Real Music & Real Estate . . .

Yiddishe Cup’s bandleader, Bert Stratton, is Klezmer Guy.
 

He knows about the band biz and – check this out – the real estate biz, too.
 

You may not care about the real estate biz. Hey, you may not care about the band biz. (See you.)
 

This is a blog with a gamy twist. It features tenants with snakes and skunks, and musicians with smoked fish in their pockets.
 

Stratton has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.


 
 

WE HAVE OUR STANDARDS

by Bert Stratton

Bill, the building manager, said a prospect for apartment 24 was a rapist.

“We don’t rent to rapists,” I said.

standards we have standards rapist“It’s an open case,” Bill said. “He’s innocent until proven guilty, right? He’s got a DUI from 20 years ago. He makes $5,000 month on disability.”

“Five grand? Wow.”

“He wants something cheap. I guess he has legal fees.”

”What’s his name?”

”Kevin Barrett.”

“That’s the name of a building inspector!”

“Different guy. He has a new car too. Makes his payments.”

“We’re not renting to a rapist. I did that once before. I didn’t know the guy was a rapist, and he got picked up on a parole violation, and I found out he was a murderer, too. We have our standards.”

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“Bill” and “Kevin Barrett” are pseudonyms.  By the way, I rented to the rapist/murderer back when it was hard to run criminal checks — pre-Internet.

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Yiddishe Cup plays The Ark, Ann Arbor, Mich., 8 p.m. Sat. (Feb. 6).  Schmotown Revue: klezmer and soul music. $20.

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3 comments

1 Ken Goldberg { 02.03.16 at 11:34 am }

That’s okay; I doubt if Bill Cosby will
be applying to rent one of your apartments in the near future….

2 Charlie B { 02.07.16 at 2:41 pm }

But it begs the question: Would you rent to a hedge fund operator?
(With a slight caution, don’t let the current, hysterical sex panic get between you and your rent check.)

3 Bert Stratton { 02.09.16 at 5:04 pm }

To Charlie B:

Of course I would rent to a hedge fund operator. I don’t know too many in Cleveland.

Yep, don’t want to let too much stand between me and the check. Show me the money, huh?

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