When a tenant is evicted and not present to collect their belongings, a landlord must incur the cost of hiring licensed pros to pack up those items and by law, hold them in safekeeping for up to 30 days. This is great news for moving and storage companies in New York City, cause it happens a lot.

With the economy sucking, poor neighborhoods have become a hotbed for these types of businesses and they’re creating quite a windfall for the entire cash-in-on-other-people’s-misfortunes industry. Hooray? (Photo: City Limits)