I hear you. The same thing happened to us.
Happened ? As in Sotos no more or referring to a past business?
So many people I know that have had small businesses never have good things to say about landlords and rent. Landlords are in general business killers, happy to stand by watch tenants fail, and when they do up the rent for the next sucker or let it sit empty as it’s still beneficial for them rotting empty thanks to rising property prices, equity and tax breaks.