简介：Twenty-nineyearoldCaucasianElgarEndersstilllivesattheestateofhisparents,WilliamandJoyceEnders,andofftheirvastwealthwiththeirblessing,althoughhisultra-conservativefatherhopesthatsomedayElgarwillhavesomedriveandmakeanameforhimself,muchashebelieveshiseldestson,WilliamJr.,hasdone.Elgardecidesfinallytomoveout,andbuysatenementhouseinParkSlope,Brooklyn,aroughneighborhoodseeminglyonthevergeofgentrification.Heplanstotearitdownandbuildanewhouseforhimself.Althoughtheyhavenoideaofhisplans,thetenantsofthebuilding,exclusivelyblack,donotwelcometheiryoung,lily-whitenewlandlordwithopenarms.Theybelieveheisjustanotherslumwhitelandlordwhowantstheirmoney,althoughmostofthemareindeedseveralmonthsbehindintheirrent.Despitetheirantagonisticbeginning,Elgar,afterspendingtimewithhistenantsandlearningtheirstories,decidestobeaproperlandlordandfixupthebuildingforthemandforhimtolivein.Elgar'stransitionintoliberalmindedloverofhisblackbrothersandsistersisnotwithoutitsproblemsashedealswithsometenantswhoareindeeddeadbeats,hisparentswhojustdon'tunderstandandagreewiththisphaseofhislife,andracerelationswherethecolorofone'sskindoesaffecthowtheyaretreatedinlifeandinturnhowtheyinteractwithothers.ThelatterisepitomizedbyhisrelationshipswithLanie,abiracialwomanwhoheinitiallybelievedwaswhite,andwithhusbandandwifetenantsCopeeandFannytowhohegetsalittletooclose…