We’ve combed the interwebs for tales that will have you running for mama’s basement or home ownership in a hurry—or at least away from these guys.  Here are the 50 best…or should we say: worst?

Loser Landlords

Some are lazy. Some are litigious. Some lack what we like to call “boundaries.”

If your worst fear is that your landlord or a maintenance worker might leave the door open sometime while you’re out, think again. What if your landlord lets your dogs out, steals your phone and wants to charge you extra money to replace ancient flooring when you move out? Or imagine these scenarios, ranging from merely irritating to truly horrible:

Your landlord won’t fix your air conditioner during a heat wave—and your baby is so hot she’s stopped eating.

Your landlord loses your home to foreclosure and oops, forgot to tell you.

Your landlord doesn’t bother to fix the locks.

Your landlord raises your rent by 25%. Ouch.

Your landlord resorts to forgery to try to evict you.

Or your landlord could sue you for Twittering about your mold problem.

Or there could be cockroaches. Or cockroaches and bedbugs. Or cockroaches,bedbugs, and rats. Rats that bite. Or roof leaks and termites.

Your landlord could routinely flout health and safety codes to the point where toddlers fall through railings. Elevators could be in such bad condition that they amputate your finger.

Your landlord could set up a spy camera that transmits footage of your bedroom and disables the smoke alarm at the same time—a two for one deal!

Roommates From Hell

Some roommate problems can be solved with better communication. Not these.

Your roommate could steal your puppies, your meds, or your identity or charge things on your credit card. Or “borrow” your car and leave the state. Or steal everything. Or live with your corpse for weeks while trying to swindle money out of your father. Makes stealing your liquor look pretty good, doesn’t it?

Your roommate could beat you with a harmonica or a frozen pizza or take your gaming system and rent money. Or use your computer for porn. Or let his drug dealing put you in legal jeopardy.

You could live with people who enjoy ridiculous pranks like making you get fat because otherwise their mobster grandfather will beat you to a pulp. (Really? Someone fell for that?) Or who put a camera in the shower. Or who spray you with Lysol, beat you with a hammer, kill your dog, help you lose your job or creepily stalk your sister.

Or, your roommate could just be a slob who doesn’t mind unsanitary living conditions or dead mice under the fridge! Or merely someone who talks too much or lets her boyfriend practically move in.

Of course, even if you try to deal with a horrible roommate, she could always refuse to leave.

Disasters, Dogs, and Other…Issues

You could lose everything in a fire and be unable to replace it, thanks to not having renter’s insurance. Or lose it in a flood (many renters aren’t aware that separate flood insurance is necessary).

If fire and flood aren’t enough for you, there are always the neighbors. Maybe they own a crazy pit bull that defecates in the hallways. Or, they could simply be too loud.

Makes your parents’ basement sound pretty good, right? Of course, then you might have to obey some rules. It doesn’t always work out so well, but it’s better than this.