《National Survey》 Spoofing! Tenant Arrested! Landlord's Backstory Contest: Winning episodes are revealed!

Uchicomi Co. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kensuke Otomo) has held a contest for members of the nationwide Landlord Management Association to tell the "inside story" of their rental business.

Contest of Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Landlords

Contest Outline

Name: "Landlord's Backstory Contest

Description: Contest for the "Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Landlord" contest.

　　　and "How did this happen..." episodes in the course of rental management

Period: April 1, 2025 - April 10, 2025

Subject: Uchicomi! Landlord members

Method: Internet survey by Uchicomi!

Summary of the backstory

A property you rented became a hideout of a fraud group!

A tenant was arrested! A lawsuit with a co-signer!

Something" is living in this property....

A daughter who moved to Tokyo is missing!

The truth of the noise complaint is "damage from the victim"?

The truth of the noise complaint is "damage from the victim"?

The truth of the noise complaint is "damage from the victim"? An unbelievable case of identity theft!

I was horrified when I looked up... "Your eyes" are the key to apartment management.

...etc.

Prize-winning episodes

The following episodes won prizes. (Original text in Japanese only)

Somewhat Sad Award

A daughter who moved to Tokyo is missing! -kobakobako (Male, 60s)

The resident was a woman in her 20s working in Tokyo. Her father in Shikoku, her parents' home, was her co-signer. When I called her, she replied, "I'm sorry, I'll transfer the money immediately. I will transfer the money immediately. After a few months of such repetition, one day the phone lines stopped working and we could no longer contact her.

I had no choice but to call his father in Shikoku. To my surprise, he replied that his father was also having trouble getting in touch with him at all. So he asked me to go to his apartment to see if he was living there. Since I could not go into the apartment, I replied, "I will check from the outside." I replied, "I'll check from outside. So off we went on our mamachari bicycle.

When we arrived at the site and looked from the outside, we could not feel any sign of people living there at all. I told the father about it, and soon after, he came to Tokyo from Shikoku. I gave him a duplicate key and he waited in his room for a few days. At that time, he brought me some sweets from Shikoku as a souvenir. I was grateful, but there was a meaningful poem by Kikanuki written on the package.

The poem is written on the package: "Kanashiki wa moto no kanashiki wa moto no kaeranai hito no arareru narikakeri.

This is a poem written by Noriyuki Kinukino in memory of his deceased daughter. Although the "lost" part is not an omen, the package overlapped with the father's feelings for his daughter and made me sad.

In the end, after about a week, the daughter did not return, and the father had no choice but to return to Shikoku.

'I don't think she was involved in some kind of incident! Should I talk to the police as soon as possible!" I was quite impatient.

While I was worrying, I received a phone call from the father. He told me that his daughter had quit her job a long time ago and was wandering around, staying at her boyfriend's house. I am sorry for your concern."

I was relieved to hear that, "Oh, I didn't know that," he said, "Since there is no way for her to stay in Tokyo like this, I will return her to her parents' home (in Shikoku). Please cancel my room!"

Gavin! The last thing an owner wants to hear is "room cancellation. But we had no choice. Soon after, we received a lump-sum transfer of the overdue rent from the father.

But there were many at that time. People wanted to cancel their rooms because they were quitting their jobs and returning to their hometowns. I feel that we need to increase full-time employment and raise the salaries of young people. My property also accepts elderly people on welfare, but I feel that we need to support the younger generation, who will be responsible for the future, in a well-balanced manner.

I feel that we need to support the younger generation, who will be the future of our society, in a balanced manner.

The resident was arrested! Lawsuit with the cosigner" - Engineer Landlord (Male, 40s)

We found out that our tenant was arrested for a certain crime, and our rent guarantee was terminated at that time.

The landlord disposed of the remaining belongings since the tenant had agreed to abandon them. When I asked my sister-in-law, who is my guarantor, to pay for my moving out (about 140,000 yen), she snapped at me.

She didn't understand the joint guarantor system at all, and I explained it to her, but she didn't understand. I gave up trying to persuade her and filed a small claims lawsuit.

Unlike the previous call, my sister-in-law called me in a very sweet voice and said, "Give me 10,000 yen," and later 10,000 yen was transferred to my account.

When I told the court about this, I was told that I needed to change the amount of the bill, so I went to court again to go through the procedures.

The day before the trial, my sister-in-law transferred the remaining 130,000 yen to my account.

Then, I went to the court again because I needed to withdraw from the trial by the end of the day.

It was a good experience, although I now wonder if I could have waived it if I thought it would have taken this much effort to claim a mere 140,000 yen.

The winners of the above prizes received approximately 20,000 yen worth of luxury catalog gifts as prizes.

■Other Episodes

We received many other very interesting episodes.

Please refer to the following website for more information.

How did this happen?

https://uchicomi.com/uchicomi-times/category/investment/knowhow/15252/

Background of the project and Uchicomi! Initiatives of "UCCOMICHI!

This contest was held to promote mutual understanding between "landlords" and "tenants" by focusing on the "realities of landlords," which are usually difficult to see.

The "uchicomi! is a system that allows tenants and landlords to communicate directly with each other, eliminating uncertain costs and clarifying transactions for both parties, aiming for a secure and fair rental contract.

Outline of Uchicomi Co.

Company name: Uchicomi Co.

Representative: Ken-ichi Otomo, Representative Director

URL ： https://uchicomi.com/

Head Office ：18F Shinjuku Green Tower Building, 6-14-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Establishment ： July, 2012

Capital ： 25 million yen

Business description: Platform that directly connects owners and prospective tenants

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