Landlord Asks Twitter Whether She Should Evict A Tenant Who Allowed His Friend To Invade Her Home

Some Twitter threads take off because they are funny, and others blow up because they sound almost too wild to be real. This one falls squarely into the second category, with LA-based actress and musician Pin Young turning a landlord dispute into a viral story that pulled in hundreds of thousands of likes.

Young says her tenant let friends into her home and the situation spiraled from there, leaving her to question what she should do next. The thread keeps building toward a twist that changes the whole tone of the story.

By the end, the real issue is bigger than one bad tenant.

Here's the original Tweet:

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Seems pretty obvious

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First Hint

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He has to be "enough of a threat"

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This reminds us of the AITA question about asking a friend to move their unauthorized business out of the shared living space.

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Most people didn't expect this twist and felt silly for not playing along. Young was inspired by her friend, contemporary visual artist Mamie Young, to create this thread.

That is where the story takes a sharper turn.

Young thoroughly explained the analogy she used between Trump and a tenant:

“We Americans collectively own the government buildings, and the Capitol is the center of it. The President of the United States is like a live-in employee at the White House, contracted to do work on our property for four years. If he does a good job, maybe we’ll extend his lease, and he can live in our guesthouse for another four years. If he violates the terms of the lease, we, as landlords, have the right to terminate the agreement and take legal action if necessary.”

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