Lou Gimbutis
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(Over) Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Although, as Winston Churchill so poignantly reminded us, “Without a certain degree if familiarity, we would find it quite impossible to breed anything”. So, familiarity breeds contempt? A bold, categorical statement, some would say. No, not all tenants are created equal, just as all landlords are not. This is addressed to landlords who rent property to individuals or families that live paycheck to paycheck, exactly as some landlords (normally beginning landlords, real estate has an insidious way of bloating your net worth and cashflow if held long enough) do. There is no discrimination in this statement, and a very simple…
