[keiferski]

The doorbell story made me stop and question the article.

You can get a digital door bell on Amazon for $15. It didn’t occur to the author to do so for 9 months?

Edit: I didn’t want to imply that the author is lying. Hopefully he is able to get healthy again. But when someone is asking for money and their story has some odd holes in it, I think it’s only natural to be skeptical.

[TheAdamAndChe]

Tenants shouldn't pay to maintain the property, that's what they're paying exorbitant monthly fees for.

[chrisseaton]

Shouldn't, yes. But why would you choose nine months of inconvenience over paying $10 for a new doorbell yourself? What kind of rational decision is that? How are they valuing their time here?

[keiferski]

Then deduct the cost from your next month's rent. That's certainly a better idea than doing nothing as "at least half a dozen" of your packages are stolen.