'Coronavirus: Why US Is Expecting An 'Avalanche' Of Evictions'

[Rorey]

5. Thanks, but I guess I'm also a lousy businessperson

I'll probably go broke.

Both of these tenants have been in my houses for at least three years. I'm far from rich, but this was something I could handle more than they could.

Even if I evicted them, or was an ass about the lost rent, what benefit would there be to me? The past rent money is still gone, and if I were to evict, I'd lose at least another month's rent because if somebody's getting evicted, they're definitely not going to pay any rent. Sure, the court would order them to pay the rent, but if they had it to pay, they'd have paid.

I just figure that we all have to do the best we can to get through this thing.