Landlord doubles the rent with less than 30 days notice, tenants get even by giving him a taste of his own medicine: 'We never even gave him the keys back'

Most of us dream of giving our landlords a piece of our minds, but very few of us get to see those dreams become a reality.

This small business held its offices in an old, broken-down building. Most of the employees would likely admit that they probably should have moved office spaces years ago. However, those moving plans suddenly accelerated when their awful landlord informed them that he would be doubling the rent. Not only did this ridiculous announcement come out of nowhere, but he also gave them the "heads-up" with less than 30 days' notice. As written in their contract, the business would need to give their landlord that amount of time to let them know if they were not planning to renew their lease. How could they do that when they only found out about the new monthly rental increase just 24 days before their lease was up?

Many of us have found ourselves in similar situations with our personal residences. I remember when landlords began trying to make up for "lost money" from 2020, and I found out how much my apartment was now going to cost without much of a heads-up, either. Thankfully, I was already planning on moving to a different neighborhood, but I remember thinking that day that this energy only deserves reciprocal pettiness from the tenant. This author was confident enough to know that there was no way this landlord could argue that the tenant was not holding up their end of the bargain when all the facts say that the landlord had been exhibiting the same shady behavior. Shadiness begets shadiness, people!

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