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Landlord Surprises Former Tenants With Shared Profits After Selling Their House

Updated September 8, 2021

We've often heard that power corrupts and it tends to be pretty clear when someone we encounter has allowed even a small amount of power to go to their heads.

Because while many of of us can point to some teachers, managers, and even total strangers who demonstrated some affirming care for our well-being, we can also recall at least one of each who seemed to enjoy making our days miserable.

But when the ones who truly want what's best for us come into our lives, they can make a difference that legitimately changes everything for us.

And one landlord's attempt to just do that is sure to have everyone wishing they were their tenant.

When Chris Robarge of Worcester, Massachusetts faced a rough time in his life, he happened to fall into just the right living situation.

Facebook | Chris Robarge

As he wrote in a Facebook post, "This person rented me a space in their house that was the first place I had to actually call home when I had to leave my house after I got divorced."

And his experiences with this landlord — who he decided against identifying to protect this person's privacy — remained consistently positive after he moved in as well.

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In a statement that would already make this person sound like a unicorn to thousands of frustrated tenants, Robarge also said that he paid a completely fair rate for living there and generally enjoyed living there.

But of course, he figured that his experience would make for little more than a pleasant memory when it was time to move on.

However, that changed in a big way when this person recently contacted Robarge and asked for his current address.

Facebook | Chris Robarge

And on August 10, he found out why in the form of this letter addressed to all the landlord's former tenants that announced they were giving back the percentage of their rent that paid for the principal on the house's mortgage now that they've sold the place.

As they wrote, "While it's not much, it's yours! It was a great house and I'm glad that I was able to share it with you."

And at least in Robarge's case, this decision resulted in a $2,500 payout for him.

Facebook | Chris Robarge

In his words, "I have been sitting with this for more than a day and I am still completely beyond an actual way to describe what this act means to me."

However, with the exception of $500 set aside to fix a major issue with his car, Robarge had no intention of keeping the money and was inspired by his former landlord's generosity to make their good deed "reach as far as possible."

So he's planning to let the rest of the money go to local food programs, organizations dedicated to helping Black and LGBTQ+ Americans, and individuals in need who he happens to come across.

So while this gesture likely made a similar difference in several people's lives, it's hard to even imagine how much further good came from the landlord's generosity.

h/t: Facebook | Chris Robarge

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