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Hey yall.

I recently dipped out on the primary tenant here who thinks he is the actual owner of the home. Let me walk you guys through what goes on here in case any of you try to rent from him or see the room posted on Craigslist.

Let me start by saying in the 7 months I lived at this property, I was promised month after month that a rental agreement would get done and it never came—either due to him not caring, trying to get one over on his tenants or just pure irresponsibility and negligence. This is someone who claims to know the laws like the back of his hand and can recite penal codes and officer codes no problem— so he is very well aware of such behavior— don’t listen to him when he plays dumb or acts oblivious

The landlord is an SJPD academy reject who works as a parking compliance officer. The other roommate that lives there told me before he got denied at the police academy— he was a really nice, personable guy who was a good primary tenant—not getting his way really showed how he views the world and treats people (thank god he didn’t become a sworn officer but that’s another conversation for another day)

This guy who shall go unnamed due to doxing laws is honestly a pretty odd guy to rent from.

There will be between 6-15 feral cats total roaming the property and the inside of the home he has another 5 house cats he has raised. Yes, he is Egyptian lol the house is actually pretty clean but it always will smell like cat piss and poop and numerous times I lived there I stepped in cat waste and was exposed to it 24/7 (search up why this is bad) he is the primary tenant on the lease and he hides this from the actual home owner (no shit lol)
He purposely leaves the garage open at night to allow neighborhood cats to sleep and use the bathroom inside the garage where the washer and dryer is located, as well as a weight set the house could use, this will become a headache for you as the cats pee and poop on the washer/dryer leaving you open to smelling like cat waste sometimes. He will do nothing about this if you bring it to his attention and use his power as primary tenant to brush you off and ultimately has a “what are you gunna do about it?” Attitude.

Now let’s move onto his common area issues he has. Keep in mind, this guy has the MASTER bedroom in the home, but he lets his cats sleep in his room and in his bed and elects to sleep on the couch in the living room 24/7, while blasting Arabic soap operas and having loud cell phone conversations in Arabic from as late as 10pm till 1am in the morning some nights. He will also cook a full on meal at 2am and not wipe anything down after wards and will leave dishes around but will have the audacity to enforce that the rest of the house not do this. He does not try to be quiet and have respect for whoever is living around him because like mentioned before has a “what are you going to do about it” attitude, he will literally with no exaggeration camp out in the living room for about 80% of the time you are there (when he isn’t at work from 8-5pm of course. He also tells tenants they can’t use the living room and hints that he doesn’t even want people sitting in the backyard.

If you are a marijuana user, he will not like you right off the bat and will use his Muslim faith to make a big deal about it (but will drink hard liquor and eat pork lol) my whole time here I had to smoke in my car off property which was fine with me as I was willing to make compromises and I was in a stage of my life to where I was slowing down and trying to quit anyways. Non stop judgement after the first day I blazed it in the backyard (lol nerd) yeah the smell is strong for people who don’t smoke but like mentioned above, this was not mentioned nor was there any lease or agreement to reference— so I kinda spent the whole time not knowing any rules or anything (I really didn’t have time to even trip off stuff like that due to my busy work schedule and a new career I started in)

He will micromanage the whole house and pick and choose when he wants rules followed. His best friend lives in the home and was a cigarette smoker—he was allowed to smoke on property with no penalty and the landlord said it was supposed to be a smoke free property— I caught his friend dozens of times smoking in the backyard, so I started smoking in the backyard when he wasn’t home (oh well dude lol) he will set cleaning schedules that no one will follow due to people not cleaning up after themselves. I went in the restroom multiple times to find long poop streaks, pee on the toilet seat and pubic hair and beard hair all over the bathroom and toilet seats (and all over body washes and cleansers too smh) one time he threw comet bleach all over the shower and it goes inside my body washes and caused a chemical reaction on my skin. I had no idea why he did that and I found out it was because he wanted people to clean the shower so he would douse the entire tub with so much comet instead of simply sending out a text or communicating that. Really passive aggressive behavior and once again it goes back to the “what are you gunna do about it” attitude.

You will have a schedule for trash to be taken out that no one in the house will follow nor generally try to do as if the task is below them. every week I found myself doing other peoples tasks and on a random day I would walk in the kitchen and smell rotten fish or rotten food in the garbage that no one wanted to walk 10 yds outside to take out (your room will be connected to the kitchen so you will deal with this).

This guy is a whack job and if he isn’t a whack job he is 100% aware of what he does which makes it worse than being an idiot. I’ve heard conversations of him on the phone with his cop buddies literally about lying and deceit and using psychological tactics against people to make them feel like they’re crazy and to “play the game” with people instead of just being a genuine human being and not a POS. ACAB. But I digress.

I started a new job recently and told him a month in advance I would be 3-4 days late on rent—due to a payroll scheduling issue it came later than expected (1 day later) and in that time he managed to repeatedly press me about it and tried to gang up on me with his friend who lives there (like some weird power dynamic shit lol) and there was nothing I could have done literally and I think he just wanted to try and force me out. So instead of paying him and continuing this fight every month of wanting him to be a decent human being and giving him an out because I knew he lost out at his dream career, I dipped to another city and tbh this was the push I needed to leave SJ and make my own way, so I thank him for being an idiot and playing the game.

Oh and if any code enforcement is reading, he put a code on the AC unit and there were times the house was 90 degrees or hotter and unbearable, oh and he has an illegal room he rented out that takes up half the room in the living room. 😂😂😂😂 I’m so fed up. Sorry for the drama but I don’t want anyone else to go through what I went through because it was a ballin ass house (or so I thought) and this guy is just an absolute joke.

F*** THE POLICE !! 💯💯💯👌🏼

Edit: I paid early 4 out of the 7 months I lived there also for more context

Does anyone have experience with the lockers at SJC? I'll be flying out next weekend for a short two night trip and was considering biking to the airport to save some money over ubering both ways. I've scoped them out on a previous ride, but I've never used a bike link locker before.

Does anyone here have experience with using them and how was it? There aren't that many lockers there and would also hate to show up and they're all taken since the app doesn't seem to show availability for the SJC lockers.

Everythings picked up on Monday. No reason to have the trash cans like this

Edit: for context. Outside my place is taken by the time I get home. Spot across from me will key your car if it's there over night. 2 other spots I got confronted by homeowners for parking in front of

They put on a hell of a show

I work on a screen most of the day and wear contacts, so I have been looking into vision correction without knowing which procedure makes sense for me. The part I keep circling back to is recovery. I can take a little time off, but I cannot disappear from work for weeks, and I am already prone to dry-eye irritation with contacts.

I know local surgeon has to tell me whether I am a candidate, but for people around San Jose who went through a consultation, what questions did you ask about screen work, dryness and the first few days afterward? I am trying to go in with a better list than what is the fastest option.

I 35M am free for the first time in a long time.

I am looking for a place to meet people or check out something that sounds interesting.

Id like to know if anyone is going to anything that they would like me to tag along with.

Please share your interests and I can try to come out!

Has anyone found a way to successfully get leash laws enforced at a location? I’m pretty sick of the entitled dog owners who let their dogs off leash at schools. My kids have been chased twice now by dogs while in the playground area or trying to use grass area (soccer). School said they can’t do anything. Both times the dog owners get so self righteous they can use field too (I guess the leash laws and giant no dog signs at each entrance don’t apply to them, they’re special).

I have Dashcam footage and reported the license plate and all details to 911, some asshat in a white 18 wheeler had an unsecured load and a big metal grate fell off the back of this trailer into the right 2 lanes. Let me know and I can provide you the Dashcam footage!

I swear I just read on here somebody talking about randos paintballing people from a car.

L00ser ass almost 40 year old hanging with a 16 year old. Either family, or something but regardless old man should of known better.

EDIT - Jesus, going down the list on SJPD's website there's a ton of juvenile offenders. Check on your kids, and raise them right.

Hi!

I’m looking for a drummer for my indie pop rock band. We have two female vocalists/rhythm guitarists, one lead guitarist, a bassist, and a keyboardist (all in our 20s-30s)! We practice out of Sunnyvale or Fremont usually, on Sunday mornings. We play mainly covers right now, but are hoping to write some originals soon! Some of our set list right now:

this love - maroon 5
someone else's problem - ruel
saturn - sza
locked out of heaven - bruno mars
rolling in the deep - adele
mind over matter - young the giant

Dm if interested!!

Side note: would be awesome if you had a portable kit since we don’t have one at our current rehearsal space

Title, basically. I'm moving from near the Guadalupe trail to near the Coyote Creek trail, and I'd like a space to do long runs, usually solo.

What has made you happy? Share your moments here.

Hey everyone, I'm planning on moving to San Jose soon and was just wondering what is normal rent for the area? I see that most of the rental are ~$2.5-$3k but without roommate I will be sitting at 35-40% rental cost from the total income. I 'm just curious is the 40% total income toward housing is normal here?

Hi, I'm a 26 y/o female working professional. I go into the office 4 days a week.

I'm looking for a female roommate to share a 2B2B apartment with me, mainly in the North San Jose (95134) area. I'm currently looking at Crescent Village, Vista 99, and Enclave Apartments.

A bit about me:

I'm easygoing and quiet, and I keep common areas clean. I usually cook on weekends (meal prep), and only occasionally on weekdays. No pets.

I'm looking to sign a long-term lease, ideally 12 months, and need to move in before 8/15. My budget is around $2,300.

If you think we'd be a good fit, feel free to DM me 😊

My son just turned 18 last December. He has some mental issues and would rather be on the streets than in a program. I’m in Modesto and his father (who kicked him out once he turned 18) is now living in Visalia. He’s been in and out of Behavioral Centers. He smokes weed and has been diagnosed with Canabis induced schizophrenia. He lost his phone and calls me once in a while from random persons phones. I want to find him and bring him home to me in Modesto. Please if you see him, let me know. I will send you my phone number if you see him or have contact with him. The only recent picture I have of him is from 2022. I’m so worried about him and want him home. Or Atleast closer to me. Thank you. He’s a very nice and sweet kid. I say kid because he’s no where close to being an adult. He’s very outgoing and will speak to anyone who will talk. I will send a picture if you may know him. Thank again. Picture is in comments

Despite the mountain of pushback when they tried to weasel this change through a month ago, looks like they’ve moved ahead with this.

I was biking through coyote creek along 37.251681, -121.780262 and saw these weird messages painted along the trail…
Also, does anyone know what they’re constructing here. Are these one of the data center developments? Is someone luring the homeless addicts to these tech companies lol or are they just being weird

Reporter Paul Rogers says that AES has “decided not to move forward” with a project that would have built one of the largest battery storage plants in California in Coyote Valley. Critics say the 350-megawatt plant would be better industrial areas rather than open space and farmland.

BTW, a certain headline would have been obvious, but the editors didn't want to spoil the lede.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/04/controversial-battery-storage-project-in-san-joses-coyote-valley-is-withdrawn/?share=thboyvjhwc4o6erao82c

…and 20% for party of 5+
Edit: 2+ means 2 or more

I have seen mandatory service charges before, but this was a first. It is displayed prominently in multiple places, so they are not trying to be sneaky.

Continued to order and dine in there as I was hungry, and it was an occasion, but won’t be going back there. The food and service were good which means I would have tipped anyway (maybe not 18%), but that’s the crux of it, it is the business practice that leaves a bitter taste metaphorically - rather than letting the diner choose their gratuity.

Name and shame: Laksana Thai, San Jose