Eliminate all the issues. Install a double throw switch as the landlord switch.

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Attach a hot to the black screw and attach the switchloop to the red screw. Attach the black from the cable to the fixture to the white screw. Neutral and grounds can pass straight though the box unmolested with no looping or parallel conducters.

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It is best for a leader to be both feared and loved. But since this usually cannot be done, it is safer to be feared.