Missing Landlord

[Suzanne Piers]

Hello,  There is a landowner in SL named Olin Homewood and he owns Kendalwood Estates, which has probably 50 or more regions. He generally updates his notecards with available land every few days. He has  not updated since Dec. 17, 2020. This is extremely unusual. With the pandemic, it is possible he  is incapacitated in  some way or . . . worse. 😢

Does  anyone know what to do? Should I report this to LL? Maybe they already know? I  don't see support tickets on  their support portals. I suppose I could call LL directly. Anyone have any ideas? 

This is very weird. Thank you!

[Suzanne Piers]

Okay I just submitted a support ticket, but there  wasn't an appropriate category for a  missing landlord. lol I just submitted it under Land/Region so we will see what happens. 

 

[Aethelwine]

If you share a group with him and look in the members list you should see the date they last logged in.

I hope they are well and okay, they might just be dealing with real life.

[Lindal Kidd]

I'd say it's a grand opportunity for his (presumably many) tenants to live rent-free. For a while, anyway.

[Garnet Psaltery]

2 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:

I'd say it's a grand opportunity for his (presumably many) tenants to live rent-free. For a while, anyway.

Supposing he's in trouble in RL?  He still has to pay for the regions.  That would just add to his worries.

[Tessie Teebrook]

I have rented from Olin for over 5 years or more and I too am worried about him.  I have sent many messages with no response. 

 

[Silent Mistwalker]

If, IF, in the event Olin does not log back into SL, those who rent on his regions may want to contact LL  (individually and/or as a group) and arrange for you to have a bit of time to pick up your things before L shuts the regions down. LL has always worked with residents in situations like this when LL is made aware of what has occurred. Don't wait too long though because if there isn't enough to cover his monthly when that comes due... yeah and I doubt anyone but him knows what his due date is. There is a chance a manager might know. Whoever is supposed to be in charge when the owner is absent (like sleeping).

Anyway, point being communication (with LL) is the key if you don't want to end up in a sandbox with a ton of items all clumped in one huge... well... clump.

[Jaylinbridges]

Olin last logged in on Feb 3, 2021...

per Hippo-Technologies User Group

 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Jaylinbridges

[Suzanne Piers]

Thanks Jaylin for that great info. I am  glad he logged in this month. But he didn't update notecards so I am worried. 

I did put a ticket in with LL and they gave me the "we can't disclose anything about SL residents..." blah blah. I made it clear that he was MIA and that his tenants were worried. Idk. If his tier is paid to LL with automatic payments, I suppose that his regions will still stay active until either the credit card is full or he runs out of  money. He doesn't have a manager, and has always run things on his own. He is a  great landlord until you need something urgently. 

Unfortunately, he doesn't even have a  group, where we can discuss the issue. 

And yes, we can all live rent-free until LL reclaims the regions due to lack of tier payment. I'm hoping he is okay; it's very weird for him to be gone like this. I went ahead and  moved somewhere else because I didn't want to have my things suddenly returned in a giant bundle. 

Thank you all for the great input! Tessie Teabrook, if you hear anything let me know either inworld or here. Tnx!

 

[bigmoe Whitfield]

38 minutes ago, Suzanne Piers said:

Thanks Jaylin for that great info. I am  glad he logged in this month. But he didn't update notecards so I am worried. 

I did put a ticket in with LL and they gave me the "we can't disclose anything about SL residents..." blah blah. I made it clear that he was MIA and that his tenants were worried. Idk. If his tier is paid to LL with automatic payments, I suppose that his regions will still stay active until either the credit card is full or he runs out of  money. He doesn't have a manager, and has always run things on his own. He is a  great landlord until you need something urgently. 

Unfortunately, he doesn't even have a  group, where we can discuss the issue. 

And yes, we can all live rent-free until LL reclaims the regions due to lack of tier payment. I'm hoping he is okay; it's very weird for him to be gone like this. I went ahead and  moved somewhere else because I didn't want to have my things suddenly returned in a giant bundle. 

Thank you all for the great input! Tessie Teabrook, if you hear anything let me know either inworld or here. Tnx!

 

Yeah there are laws t hat prevent them from disclousing anything, even if you were say married to some one that uses SL,  you guys use it for say,  him/her traveling to keep in touch when not in touch and that other person vanishes,  they will not hand over the information to you,  so you would have to go get legal help to get the information from them about their last location they logged into sl in real life.

[Silent Mistwalker]

2 hours ago, Suzanne Piers said:

I did put a ticket in with LL

That wasn't what I was recommending. It's rather a moot point now though since you moved. 😊

[Suzanne Piers]

UPDATE: I just found out that Olin sold the estates to the Chungs. That is probably why he was online awhile back. I am so sad, because I loved Olin and his land. The Chungs are perfectly nice people I'm  sure, but it makes me sick that they have more and more regions in SL. I like to have choices, and the large landholders like the Chungs and ZoHa Islands own so many regions across the grid. If they get mad at you they can ban you  from all of their widespread estates which can prevent you from attending events at some  of your favorite destinations.  But I'm hopeful that Olin didn't die, but sad that he must be having some difficulties in RL. Thanks for all your answers and contributions!

Edited February 18, 2021 by Suzanne Piers
I didn't finish my thought.

[Solar Legion]

28 minutes ago, Suzanne Piers said:

UPDATE: I just found out that Olin sold the estates to the Chungs. That is probably why he was online awhile back. I am so sad, because I loved Olin and his land. The Chungs are perfectly nice people I'm  sure, but it makes me sick that they have more and more regions in SL. I like to have choices, and the large landholders like the Chungs and Zoha Islands.  But I'm hopeful that Olin didn't die, but sad that he must be having some difficulties in RL. Thanks for all your answers and contributions!

The estate I rent with did that a while back, originally having their own account among that empire for managing the Estate before it was handed off to one of the others.

I've not had any issues with them in all this time.

[Cinos Field]

22 hours ago, Suzanne Piers said:

UPDATE: I just found out that Olin sold the estates to the Chungs. That is probably why he was online awhile back. I am so sad, because I loved Olin and his land. The Chungs are perfectly nice people I'm  sure, but it makes me sick that they have more and more regions in SL. I like to have choices, and the large landholders like the Chungs and ZoHa Islands own so many regions across the grid. If they get mad at you they can ban you  from all of their widespread estates which can prevent you from attending events at some  of your favorite destinations.  But I'm hopeful that Olin didn't die, but sad that he must be having some difficulties in RL. Thanks for all your answers and contributions!

Ouch. My condolences.