Enjoy peace of mind when you pay rent on time avoiding landlord wahala and living stress-free in your home.
No greater joy dey this life pass the one wey you go feel when you finally pay your rent, especially if your landlord or landlady na the kain person wey always get “urgent need” for money. If you never experience this kain joy before, bros and sis, you dey miss! Make I yarn you how e dey be.
Imagine say na month end, and your landlord don dey call you like say na him be MTN customer care. “Hello, Mr. John, just reminding you that your rent is due o. Please don’t forget.” You go reply, “Ah, landlord, I dey work on am,” but for your mind, you dey pray make miracle happen because your account balance no dey near the rent money at all.
Na so the wahala dey start. Anytime you hear knock for your door, your heart go skip like say you owe person blood money. Even small knock from aboki wey dey sell suya fit make you dey panic. You go dey tiptoe for your own house like thief because you no wan make landlord catch you for inside.
Sometimes, e go reach the level wey you go dey calculate which excuse you never use before. “Landlord, my village people dey disturb me.” “Ah, landlord, na my boss dey owe me salary.” Or the classic one: “My uncle for abroad promise me money, but the money never land.” Your landlord go just dey look you like person wey dey learn work for excuse department.
But wait, make we talk about these landlords and landladies sef. Why e be like say dem get radar for “urgent need” anytime rent suppose land? If dem no dey repair roof wey no leak, dem go tell you say dem wan do burial for village. And if you no pay quick, dem fit remind you say another tenant dey eye your room. Na wetin dem dey call “pressure tactics” be that.
The funniest part be say, when you finally gather the rent money, na another wahala. Your landlord go dey collect the money with one kain serious face like say you never pay complete. “Is this all?” you go hear. You go nod with confidence, “Yes, sir, complete.” But for your mind, you dey think, “Baba, abeg collect am, I don suffer to gather this money.”
Once the rent don clear, na there you go know say peace of mind na real thing. You go dey waka for your house with boldness. Any knock for door, you go open am with pride. Even if na landlord, you fit smile greet am, “Good afternoon, sir. Hope you’re fine?” No more tiptoeing. No more excuse. Life go just dey sweet you like cold Fanta for hot afternoon.
E no dey end there o. When you pay rent finish, you go notice say landlord wahala go reduce small. Dem go dey greet you well, “My good tenant, how are you?” You go dey wonder why dem suddenly like you. My dear, no think am too much. Na because you don clear their urgent need. Make dem no come again next year with new story, sha.
But the real MVPs for this rent matter na people wey go borrow money just to settle landlord. Those ones, na dem sabi wetin e mean to “sacrifice for peace.” Dem fit borrow from friends, family, or even microfinance bank just to avoid landlord’s wahala. Once dem pay finish, e go be like say dem don win lottery. The joy go show for their body.
Some people go even organize small party for themselves after paying rent. Dem go buy suya, small stout, or even prepare correct jollof rice. Why not? Na victory dem just achieve. To pay rent for this economy no easy. Dem deserve to celebrate. Even if na only bread and groundnut, e still worth am.
But come think of am, no be only tenants dey funny for this matter. Some landlords and landladies get their own drama too. You go hear landlord dey complain say tenants no dey respect dem. One landlady talk say she no like how her tenant dey play loud music. Another one go vex say tenant dey fry fish wey dey smell too much. Meanwhile, the tenant fit dey think, “Madam, you suppose dey happy say I pay my rent on time. Fish smell no kill anybody.”
Landlords sef no holy pass. Some of dem go collect rent finish, but dem no go do the repairs wey dem promise. Roof go dey leak, toilet go block, and dem go dey tell you, “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it soon.” Before you know, another year don reach, and you still dey manage the same problem. You go dey wonder where your rent money dey go.
But sha, na so life be. Whether you be tenant or landlord, the drama no dey ever finish. As tenant, your joy dey come when you fit clear rent and get small breathing space before the next rent cycle start. As landlord, your own joy na when tenants dey pay on time so that you fit solve your “urgent needs” without stress.
For this life, na give and take. As we dey laugh about rent matter, make we no forget say everybody dey hustle. Whether na to pay rent or to collect rent, e no easy for anybody. But one thing sure: the joy wey dey come with settling rent na real thing. If you don experience am before, you go understand. If you never experience am, abeg pay your rent on time so you fit enjoy the cruise too.
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