Would you get a roommate?

NO!! With the possible exception of my sister. Back when I was working, we saw way too many nasty landlord/tenant problems. As a landlord, everything you do is fraught with landmines. Nowdays it practically takes an act of Congress to get rid of a bad tenant, and if they do damage to your premises, the chances are slim and none that you will ever fully recoup repair costs if there are any. And collecting back rent? Slim and none there, too. Sure you can probably get a judgment for back rent and/or property damage, but good luck collecting on it. Most folks who leave landlords holding the bag for rent and damages are "judgment proof," which means they don't have an anything you can collect against after legal exemptions, anyway.

After my very early years, I vowed never again to work for a firm that practiced in landlord/tenant law (or routine divorce law, for that matter). I kept that promise to myself.
 

Butterfly said:
NO!! With the possible exception of my sister. Back when I was working, we saw way too many nasty landlord/tenant problems. As a landlord, everything you do is fraught with landmines. Nowdays it practically takes an act of Congress to get rid of a bad tenant, and if they do damage to your premises, the chances are slim and none that you will ever fully recoup repair costs if there are any. And collecting back rent? Slim and none there, too. Sure you can probably get a judgment for back rent and/or property damage, but good luck collecting on it. Most folks who leave landlords holding the bag for rent and damages are "judgment proof," which means they don't have an anything you can collect against after legal exemptions, anyway.

After my very early years, I vowed never again to work for a firm that practiced in landlord/tenant law (or routine divorce law, for that matter). I kept that promise to myself.
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I've given a lot more thought to this thread since I last posted, and I feel the same as you, Butter.

NOT A CHANCE. Close family, and I do mean real close family... maybe, anyone else, NO.

Those of us who have dedicated ourselves over the course of our lifetimes going into debt for mortgages, then struggling to pay those mortgages off while at the same time, investing more of our hard-earned time, effort, and money into repairing, renovating, fixing-up, and redoing things inside and outside our homes to make it better, more enjoyable, deserve better than to move someone in, only to wear egg on our faces after.

I believe it was Squatting Dog, that posted pictures of his destroyed home that he had so graciously rented out to societal pukes, the same pukes who never learned to respect, appreciate, never earn, and never put in a hard days work in their life, and who don't have the slightest interest to better themselves, move in and turn a perfectly hard-working homeowners life and property upside-down, because the legal system has extended laws and affords renters more rights than property owners.
 
I thought about this question some more too. If it kept me from moving into a care home, I think I’d be willing to have a roommate. Someone you know well or family, maybe.

Many new condos are being built with two master bedroom suites. At least you’d have your own private space. Maybe I can deal with sharing the kitchen.
 
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