Just made someone's life much more complicated, oy vey

[Anonymous]

WTF is wrong with you? I would’ve understood if you actually lived in said neighborhood and there were issues with too many cars, loud parties, or similar issues, but you don’t even live there.

You have too much time on your hands.

[Anonymous]

Good for you OP. You did the right thing.

[Anonymous]

OP why are you posting about it?

[Anonymous]

So you were a jealous busy body and acted on your jealousy. Got it, and thanks for sharing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don’t understand the motivation here either other than to cause problems and you don’t sound all that distraught.

This was a really crappy thing to do, especially because this rental has no impact on you whatsoever.

Duh she is hoping the owner will sell and she can buy it

The kids who are living there or planning to live there next year are now screwed and are going to have to scramble

This was my initial thought for the rationale too. Really effed-up thing to do. Op has a very mean spirit.

[Anonymous]

OP checking in.

I can't exactly say what prompted me to start this post beyond that it was a slightly surreal moment realizing you'd likely made someone's life complicated in just a few minutes of emails. But I am amused by the responses and getting some proper laughs from them.

There's no shortage of student housing surrounding the university and adjoining neighborhoods are predominately group homes for the students so I'm not losing sleep if several grad students have to move. I was intrigued by the suggestion that perhaps parents of a student had bought the house, but the listing clearly describes five furnished bedrooms for rent in a five bedroom house, so who knows what the story is.

Asking rent was $1000+ per bedroom. If a family had bought this house with 20% down, monthly PITI would probably be $4k. Food for thought. The neighborhood association prez was not pleased by this discovery. Understandably. I doubt people would have issues with a homeowner renting a spare room in the attic to a grad student, which likely does/has happened as most surrounding owners are faculty. But buying a house in this neighborhood expressly to rent it out as a group home is a different story. So I don't feel guilty in the long run. If that was the intention of the buyers, they had several other neighborhoods nearby where this could have been done. So they're learning a lesson.

[Anonymous]

Troll. Nice work!!

[Anonymous]

I don't see what OP did wrong. It was an illegal rental.

[Anonymous]

F**k rich people and the games they play anyway. I reported an ex landlord and feel not one ounce of guilt about it. I also report you boundary cheaters stealing from DC and regular households. F all y’all.

[Anonymous]

Good job--you win jerk of the week!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Illegal Investor houses are artificially inflating home values and therefore restricting op’s buying options. Op is absolutely in the right to expose this. Why would you feel sorry for an out of state investor ?

As stated, we feel bad for the grad students, who are universally poor and will have to find something else on short notice.

And during finals. What a douche move OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see what OP did wrong. It was an illegal rental.

This. Rules are rules. I might feel differently if it was owned by someone who lived there and rented out rooms to make ends meet, but if it was bought as an investment property and they rented it out illegally, they should be stopped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Troll. Nice work!!

This will be a DCUM first but I am praying you are correct; I need this to be a troll. If this is for real, I'm scared and deeply sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Golden rule.
Not just gossip but you went out of your way to make someone miserable and had the nerve to come here and brag.

WHY ????

Telling the truth about someone/someone's behavior isn't false witness. If you want people to say good things about you, be a good person.

If you suck as a human, that's the story you told about yourself first. Don't be surprised when you hear it from others.

[Anonymous]

OP seems very smug about her reporting and also sounds like a horse's ass.

Do you want the slow clap for your "good deed," OP?