What do you think about the first few paragraphs of my novella?

Overall, it's quite good. One thing I don't like is that you have 3 sentences in there that all want to be the opening sentence: "My name is Cedric Fowler...", "The reason why I’m starting this off is because my best friend and landlord...", and "The worst day of my life happened on my second to last...". I would think about yanking the whole bit about his name, and maybe sticking it in someplace else.