Bonus points if the gig workers were evicted by the very same startup that employs them now.
Eviction startup gets gig workers to help landlords kick people out
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#92I understand evictions trigger lots of emotions and can be terrible situations for the tenant. But so many comments here seem to treat an apartment as something the tenant is entitled to, even without payment. How is living at a property without paying for it any different than walking out of Walmart without paying for bread? Staying at a place without paying rent is a form of direct theft. The non-paying-tenant is s…
> How is living at a property without paying for it any different than walking out of Walmart without paying for bread? The difference is that failing to pay the rent isn't a crime. Furthermore, according to the article > The CDC has ordered a moratorium on evictions amid COVID-19 — making it illegal for landlords to force out tenants who can't afford rent during the pandemic Which makes a certain number of evictions…
Maliciously failing to pay should be a crime, in my lowly opinion. It's one thing if you lose your job, but some folks out there are living and working like usual, while simply withholding rent because they can. Obviously this hurts impressions of those who seriously need and deserve the help. Shameful, but some have no shame...
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
As I said below, when you do it legally, someone from the sheriffs department is involved. A clean out crew is often made up of day laborers anyway. You also don’t have to be gentle with the tenants stuff. You just throw it out on the curb. Edit: I usually don’t comment on downvotes. But why is a factually correct comment being downvoted? I was a landlord, this is exactly the process in my state.
You're being downvoted because "You also don’t have to be gentle with the tenants stuff." has a tone that implies you are particularly spiteful or disdainful of people who are essentially the least powerful in society. It suggests a level of cruelty beyond a transactional business relationship.
I disagree, I read it as “it is not necessary to ensure that property remains unscathed from the eviction process, thus an untrained crew removing someone’s possessions from their former home is a reasonable/sensible idea”
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I might not agree with a lot of the opinions in these comments the sheer ignorance of the eviction process is what bothers me more. Opinions are pretty easy to write off but anyone here also has a multitude of search engines at their fingertips so there's no excuse for ignorance. It varies by state but evicting someone is not the "just show up and kick out the tenant with threat of violence" process that many c…
It varies by state but evicting someone is not the "just show up and kick out the tenant with threat of violence" process that many comments seem to be operating under the assumption that it is. It's a lot easier to just leave when the semester is almost over, you find out your roommate was maybe pocketing your rent, and the landlord shows up and says "I don't want to rent to singles any more. I've got a family movin…
I don’t believe that is the point the parent poster is making. It’s the entire Dunning Kruger Effect of most people who are posting who have no idea how a legal eviction process works.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I might not agree with a lot of the opinions in these comments the sheer ignorance of the eviction process is what bothers me more. Opinions are pretty easy to write off but anyone here also has a multitude of search engines at their fingertips so there's no excuse for ignorance. It varies by state but evicting someone is not the "just show up and kick out the tenant with threat of violence" process that many c…
Those people would be surprised to learn how common "cash for keys" agreements are... When a landlord wants to evict a tenant who hasn't been paying rent, it's not uncommon for the landlord to actually pay the tenant cash to leave! This is so the landlord doesn't need to wait months with no rent income while spending significant time going to court, etc[1]. In much of the country it likely takes several months. Each…
If I had known what I know now, instead of going through the entire eviction process, I would have done that.
It’s a win/win for everyone.
The tenant won’t have an eviction on their record making it harder to rent somewhere else, they can move their own stuff out without the risk of it being damaged, they have cash in hand to stay somewhere else temporarily like a weekly stay hotel [1], and/or they could put their stuff in storage.
I should have been willing to pay up to two to three months mortgage for a cash for keys deal. They weren’t paying anyway, I could have saved the aggravation and they wouldn’t have trashed the place.
[1] all weekly hotels aren’t bad. I stayed in one with my wife and son for months after my lease was up and we were waiting for our house to be built.
Re: Eviction startup gets gig workers to help landlords kick people out
#96Untrained gig workers. Angry tenants. I can't imagine what could go wrong here.
As I said below, when you do it legally, someone from the sheriffs department is involved. A clean out crew is often made up of day laborers anyway. You also don’t have to be gentle with the tenants stuff. You just throw it out on the curb. Edit: I usually don’t comment on downvotes. But why is a factually correct comment being downvoted? I was a landlord, this is exactly the process in my state.
I was a landlord, this is exactly the process in my state.
You're being downvoted because (as is common knowledge) this is definitely not true for many (and I would wager most, if not nearly all) states.
Re: Eviction startup gets gig workers to help landlords kick people out
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
As I said below, when you do it legally, someone from the sheriffs department is involved. A clean out crew is often made up of day laborers anyway. You also don’t have to be gentle with the tenants stuff. You just throw it out on the curb. Edit: I usually don’t comment on downvotes. But why is a factually correct comment being downvoted? I was a landlord, this is exactly the process in my state.
I was a landlord, this is exactly the process in my state. You're being downvoted because (as is common knowledge) this is definitely not true for many (and I would wager most, if not nearly all) states.
Do you have a list of states where it isn’t the case? Have you been a landlord? Have you gone through the eviction process.
Choosing the three largest states.
It is the process in
California
https://civil.lasd.org/CivilProcess/cwig19.aspx?1
New York
https://nycourts.gov/CourtHelp/Homes/beingEvicted.shtml
Texas
https://www.buildium.com/laws/texas-eviction-laws/
And a few other states.
Florida:
https://www.managecentralfloridaproperty.com/blog-eviction-p...
GA:
https://www.citywiderpm.com/eviction-process-in-ga
Alabama:
http://www.cloudwillis.com/2020/09/02/whats-next-for-evictio...
Tennessee:
https://www.omnirealty.net/tennessee-eviction-process/more-4...
Kentucky
https://kycir.org/2020/03/16/courts-may-be-closed-but-some-e...
Illinois
https://www.paynelawchicago.com/eviction-faqs/
Ohio:
https://www.dannlaw.com/understanding-ohio-sheriff-sale-evic...
Wisconsin:
https://www.danesheriff.com/Divisions/Support-Services/Evict...
Mississippi:
Re: Eviction startup gets gig workers to help landlords kick people out
#98Another gig is working for Trump making deep learning adversarial networks to optimize riling up his voting base and passifying normal thinking voters.
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#99Re: Eviction startup gets gig workers to help landlords kick people out
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Until I see the United States with my own two eyes, I will continue believing it’s a made up place / simulation that tests the absolute dead limits you can push capitalism to without starting a revolution
Yay! --someone else who shares my theory. I've always insisted that the USA doesn't really exist. Because no country so fucked up could possibly command so much power and influence in the world. Some day I hope to prove my theory by earning enough money to buy a boat and then sailing due west from Ireland until I reach the east coast of Russia.
You don't want to go there. The sick part is the elected people tearing down the country.