Pops's Rules

by D. Thompson

Never rent to anyone without a real job. Worry when tenants say, “Don’t worry.” Above all else, act like a crazy person when faced with a crazy person.

That’s just some of the advice Pops gives his son Jack and Jack’s wife, Diane, after they agree to take over his rental property. The rules aren’t enough to prepare them for the shady characters they confront and the bizarre, amusing, and sad reality they discover while interacting with their new tenants.

Pops’s Rules is a humorous account of being a landlord that was inspired by numerous conversations between author d.thompson and other rental-property owners. Follow along through Diane’s perspective as she and her husband shed their corporate kneepads and seize the opportunity to take their lives in a new direction.

Tenants, whom they give secret nicknames like Meth Mouth, Poopie, and Lolita, give them a lesson in the human condition—a lesson more epic than they ever imagined. The renters provide their share of humor and compassion but launch Jack and Diane into a social experiment gone awry.

Can they navigate through the hell of being landlords? Or will it leave them as crazy as the tenants who live behind their walls?

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2014

Reviews

[Fvonjessen]

d. thompson writes with humor and compassion. I loved the way she brings the characters to life with few broad strokes and manages to elecit sympathy for even the worst of the "bums". Pops's Rules is a delightful book with insightful but subtle commentary on social conditions in our society.