By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


‘Professional Tenants’: A homeowner’s nightmare


NBC10 Boston’s Ryan Kath has an excellent piece on how landlords are sometimes the victim of abusive tenants, not the other way around. But before you roll your eyes, check out the story. It really is outrageous how “professional tenants,” i.e. scammers, use eviction and bankruptcy laws to scam their way out of paying rent – and collect state housing assistance at the same time. They largely prey on mom-and-pop landlords who can barely make ends meet with two mortgages to pay, as Kath notes. …

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