Landlord's son tries to maximize his inheritance, tenant ensures he gets nothing by removing their modifications: 'The house sold for $550,000. In exchange for not pressing fraud charges against him, his three siblings split the proceeds, he got nothing'

There's nothing like having a good, working, harmonious business relationship. While having a landlord or a boss who maintains a predictable and rational, sometimes compassionate, relationship with you should be the norm, it's unfortunately far from it. Deflecting attempts to manipulate you or screw you over gets really tiring really quickly and that constant looking over your shoulder 

While it's great to have this, it's best never to get too comfortable, because circumstances could change beyond your control. Both a company and a house can be bought and sold or inherited, which will put you in contact with and potentially at the mercy of people with entirely different values and with whom you have no history or existing relationship. From there, the world is turned on its head as a once great job or living situation disintegrates in an instant.

There are numerous stories online, similar to this situation, where tenants are required to remove gardens or make modifications after a landlord's change of heart, or when someone has inherited or purchased the home. With the new owners then being surprised when they find that everything good about the property had been contributed by the tenant, and the place has been stripped bare to its former state. This one, though, takes things to another level with a less-than-honest inheritor getting nothing as a result.