Originally Posted by Rete

Try being a landlord in Canada. Jim rented out his condo to friends of a fellow condo owner. They stopped paying rent one September and you cannot evict tenants in the winter months in Canada. Against the law. So they lived there rent free from September until April and when they moved the place was in a shambles. They moved into government housing, both left their jobs, so suing for the back rent was meaningless.