The Lancashire-born Lowry was a rent collector and new the streets well.
From the independent.co.uk
Paul graduated from Newcastle University in 1978 and began his career in housing as a rent collector for Wigan council.
From the guardian.co.uk
A failed farmer who had once built a house called Hardscrabble, he had lately sold firewood on the streets of St. Louis and worked as a rent collector.
From the washingtonpost.com
Rising from office boy to rent collector to building manager to broker, he performed so well that his name went on the company's title before he was 30.
From the time.com
His job of rent collector with the Pall Mall Property Company, which he held down for more than 40 years, placed him squarely on the capitalist side of the class barricade.
From the independent.co.uk
A Manhattan state court determined that Biond Fury, the psychic and collector who co-owns Braswell Galleries, owes more than $21,000 in rent to a former landlord.
From the washingtonpost.com
In 1991, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he worked as a bill collector and eventually scraped together enough money to rent a small theatre and stage the play.