He Fixed Up The Apartment First
It took the landlord a week to ensure that the apartment would be ready. Among other things, Thomas applied a new layer of white paint, took care of the plumbing, and made sure that everything was in good working condition. He went to great lengths to ensure that it would be perfect for this family. He even rented a wood polishing machine to buff the hardwood floors to shiny perfection!
They Looked Like The Perfect Family
After that, the family moved into the apartment. They had a lot of boxes full of their belongings in the hallway. Thomas gave them the keys to the house and left them to unpack. He had other things to take care of. However, he eventually realized that they had not even sent him the first rental payment two months later. By the fourth moment, they still had not paid him a single cent. He decided that it must be a banking error of some sort. There was no way that they were purposely doing this… or so he thought.