Evicting Long-Staying TOXIC Tenants

It's annoying that people live with a "sentimental value" in mind. There are a lot of things that some people probably grew up with. As a 1990s child, I grew up on this and that. Some people may remember the good old days with Adobe Photoshop. I remember seeing people use MS Paint, telling them to try Photoshop and teach some basics, and I enjoyed using the program. However, Adobe's monthly subscription model is costly. Why should I pay for PHP 3,000+ for nostalgia? The same can go for tenants. Just because a tenant has been there for at least a decade, doesn't mean that these tenants should be coddled for "sentimental reasons". Why should tenants who have been there for more than ten years, be allowed to stay there, if they're toxic? If I could ditch Adobe after many years, the same would be true for toxic tenants.

It's crazy when erring tenants say, "But come on, I've rented your place for more than 10 years." Is it me or are toxic relationships well, said to be more fun in the Philippines? I'm sorry to say but the catchphrase "It's More Fun in the Philippines" can be misused and abused. The slogan is based on Switzerland's "IT's More Fun in Switzerland". However, it can be observed that toxic positivity seems to be the norm in the Philippines. As a Filipino citizen, I can observe toxic positivity abounding. For instance, people tell me the irritating catchphrase said in Cebuano, "If it's bitter, just add sugar (read here)." Such a mindset is why several Filipinos remain poor. Toxic positivity is bad for your finances!

The same can be true for toxic tenants. I don't care if the tenant stayed there for many years. Right now, a tenant can be staying even for two or three decades. However, if the relationship between the lessor and the lessee was based on a lie, there's always the right for either one of them to move out. A lessee has the right (and duty) to move away from a toxic lessor--to avoid encouraging other potential lessors from getting hit by that toxic lessor! The same can be said that a lessor has the right (and duty) to kick out any toxic tenant--to protect good tenants and to discourage them from being toxic!

Sentimentalism with Adobe could've killed my finances sooner or later (read why here). Sentimentalism with toxic tenants can ruin a business too. It doesn't take a PhD in business administration or economics, to understand that! Why should anybody ruin their own body for the sake of people not worth it? That's what I told someone when she refused to cut off ties with a toxic business partner. I don't care if the person invested that much capital, it's his or her loss if he or she mismanages it. As I look into it, toxicity in a relationship is toxicity in a relationship. If it's based on a lie--then it's based on a lie!