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Landlord vs Tenant: Part 1

The world is currently embroiled in deciding who to support in the fight between Palestinians and Israelis should a war erupt there.

Locally we do not need to bother with wars in far-off lands as we have our own wars that have been simmering ever since the first ‘House for rent’ advert was flighted. It is the war between the landlord and the tenant.

This war has taken on different dimensions to the point where if a tenant so much as posts on Facebook something like ‘just got paid’ the landlord will ‘like’ the post. In my whole life of living in rented properties, I have never really had a serious landlord. You know those types that seem to be cut from the fabric that is used on canvas camping tents.

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