hand there are landlords who keep raising rent to decent, considerate, neat people and thus forcing them out. Those people who buy and rent property to get rich: tough love!!
I think they either don't know it any better or they just don't have the energy to do anything about it. Sadly, I know people like that.
Don't know any better? Even a toddler learns eventually that shit smells and tastes bad.
I just keep thinking about the sorry life those poor kids and pets must be living. That’s fine, I didn’t need to stop crying anyways...
Like you, i'm not tidy all the time but i am clean, being a bit messy and being dirty are two seperate things, this is just so nasty.
This article should be about the children who were raised in this mess. The landlord should have called social services asap.
Not to mention the fucking animals.. like, they just left them all behind and locked them in? The could've starve to death. It must've been beyond horrible.
When I was a property manager we had some idiot leave her cat alone. Her ex-boyfriend was still paying the rent due to the lease - the woman was a nasty, vindictive bwitch. The apartment was totally trashed with a pile of hairy smelly dishes left in the sink. The refrigerator looked like a science project. The poor cat cried all the time - bwitch only came once in a while to feed him. One day me and a friend of mine went into the place and came out with a "bag of stuff" - the cat. I left a window open to air to stink out, and the cat "escaped". He never made a peep while we walked back to the office. She took him and gave him the best home. Bwitch came back and said she "loved that cat, and it's my fault he escaped". Riiiight! This is just one example of the trash the owner leased to.
Those tenants were clearly some crackheads, and there should be a way to make them pay for the damage. HOWEVER, the vast majority of us renting face abusive conditions from our landlords. Like a 7-month deposit PLUS a bank certification (illegal in my country), or a 40% price raise without having made any refurbishment whatsoever
In Poland once media informed about the group on facebook, where landlords advising other landlords how to drag the money from tenants for fake damages, to reduce the deposit. It is a big problem in Poland, so tenants usually treat deposit as a money they will not get back.
Glad they brought attention to the landlords that were scheming together. Maybe it will at least help people who live in their properties, be able to take pics before they move and make preemptive preparations for when they move and protect others looking at properties for rent/lease, so they can avoid the scoundrels.
Let me translate this for you: One time Polish media reported on a facebook group for landlords.
What group? And what effect did the media have here (once media informed about...)?
A bank certification is illegal in your country but a 40% price raise without refurbishment is not?!
What is illegal is the bank certification PLUS the 6-7 month deposit. I didn't word it clearly, sorry. And yes, raising the rent limitless when the contract expires without ANY refurbishment is legal. Welcome to Spain 🙄
I agree that 6 month deposit and bank affidavit is abusive. However, raising the rent after a contract expires could be justified by the current market prices, inflation rate, utilities costs if included. I know some tenants (in France) who have been living in the same flat for 25+ years and pay a ridiculously low rent, so if the landlord ever has to make some repair works in the flat, it's half of the rent gone. Imo the landlord should be allowed to raise the rent in line with the inflation, to avoid massive hikes or flats being put up on AirBnb after such long-term tenancies.
No. This is the way they live. They trash a place, then move when they can't stand the stink. NO DRUGS INVOLVED.
There's a photo of a broken crack pipe...
Aunt Messy is right. I used to clean fancy homes and you would not believe how freaking disgusting human beings are. Plus my dad is a landlord and has to deal with this kind of filth everytime people move out.
There is a picture of a crack or meth pipe he found so obviously it involves lots of drugs because you cant just do a little bit.
That’s not the vast majority of people though. That’s just your situation, and probably not even representative of most of Spain.
Firstly, it's not MY situation, but something I've been asked for many times when looking for an apartment. Secondly, your statement about "probably not even representative of most of Spain" just shows how little you know about the housing market in this country.
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Why do people always assume that drug abuse? You think that sobriety automatically makes you a better person, or that people who suffer from addition are terrible people who don't care about anything else? It is not clear at all that this family had substance abuse issue. It is clear they have some sort of issues, but it doesn't automatically have to be drugs. People are more complex than sobriety = stability.
The photos of the wreckage include a broken crack pipe. There's no such thing as a casual crack user. This family did have substance abuse issues.
There's literally a crack pipe in one of the photos.
The meth pipe wasn't just a one time use thing. If you do drugs you are on drugs. It's an all consuming situation.