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New Tenant!

Tuesday, April 06

I didn't work very long today, but it was worthwhile. My projects today consisted of changing a broken toilet handle; posting notices at several apartments to notify the tenants that trees are being cut down at those properties tomorrow; and doing the lease-up paperwork for one of my one bedroom ...


Dog Bite

Monday, April 05

I've had a lot of requests to start up my blog again, so here it goes. To be quite honest, I don't really think that talking about real estate stuff is very important anymore - at least compared to the destruction of our country at the hands of the socialists. For those of you that haven't been p...


Slow Week - The Holidays are Here

Wednesday, December 16

I'm already in holiday mode. The fact is that in the rental business, not much happens between Thanksgiving and Christmas. People are busy scurrying around shopping for Christmas presents. The weather is cold in Ohio. People certainly aren't moving if they don't have to. Therefore, I typically go...


Never Talk to Strangers!

Wednesday, December 09

When I was a child, my mother used to say "never talk to strangers." I guess I never was very good at taking instruction! Today was a good example. I was driving to one of my houses to do a little maintenance work. On the way, I drove by the only house that I now have vacant. As I glanced at the ...


EEEKS!

Sunday, December 06

The economy is bad - I guess that's not a great revelation. One of the issues that has arisen due to the bad economy is that I'm seeing more tenants paying late (during the 3 day eviction notice period and with a late fee). This month was no different, and I had one tenant that paid me yesterday....


I'm Back!

Wednesday, December 02

After a two month hiatus, I'm back to blogging. For all of you who have sent e-mails wishing me well, let me say a hearty Thank You! I appreciate your concern.My break from blogging started one evening, about two months ago, as I was cleaning the swimming pool. As I glanced into the water, it sud...