I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I want 'Rent' to last forever.
I find myself for whatever reason unable to live in the apartment I renovate and have to sell.
I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place; it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.
The idea of going into the property business and collecting rent four times a year and waiting for five-year rent reviews has limited appeal.
For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.
I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.
My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get it together.
We are only tenants, and shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.
I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature.