Pacific Heights

Earlier in class we watched a movie called Pacific Heights. The movie was basically about a couple, who is not married, who took a challenge and bought a home for the first time. To make ends meet, they needed to rent out the 1 bedroom and studio apartments below them. The first tenants to move in were a Japanese couple who had an excellent credit check. An African-American man wanted to move into the studio apartment but his credit check was misplaced when the Japanese couple moved in. Another man, Mr. Hayes, wanted to move into the studio as well.

The owner of the home, Mr. Goodman ran into Mr. Hayes in the beginning in front of his home. Mr. Hayes automatically said that he had already spoken to Mr. Goodman’s girlfriend and that she had a meeting with her to check out the apartment. With no questions asked, Mr. Goodman willingly let Mr. Hayes into the apartment to check it out. They start to discuss the apartment conditions and some of Mr. Hayes’s background. Mr. Hayes then tells Mr. Goodman that he wants the apartment, but since Mr. Goodman requires a credit check on all tenants, he waves the piece of paper to Mr. Hayes. Mr. Hayes then flashes his wallet full of one hundred dollar bills to Mr. Goodman claiming that he can pay 6 months worth of rent. Mr. Goodman is intrigued and lets go of the credit check. He then just asks for references.

Some red flags that Mr. Goodman should have considered before allowing Mr. Hayes to move in was that his own girlfriend had said she never spoke to a “Mr. Hayes”. Of course, he did not believe her. Second, the fact that Mr. Hayes was not able to supply a credit background check should have had Mr. Goodman thinking twice about the guy. Third, while Mr. Goodman was calling for references, some people that were given to him by Mr. Hayes didn’t even know he existed and the woman who had gave him an excellent reference asked for the address and where Mr. Hayes was currently staying in. To me that’s not very professional-like. Fourth, the money never got transferred to Mr. Goodman’s account for the first 6 months of rent like Mr. Hayes had promised, nor did he provide a security deposit. There were so much more hints and clues to why Mr. Goodman should not have let Mr. Hayes stay at his home. I actually got pretty interested in this movie and would like to see what happens in the end. I bet Mr. Hayes will try and seduce Patti then kill her or something.