A-Rod's Tenants Label Him a 'Slumlord'

By Michael Lopez

Yankee haters have called Alex Rodriguez a lot of things, but getting the title of “slumlord” may be a first. Of course the people jeering A-Rod in this situation are not baseball fans, but rather disgruntled tenants in a complex owned by the MLB slugger.

"He's a slumlord," said Vince, a renter in Rodriguez’ Normandy Park Luxury Apartments in Temple Terrace, Fla. "I'll call it just as I see it."

Alex, a businessman as well as a baseball player, is listed as an owner of Newport Property Ventures, which owns several apartment buildings in the Tampa area. And though the Newport website showcases glamorous living spaces, the tenants who live there tell a very different story.

"You got leaky faucets, leaky bathrooms, screens coming off, dog feces everywhere," said an unnamed renter.

Another source says that several pools in A-Rod’s complexes are overflowing with bacteria and have been unusable for years. In Alex’s defense, AOL Latino reports that Normandy Park has complied with the state Code Enforcement Board's requirements.

Still, the people who live there want their complex cleaned up.

"It's amazing,” said another unnamed tenant. “It's amazing a person that's got that much money can have properties that look like this."

Why do you think A-Rod hasn't cleaned up his properties? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3.

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