Being the landlord of strippers?
samsung1
Ohio
A year ago I bought a house as an investment. The first tenants were two female dancers I met at the club. When I stopped by to collect the initial month's rent, we had a threesome. Next month, same thing. Month after that, same thing. But this time the girls said money was tight. I told them not to worry about it. The next month they gave me a month's rent but were still a month behind. Two months later, a threesome but no rent. I am balding, short, and a little overweight – I know the score. I've paid for sex before, and if the cost of these amazing encounters is having to eat the rent every few months, it's okay by me. But can I get in legal trouble here? Would this be considered prostitution? What if they started to withhold sex and rent? Would I have a problem evicting them, considering what I've been doing? I feel funny asking a lawyer about this.
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You're basically being a sugardaddy. People do this all the time for girlfriends, or just to help people out. I think you're in the clear.
Suggest you try collecting the "rent" weekly.
(This has been going on for a year? - you old dog, holding out on us, huh?)
Dear Penthouse,
A year ago I bought a house as an investment. The first tenants were two female dancers I met at the club. When I stopped by to collect the initial month’s rent, we had a threesome, and oh what a threesome it was.
The blonde was unbelievable. She had the biggest tits you ever saw. I mean, OMG !! Can you imagine. No sooner had I jizzed in her, she said: "Not bad for a sixteen year old, huh?"
Sixteen ?? Oh crap. Then she told me she had been dancing with her older sister's I.D. She wanted another go, but Mr. Happy had become Mr. Flaccid.
In all seriousness though, Samsung, if you haven't already, have them sign a lease. If you think it's bad now, wait till one of them lets her biker boyfriend wreck the place. Make them sign the lease, and live by the lease, and no matter how tempting, don't ever have a threesome with them again. Best yet, and you make out on this, pay someone to collect the rent.
You're playing with fire, literally. What if they torch the place, even accidentally? You'll be out a whole bunch of money once the dancers tell the insurance company about the threesomes.
Never mix business & pleasure-Never mix business & family.
Along those lines, what if you were to mention the interest on your part of moving a third person in there, a guy who's 'sort of' a friend of yours but unknown to them? How would they react? Would they say "no", and seek out a new place to live? Just a thought...
1) Clubber--lol!
2) Steve is right. Treat them like a beater used car lot would and make them pay each week. Now, you really don't want to complain about that currency they're using, do you?
3) If it's income, would you report that on a Form 1069?
...Oh, and one more thought. Have you considered turning this house into a duplex?
We've been waiting for you...
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his,
Three's company too."
Perhaps they have saved DNA samples to cover their selves. :) I see a shelf with multiple test tubes of semen, dated and numbered.
Almost surely yes, since you are exchanging sex for something of monetary value. It really depends on the laws of your current home state.
"What if they started to withhold sex and rent? Would I have a problem evicting them, considering what I’ve been doing? I feel funny asking a lawyer about this."
You shouldn't "feel funny" asking a lawyer anything. Most of them have heard it all. I think you know where this is going. They are not going to be good about paying the rent, and you'll eventually have to get rid of them. Better to plan a strategy for that now than later. Good luck...
If you're really worried about it, just document that they've paid you. Use registered mail, make lots of copies, and make sure they're not taping the threesomes...
A lease probably isn't a bad idea, even just to have written down, you can even tell them they don't have to follow it, just make sure they sign it.
I doubt you're gonna need it, but do that, and you've got a paper trail (albeit a bullshit one) to support your claims should you need it.
"It really depends on the laws of your current home state."
No shit sherlock!
What a f'n moron
Sorry to say Sam I have never had the opportunity you are in the middle of ---- I wouldn't touch one of my renters with your ten foot pole!
back to the dilemma of samsung1 -- having been a landlord and having had some legal hassles in real estate, I personally agree with those who say that samsung is either skating on thin ice, or playing with fire (or pick your own metaphor.) If I were you, sam, I would try to revert to the practice of collecting rent in the form of money, but approach it in a tactful and respectful way to minimize possible backlash problems. Ya jes' never know....
What happens, is, someone posts something another doesn't like, but rather than be an adult and just ignore, they become childish and it is their duty to try an censor. Best thing to do when one sees another has to start the ridicule is to just yawn and continue on your way.
You're such a moron clubber...your continued "YAWN" postings ARE a response...a non-response really, which simply means that you don't know what to say...because, of course, you are a moron & a coward who likes to pick fights with people & then simply run away. Nobody here is from the govt. & attempting to try and "censor" anyone, period.
On a more serious side, you are playing with fire. You need to claim the rental income on your taxes every month (no matter what form you take it in.) Otherwise the IRS will accuse you of trying to hide income on the rental as I am sure you are taking depreciation on the house and writing off other expenses against the profit of the rent.
just my opinion
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Would you be willing to give them more of a break on rent if they saw you more than once a month? Then tell them you'd like to see them more often.
When you have to tell a dancer you won't give as much money/drinks/etc. as they want, it seems to be better to tell them you have this or that financial obligation that limits your spending. It makes it sound more like "I can't afford that" instead of "you're not worth that", so they don't feel dissed. I'm not sure how real it is when dancers seem to take it personally when you haggle. But even if it's just an act, it seems to work best if you go along with the game, and avoid saying or implying they're asking for too much. Better to cry poor.