one wish, one hope, one prayer

disclaimer: this is not a happy post or an overtly positive post; in fact, this may be a post you want to skip over entirely











so i spent about 30-40 minutes chatting with my dad on the phone this morning about his properties on 5th St. (he has three). his current dilemma is that the judge (stupid judge...same one that granted my parents divorce) ruled for his awful tenants last week and is now on vacation for a week. here is the situation all sugar-coated up to avoid too many details for your reading pleasure: he currently has tenants that have not paid rent for july or august and have been past due before and skipping out on paying, they also have about 15-20 people living in this unit for about 3 months now which is against the lease's rules, it is highly likely (about 90%) that they are doing drugs and that one of the men that lives there is a drug dealer, my dad wants to evict them but the god dang judge ruled that they are allowed to stay they for another 2-3 weeks w/o paying my dad a cent and that they may use their income check to not pay my dad for past due rent but rather they can use it for a security deposit and 1st month rent for a new place. this is bull crap and the judge knows it. my dad is going to file a written, official complaint against the judge for her inappropriate ruling and they ways in which she did not follow proper procedure. if she thinks that she can just break rules and make her own and not follow the strict rules and procedures that are laid out for her, she has another thing coming. because my dad, although almost 100% guaranteed that he wont win the judgment against her in the end, will not give up the fight that easily, this is his job, this is his life too, not just the dead beat losers who rent from him. there are homeless shelters for those who would rather spend their money on crack cocaine than pay their rent. i am soooo furious with the world right now that my dad gets dealt this crap. and he was telling me on the phone this morning that he went directly to the La Crosse Police Department's chief/captain and asked what he needs to do in order to remove those people that are living in his property without legal right (i.e. they are not on the lease and have outstayed their 2 week guest allowance written clearly out in the lease). The LPD said he would have to distribute a 24 hour notice of no trespassers allowed in and around property limits or they will be prosecuted by order of the city or whatever (not sure how it was written out exactly) so my dad did this and he went to 5th street and handed them out, posted them and he had a group of men get in his face (and mind you his phone is currently dead at the moment) and my dad was taking pictures of his property with the trespassers on it (which is in his legal right) and they accused him of being a child preditor, seriously?? WTF is wrong with this losers. and thank god for one of my dads other tenants watching from the window above another unit and calling the cops. half of the men dispersed because they probably had warrants out for their arrest but of the rest that remained there was many arguments between my dad/them/the cops.

to paint an even better picture of this area and these tenants i will make some truthful but necessary comments about the situation (so mind you on this one).
-this area is like the ghetto, the projects of la crosse
-most of the new tenants and people to the area are refugees from chicago/milwaukee
-most of the new/old tenants and people to the area are black
-it is pretty much a given that the inside of the property will be destroyed when they finally exit (we could already see visible damage from the outside in)
-most are known drug addicts
-there are many young children who run around without supervision for hours on end

how do "i" know most of this, because i have been working on this street for the past few days, cleaning one of my dads other buildings that is kitty corner from the one in question.

I HAVE ONE WISH,ONE HOPE, ONE PRAYER!

it may sound like many in one but realistically it all comes down to one wish
-i dont want to worry about my dad getting a bullet in his head
-i dont want to worry about my dad constantly having to dish out money instead of make money
-i dont want to worry about me getting injured or harassed when i clean a unit for my dad on 5th/4th st
-i would like it my dad wouldnt have to chase down his monthly rent checks
-i would like it if my dad could rent to someone who stays for 2-3 years instead of 1 year and only paying for half of it
-i would hope my dad would become more strict in his screening people for these units
-i dont want to always feel like my dad needs to have a witness with a phone ready to dial 911 anytime he goes down there


so to my one wish, my one hope, my one prayer.....i wish, hope, and pray that my dad from this point on could have normal tenants! yup that simple, nothing more nothing less. im not asking for amazing or super clean and respectful. and by normal i do not mean white, no im not racist not at all, i dont care if the renters are white, black, brown, blue, pink, purple....that is not my point...my point is i want someone who is normal and by normal i mean SOMEONE WHO PAYS EVERY MONTHS RENT ON TIME AND IN FULL, DOES NOT DAMAGE ANY PROPERTY, DOES NOT HAVE THE POLICE CALLED ON THEM EVER, SOMEONE WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY GET THEIR SECURITY DEPOSIT BACK BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD AND FOLLOWED ALL OF THE LEASE'S RULES/REGULATIONS, SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT DO DRUGS OR SMOKE IN THE BUILDINGS, SOMEONE NORMAL, SOMEONE WHERE I WOULDNT HAVE TO WORRY IF MY DAD HAD TO TALK TO THEM.


i apologize if anything i have written has been offensive or inappropriate, this is my one and only form of fully venting by myself and these are legitimate concerns i have and if you could just hope with me for "normal" renters it would be ever so greatly appreciated.

thank you!