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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.

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.

Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.

When you're unemployed for six months or a year, it is hard to qualify for a lease, so even the option of relocating to find a job is often off the table.

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

You have to do whatever jobs you can to pay the rent.

Over 17 years, I took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anybody who treated anybody unfairly.

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.