<prompt> Human: Mods, if this needs to be adjusted, please let me know. The information is important and should be out there, and Ill be happy to adjust as needed, including posting to another sub.This is really a cautionary tale from something thats happening in my life right now.A friend - well call him Lee - is having a rough time, and theyve asked my wife and me if he and his wife can stay with us until September 12, when he gets his SSDI check.Rewind to almost 20 years ago:Lee and his then-roommate Roger had another friend, Clement. Lee and Roger were sharing an apartment, and everything was going fine. Clement found himself down on his luck, and asked Lee and Roger if he could stay with them for a couple of weeks. As a measure of good faith, he gave them 50.Then Clement never paid them another dime.Reasonably, they told him to pack his stuff and leave. But Clement had done some homework, and he found out that by accepting his initial payment of 50, Lee and Roger had unknowingly entered into a tenant-landlord relationship with Clement, and in order to get him to leave, they would have to go through the courts.They lost money from having to file court papers, of course. But they also lost money in the form of higher bills, because Clement would purposely run out the hot water when he took a shower. Its like he was maliciously doing what he could to screw them over in every way possible.This lasted for 90 days, which was the requisite time from filing to eviction. In the interim, Lee and Roger ate out every day to keep Clement from taking their food from the fridge. This cost them more money, of course.When the time came, the Constable came out to evict Clement, and it went smoothly.But in a last screw you to Lee and Roger, Clement went to the apartment office and told the manager what had happened. The manager then voided Lee and Rogers lease, because legally, they had been sub-letting, which violated the terms of the lease. So Lee and Roger were also evicted, and had to find a new apartment.So now, were back to today.Lee has asked my wife and me if well allow them to live with us until the 12th his exact words, at which point he will give us an unspecified amount of money.I see a bamboozle coming.Im not falling for it.Try to learn from others mistakes, folks.Editupdate for those interested:When Lee first called me about 10 days ago, he told me that the management company had come in, and started evicting everyone. That raised a big red flag with me, because what company does that? So I did some digging.I called the local constables office, and found out that Lee had an eviction filed against him on July 17, and it was served earlier this month. That was about the time that he called me the first time. Today, I followed up, and found out that the writ of possession eviction wasnt for nonpayment of rent, but was for possession of the property and its contents, apart from Lees personal items. I couldnt get any other information from the Constables office.I called the Management company, and they told me that while they couldnt confirm anything due to privacy statutes, they could tell me that Lee was not welcome under any circumstances. Another red flag.To top this off, Lee and his wife have been calling me and my wife alternately, and its become clear that theyre playing us against each other.Ive decided to nuke this friendship. Its a hard decision for me, both for our history, and for the consequences that may ensue.Tune in next week when I post rtifu about driving a former friend to suicide!  <response>: Id listen to your gut. Personally, I wouldnt take any money or a promise of any money for something like that.My lease clearly states what a guest is and how long they can stay.Im also very clear they are visiting me and any rules of the house. 