A landlord has been lauded online after selling a home and sharing the profits from the tenants who helped pay the mortgage.
Chris Robarge said he had been contacted by his former landlord and asked for his current address in a Facebook post.
He then received a letter letting him know that the landlord wanted to pay him and other former tenants back.
With the letter was a cheque for $2,500 (£1,800) and a note explaining how the amount had been calculated, according to the Mirror.
It read: "I calculated the amount of principal you paid each month you lived there, split it by who was living in the house at the time, and added 40% (the increase in value of the home from when I bought it).
"While it's not much, it's yours! It was a great house and I'm glad I was able to share it with you."
Chris of Massachusetts in the USA said it had been the first place he called home after going through a divorce.
He said: "I have been sitting with this for more than a day and I am still completely beyond an actual way to describe what this act means to me.
"All that I can say is that there are people who talk about their values and there are people who actually live them, and the reason I wanted to share this is that I want to encourage us all to actually live our values.
"Do it off the clock, do it when no one is watching, do it always."
Chris is now paying forward the kindness as he will spend $500 on car repairs but give the rest away to worthy causes.
The post was widely shared online with one person commenting: "WOW that's unheard of! What a beautiful, and real, gesture."
Another added: "This made me cry."
