Professional Tenants
We all know how hard it can be to find an affordable place to live in Massachusetts.
But what if someone just decides not to pay rent?
Once the landlord pursues an eviction, the tenants delay the legal process as long as possible with last-second motions and other tactics.
When they finally get kicked out, the cycle simply repeats for a new unsuspecting property owner.
Meet the people known as “professional tenants.” It is a term used in housing circles for those who have figured out how to game a system in Massachusetts, a state with a national reputation for being pro-tenant.
An NBC10 investigation uncovered a husband and wife who might be the poster children for how to pull off the rent-free scheme with no serious consequences other than the inconvenience of frequently updating their mailing address.
After more than two decades of scamming small landlords in Massachusetts, the NBC10 Investigators confronted the professional tenants: