This landlord threatened legal action against their tenant if the tenant refused to let them show the apartment while they were still living there. The tenant did not want the grief of going through a legal process with their terrible landlord, so they caved under pressure and allowed the apartment viewings to occur.

This thread was posted to the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by the tenant after they faced a long list of issues with their current landlord. This included the landlord stealing $10k of overpayments from them and refusing to return it. They gave up battling and decided to comply with the landlord’s demands maliciously.

«So now,» the tenant explained, «Every potential renter gets the grand tour of EVERY SINGLE THING the landlord has failed to fix, as well as how egregiously long it’s been since I requested repair.»

«Additionally, they get a detailed explanation of how the management company stole my 10k overpayment and how I’ve been living rent-free for months because they refused to give it back.»