Sales are like surfing, investing is like hockey and property management is just like Warren Zevon songs.

If you listen to Lawyers, Guns and Money, you might think "this is just like an eviction".

1 - I went home with a waitress, the way I always do.  How was I to know she was with the Russian's too? This is the way it all starts.  They do something dumb.

2 - I was gambling in Havana and I took a little risk. Send Lawyers, Guns and Money, Dad, please get me out of this.  This means that the tenant might not have all of the rent money, again because they probably did something dumb with the money, and it is someone else's responsibility to help them out.

3 - I am an innocent bystander and somehow I got stuck, between a rock and a hard place.  Down on my luck.  Translation - It is not my fault that I got fired for (insert stupid thing that was their fault here).

4 - Now I am hiding in Honduras. A desperate man.  Send Lawyers, Guns and Money, Dad. The S**T has hit the fan.  This means that the tenant is locked in their home and won't open the door, unless it is to go out and buy more beer.  Nobody is hearing their call for charity and it is getting serious.

The plea for help is then repeated again and again.  If this was real life, verse 3 will be repeated numerous times between the 3 Day Notice and the Eviction Hearing and more than likely at the hearing.

Think about this after a few beers of your own if you don't get it now.