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COVID eviction ban forces Baton Rouge landlord to sell apartment complex

Posted on 7/28/21 at 9:58 am
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/28/21 at 9:58 am
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) “Funds are really tight right now,” said Baton Rouge landlord Brent, who only wants to go by his first name.

He said the federal COVID eviction moratorium has put him in a squeeze. “I’m not receiving any funds, but I still owe the bank and the mortgage company. So, it’s put me in a pickle,” said Brent.

He owns a 24 unit apartment complex off of Burbank. He said tenants have not paid rent since March of last year. “I’ve had maybe six units that paid me, and then they stopped paying after a while,” said Brent.

Those non-pyaments have made him $25,000 a month short on his mortgage.

Brent said, “I tried to negotiate with the bank. They’re not your friend. This is where you fall back on your faith.” His faith he said allowed him to pay some of the money out of pocket. Only one tenant applied for help through rental assistance programs. “I only got about three checks like that,” said Brent.





OOPS…. Guess when we were paying people’s rent and paying them to stay home, and shutting down the economic machine we forgot to make sure they used that money to pay their rent and also forgot to take care of property owners.

WOW…. Never saw that coming.



This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 9:59 am
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87172 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:00 am to
People getting fed checks plus not having to pay for housing = worker shortage.
Posted by Bonkers119
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
11585 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:00 am to
If only there was an SBA loan he could have applied for...
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19355 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:00 am to
Anyone know what complex it is? I didn't see it in the article. They were throwing up apartments like crazy on Burbank before I moved away in 2019

Also BRProud should consider getting a proofreader

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non-pyaments
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42543 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:02 am to
RIP El Cid
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
51860 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:02 am to
It’s no big deal
The landlords don’t have to pay the banks & eventually the Feds will bail out the banks

That’s what I learned on Twitter
Posted by Cajunhawk81
Member since Jan 2021
2511 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:03 am to
The answer to obscene government spending, more government spending. Honk, honk, baby.
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
3359 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:03 am to
So he should get a loan, yet the money they were given to pay rent can be used for whatever they choose. Free loaders have killed this once great country just like Rome.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
33754 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:06 am to
And if they aren't already, those apartments will soon become government subsidized slums. Once again, turning what should be a relatively nice area of the city into a shithole.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
33129 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:07 am to
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If only there was an SBA loan he could have applied for...


Which is not forgivable. Would his tenants pay him for the interest? Doubtful if they aren’t paying rent in the first place
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88544 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:08 am to
quote:

If only there was an SBA loan he could have applied for...


Man, frick you. How about the fricking deadbeats pay their rent or get the frick out?

If you aren't working now, it's your own decision.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61341 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:10 am to
quote:

If only there was an SBA loan he could have applied for...


Wait, let me see if I have this right…


You think a property owner who leases his property should have to incur another debt load to pay for the lack of revenue he is getting because the government tells him that he can’t evict anyone from his own property he owns, Do you realize how utterly BONKERS that is Bonkers?


The government pays these people money and then makes sure they don’t have to worry about losing the roof over their heads if they don’t pay, and then it’s the property owner that has to take the hit? And all of this makes perfect sense to you?


Posted by lsutiger2010
Member since Aug 2008
14790 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:11 am to
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This post was edited on 10/18/21 at 11:07 pm
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23881 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:14 am to
Most single family and small multi family real estate are held by individual entrepreneurs looking to invest their money into long term returns. This bullshite moratorium on evictions without consideration for the landlord will only benefit banks and large RE holding companies.

This pisses me off so bad.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
119320 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:15 am to
Do you run a business? Thanks.
Posted by squidburger
Sweden
Member since Jan 2013
191 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:15 am to
Good news is we've got a buyer, Blackrock. "You will own nothing and be happy" Klaus Scwab/The Great Reset
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
135053 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:16 am to
But we have plenty of money to bring in illegals with covid and other diseases and move them freely about the country.

I love how democrats are America last, and somehow still get elected. It's amazing.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80161 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:21 am to
Blackrock will buy it. No worries.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
20387 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:25 am to
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Bonkers119


you and everyone like you is the reason this country has went to hell in a hand basket
Posted by Alika_kahuna
Member since May 2021
239 posts
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:27 am to
The video showed Bon Carre Apartments on Harry Dr. Not even close to Burbank lol.
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