 So I want to talk about an article published in the insider that truly feels like a parody to me. It's it's laughable It's ridiculous. It's unreasonable and I don't even know really what to say I don't think that my commentary is gonna provide you with any additional value here But let's just laugh at this article together So Jamie Killen of insider tells the story of Julio Gonzalez who says quote I'm a landlord with 24 properties. We're suffering during Biden's eviction ban, too And no one is helping now. This is him pictured here in front of a private jet Sir, I have a recommendation actually. Have you considered getting a job? Because that's one thing that you can do You see the rest of society when we want to pay our bills We have to get a job or get a real job as some people might say and you haven't done that yet So, um, I don't know get a job, but you know, this gets worse You know, you think that okay Maybe this headline is meant to be a little bit sensationalist to grab you and then he makes more reasonable argument once you're there But that's not actually the case He's going to go on to try to pull on your heartstrings by complaining about his loss of profits Due to the moratorium on evictions. I am not joking about this. So let's get into it I'm Julio Gonzalez the CEO and founder of specialty tax engineering firm engineered tax services I also own 24 properties on the east coast and have been a landlord for 20 years The Biden administration's latest eviction moratorium, which lasts through October 3rd and covers most US counties including mine has led to Difficult conversations. Oh has it many of our tenants feel like they are in a dire situation Unfortunately, we as landlords are to 20 of my properties are residential and I currently have four tenants Taking advantage of the federally mandated eviction moratorium The moratoriums have led to a significant and negative impact and profitability for me. It's been a 15% loss in profit Oh, no residents not paying rent essentially leads to free living while landlords still have to pay for taxes utilities and more We've been fortunate to be in a position where we can sustain no income and we try to be very compassionate and understanding for our tenants We're trying to extend their leases so we can make enough over a period of time to make up for some of these losses But most people don't have that kind of staying power. I see that with my clients every day They're no longer able to make their payments. They're liquidating their properties. They're selling them to private equity It's very tragic and while we've been able to sustain our properties We have stopped all improvements and renovations because we don't have the capital We've really tried to be tight with our budget to get through the eviction moratorium But really how many more months can we go? That must be super fucking hard for you. So in response to seeing his tenants struggle to pay rent his reaction is to cry and Scream, what about me? What about you? You have 24 properties and just four of your tenants are benefitting from the eviction moratorium and on top of that You've only seen 15% loss in profit and yet you want us to feel sorry for you as A leech on society because that's effectively what most landlords are the overwhelming majority of landlords people like yourself are just leaching off of society making our profit while doing Absolutely nothing you're not contributing to society We don't care about you get a real job if you're not making money during a pandemic when your tenants are struggling But because he wanted this to be you know a more productive conversation He has some policy solutions that he would like to propose. Okay, so what are those first? There needs to be a program in place to not only help those being evicted But a program to help the landlords out as well The government should give landlords a moratorium on bank loans taxes and utilities Second proof of hardship could eliminate some of the questions landlords like me have about our tenants We see that there's an incredible amount of open jobs and communities are opening up in spite of the COVID-19 Delta variant It's likely that our tenants have received jobs and are now working our tenants don't have to provide any documentation to us So they could be working and we see that they're buying new goods, but they're not paying rent We're not there yet, but if it becomes clear people are taking advantage of the moratorium We would have to discuss possible legal action with our legal team So when I read this I think this is like the worst landlord ever because he's actually Watching his tenants to see. Oh, what are they? What are they doing? You see some grocery bags? Are they buying groceries? They could be using that money to pay rent I mean, what a piece of shit go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself Your tears are meaningless because you are a leech on society get a real job, sir I don't care about your crying. In fact, I do have a video feed of him Explaining a situation and and how difficult it is for him Yeah, I'm sure that all of the tears that he's wiping away with dollar bills Just collecting money doing nothing is Is a filling up his house. I'm sure that he's gotta, you know, take a few less private jet trips Because you know some tenants for out of How many hundreds he has at his properties? I'm assuming that like each property that he owns houses multiple tenants four of his tenants are, you know, not able to pay rent And they're benefiting from the temporary eviction moratorium So he thought that him throwing a temper tantrum publicly would cultivate sympathy for him and other landlords Except like you're the worst person if you wanted to cultivate sympathy for a landlord what you do is you You do like an op-ed from an old lady who owns like one extra home that she's renting out and She can't pay the rent because of that eviction moratorium. Like that's what you do That's effective propaganda, but this propaganda where you're literally posing in front of a private jet And you're saying that it's so difficult for you because you have 24 properties and four tenants are able to pay rent I mean, I don't know what to tell you again I don't mean to be redundant, but get a fucking job. That's that's all that I can say about this situation I can't be any more charitable I just have to say get a fucking job stop whining pull yourself up by your bootstraps brother. We don't care