I don’t believe in revenge. Karma will catch up with people who do bad things.

I had a neighbor who was bad news. He was mean to me and several neighbors. We complained about him and nothing was done by the apartment management. I even documented incidents every time they happened. I was told to call the police, the police told me that it was a civil matter and could not help.

One night, he left his keys at a bar. I heard him screaming and trying to knock his door in. He went to our concierge and demanded that she give him a key to his door. She did not have keys and told him so. He reached over the counter to grab her and another neighbor, an off-duty police officer, was just walking in and took my neighbor down and held him until the police arrived. All was caught on camera.

When it was time to renew my rent, management wanted to raise it by $300 a month. I sent them months of documentation of his harassment. He banged on my door demanding that I let him in, then called the police for my dogs barking at him. He poured liquid under my door to let me know he could harm my dogs, he put speakers next to the wall and played a loop of death metal, then left to go to the bar. He slammed his door multiple times at 2 AM. All was my problem and management would do nothing.

I told management that the only time they dealt with the issue was when it impacted them and they left me dealing with this guy until they were forced to deal with it. My rent was not raised.

Some woman moved in and never paid rent, I only saw her once. Management took 3 months to evict her, but I think she was long gone by that time. They changed the locks and the place sat vacant with a Sheriff’s “no trespassing” sign on the door. The sign has since been removed, but no one has rented the unit. I think that the negative energy there still lingers and I doubt will be cleared anytime soon.