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I think this falls into the genre of common myths about landlords (See, for example, Leigh Robinson’s comic strip portrayal of a landlord as a little villainous character on the cover of his classic book Landlording).If greedy means collecting the rent on time and periodically adjusting rents to market, then a tenant may simply lack awareness of the landlord’s other duties and concerns. Rather than greed, this is part of the job description.Plus, landlords have an endless stream of expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, contractors, capital expenses, repairs, utilities, landscaping, snow removal, etc, etc.).Some months they may feel everyone’s hand in their pocket. Imagine the expenses for your condo unit or single family home and multiply it by the number of units your landlord has for a rough estimate of costs. It is a capital intensive business.In fact, if we think bigger picture, a landlord who does not collect the rent on time or keep rent at least close to market rates (i.e., what comparable units go for), may not be in business long. They can’t make all the payments and cover the bills (see above).Then the tenant will need to find a new place to live as the bank takes over and property falls into disrepair.Then tenants may be wishing they had the greedy landlord back to hold the place together, chase off the riff raff, and keep things running smoothly.However, if one defines greedy as not making needed repairs or trying to take advantage of tenants with issues (hardship, credit, unable to move, etc) by charging rates well above market, then a tenant may be best served by letting the market work and move!Ideally, the greedy landlord will then get the message and make repairs or adjust rents to market to stay afloat. Nothing sends a message like a long term vacancy.Also, if the landord is breaking any landlord tenant laws (habitability, improper notice of rent increases) use your jurisdictions venue for challenging the problematic behavior (or see legal aid or a legal professional for specific advice).Best of Luck!

Dilapidated and abandoned castles, abbeys, temple complexes, and churchyards were some common locales where things went bump in the night before our modern, suburban houses took over as the frequent spots of paranormal phenomena.Interestingly, a bit of research on the Internet, revealed that the ancient Romans were acquainted and engaged with the idea of haunted houses as well. The Roman senator and writer of a famous collection of letters Pliny the Younger recounted in one of his letters what is regarded as the prototype of haunted house stories."There was in Athens a large and roomy house, which had such a bad reputation that no one lived there. In the dead of the night a noise, resembling the clashing of iron, was frequently heard, which, if you listened more attentively, sounded like the rattling of chains, distant at first, but approaching nearer by degrees: immediately afterwards a spectre appeared in the form of an old man, of extremely emaciated and squalid appearance, with a long beard and dishevelled hair, rattling the chains on his feet and hands. The distressed occupants meanwhile passed their wakeful nights under the most dreadful terror imaginable. This, as it broke their rest, ruined their health and brought on distempers, even leading to death. Even in the day time, though the spirit did not appear, yet the impression remained so strong upon their imaginations that it still seemed before their eyes, and kept them in perpetual fear. Eventually the house was entirely abandoned to the ghost, being deemed absolutely uninhabitable. However, in hopes that some tenant might be found who was ignorant of its history, a notice was put up advertising it for rent or for sale.It happened that Athenodorus, the philosopher, came to Athens at this time, and, reading the notice, enquired about the price. The extraordinarily low price raised his suspicions. Nevertheless, when he heard the whole story, so far from being discouraged, he was all the more inclined to rent it, which he did. When it grew towards evening, he ordered a couch to be prepared for him in the front part of the house, and, after calling for a light, together with his pencil and tablets, directed all his people to retire. But that his mind might not, for want of employment, be open to the vain terrors of imaginary noises and spirits, he applied himself to writing with the utmost attention. The first part of the night passed in entire silence, as usual; at length a clanking of iron and rattling of chains was heard: however, he neither lifted up his eyes nor laid down his pen, but in order to keep calm and collected tried to pass the sounds off to himself as something else. The noise increased and advanced nearer, till it seemed at the door, and at last in the chamber. He looked up and recognized the ghost exactly as it had been described to him: it stood before him, beckoning with its finger, like a person who summons another. Athenodorus in reply made a sign with his hand that it should wait a little, and turned his eyes again upon his papers; the ghost then rattled its chains over the head of the philosopher who, looking up and seeing it beckoning as before, immediately arose and, light in hand, followed it. The ghost slowly stalked along, as if encumbered with its chains, and, turning into the courtyard of the house, suddenly vanished. Athenodorus, being thus deserted, made a mark with some grass and leaves on the spot where the spirit left him. The next day he gave information to the magistrates, and advised them to order that spot to be dug up. This was accordingly done, and the skeleton of a man in chains was found there; the body, having lain a considerable time in the ground, was putrefied and mouldered away from the fetters. The bones were collected together and publicly buried, and the ghost, having been appeased by the proper ceremonies, haunted the house no more."[Source: http://www.basicincome.com/bp/plinysghosts.htm]In Japanese folklore, the Yūrei or the Yōkai are spirits that wander the human realm and are kept from traversing into the 'other world' by their unfulfilled desires when living, motives like vengeance, obsessive attachment to a person, place or thing, or improper performance of funeral rites. The prototype of the clichéd female figure clad in white with black, dissheveled hair (popularised by the Ring and the Grudge movies) is perhaps these accounts from Japanese folklore and these paintings:​​​​