December 12, 2023
Black Landlord Surprises Tenants With Free Rent For The Holidays
After being evicted in 2017, Britni Ricard is gifting tenants of her own apartment complex with free rent for the month of December.
Real estate investor Britni Ricard, who is also known as Bee Marie, surprised tenants of her apartment complex with an early Christmas gift of free rent.
Residents were shocked after Ricard revealed they would not be required to pay rent for the month of December. The apartment complex owner posted a video to TikTok of the moment she gathered with her tenants to express her gratitude and present them with the unexpected holiday surprise. According to the Dec. 3 video which has garnered over 2 million viewers, Ricard told her tenants, “If I was going to give back, I want to give to people who give to me.”
“MERRY CHRISTMAS. [I’m] so grateful to God for putting me in the position to be able to give back. Gifting my tenants with FREE RENT is something [I’ve] always wanted to do,” Ricard wrote in the video’s caption.
Following the announcement, she revealed her plans to set up a seminar to educate her tenants on homeownership. “If I’m being realistic, and this is just me being one hundred percent transparent, what y’all are paying in rent, y’all could be paying in mortgage,” the landlord shared.
She embraced the grateful tenants with hugs and handshakes before they exited the meetup.
On September 16, 2022, the entrepreneur took to TikTok to share her experience in 2017 when she was evicted from her two-bedroom, two-bath residence. By 2022, Ricard was the owner of five duplex homes, and all ten of the two-bedroom, two-bath units were completely rented out.
Ricard is no gatekeeper in any of her career fields. The generous landlord is also the CEO of Cota Skin Care, a beauty brand that promotes the importance of self-care and maintaining healthy skin. Ricard spoke with BLACK ENTERPRISE in 2021 to share tips on how to keep melanated skin moisturized and glowing in the winter. The CEO, who turned her skincare company into a multimillion-dollar business in under two years, said that she took a leap of faith and quit her job to pursue her passion.