25 Bonkers (And Real) Landlord Stories

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Unless you're independently wealthy, you've probably had to live in a residence you didn't actually own. And that means you've had to deal with a landlord or landlady. We're not exactly sure what happens to a person when they become a property manager, but there's definitely some sort of chemical reaction in the brain.

Either that, or tenants are the absolute worst. Which leads to situations like ...

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Entry by masta_X

After I'd hosted a Halloween party in mY apartment, the landlady brought over a Jesus portrait for me to hang up on the wall. She said it was supposed

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Entry by Hestutomo

My landlord's pet snake died SO he released the mice meant for the snake in the yard, hoping they would find a place to live. My roommates and I only

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Entry by RayMav

My landlord really liked asking private questions. One time he randomly went: So, what's your favorite porn genre? He followedthate up by recommendin

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Entry by RayMav

My landlord once told me to shower in underwear. STOP No man other than himself could walk in that bathroom naked. CRAUN

MY LANDLADY TOLD ME TO STOP TAKING SUCH LONG SHOWERS. She didn't like the noise, she said, and also warned me that showering too long could make my

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Entry by Hestutomo

My landlord charged for everything, and I mean -u-ing everything. I rented a room in her house and she closely monitored her tenants. Here's the list

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKEDC During my internship, I shared a house with a middle-aged man who was convinced that his house was haunted by his dead mother. When I first i

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKED COM I called my landlady to let her know that I'd be two days late with the rent and she agreed to wait. The next day, I came home to find all

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Entry by nomination

I RENTED A ROOM IN A VILLA WITH A SWIMMING POOL MY LANDLORD NEVER LET ME OR OTHER TENANTS USE THE POOL, EVEN THOUGH THE ADVERTISEMENT CLEARLY MENTIONE

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Entry by Hestutomo

CRACKEDCO My landlord, who was well in her 50s, kept saying 0 looked like her dead husband. We're not even the same race.

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MY LANDLORD INSISTED ON DOING LAUNDRY AT THE PLACE I RENTED HIS EXCUSE WAS THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE MACHINE AT HIS PLACE, AND THIS GAVE HIM A CHANCE TO

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MY FIRST APARTMENT HAD FAULTY PLUMBING THAT CAUSED FREQUENT PROBLEMS. GRAU MY LANDLORD TRIED PINNING THESE ISSUES ON ME AND EVEN THREATENED TO EVICT M

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Entry by Kristina Yong

CRACKED.COM My landlord always flips me the bird through her windows. I can't, for the life of me, figure out why she does it but when I got fed up, E

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Entry by hennyblanc0

# SW I'm trans. My landlord said to me, Hey, can you dress more like a girl? You're freaking me out. CRACKEID OONI

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Entry by Kristina Yong

CRACKEDC COM I came home one day to discover that my landlord had installed cameras in my bedroom to make sure I was keeping it clean. The old perve

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Entry by Scott Laffey

When the landlord was showing my wife and me our first place, we were looking at a closet when she dolefully told uS, Yeah, the last tenant's cat pas

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Entry by Zinnavi

My last landlord was an older woman, and she was obviously old-fashioned. She didn't really approve of my boyfriend and me not being married. When she

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C had a landlord who would periodically justadlet himself in. You know, tomake sure his key Stillworked. CRACKEDC COM

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Entry by Sonny Time

I rented a room from a woman who walked around naked after showering. She said air-drying was good for the soul and that should do the same.

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Entry by hennyblanc0

I sublet from a couple who turned out to have 4 cats, a dog, a snake, and a ferret. If I left my CRACK bedroom door open, I would return to find anima

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Entry by Sonny Time

I rented a house with a garage, but couldn't use the garage or driveway. NEIGHBOR PARKING ONLY TENANTS MUST PARK IN STREET The landlord told my neighb

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Entry by Hestutomo

I rented a room from an elderly man who collected Nazi memorabilia. I didn't know if he was a sympathizer or what, but when he ran out of space, it st