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  • Retired Landlord/Author
  • Commerce Township, MI
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You Know You're a Landlord when.....by Nancy Neville

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  • Retired Landlord/Author
  • Commerce Township, MI
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You know you are a landlord when you have over 40 phone numbers programmed in your cell phone and only 4 of them are family and friends.

You know you are a Landlord when you and your family go for a Sunday drive but it's to check out your properties to see how your tenants are doing.

You know you are a landlord when you choose your new boyfriend or husband by his maintenance skills.

You know you are a landlord when you watch Judge Judy and the tenants are using the same lines as your own tenants.

You know you are a landlord when you visit a family members house and wonder how much rent you could get for it. 

You know you are a landlord when you have more paint supplies in your garage then Home Depot.

You know you are a landlord when your rentals are nicer than the home you live in.

You know you are a landlord when you fix your home up with left over materials from fixing up your rentasl.

You know you are a landlord when you can automatically calculate an applicants credit score before you even run it.

You know you're a landlord when your daughter automatically yells, LANDLORD, when you knock on someone's door.

You know you are a landlord when you talk to your kids about drugs and use your tenants as an example.

You know you are a landlord when you give up all your habits because they remind you of your tenants. 

You know you are a landlord when Quality Time with your Family is painting a rental home together. 

You know you are a landlord when everyone knows your name at Home Depot

You know you are a landlord when you give your girlfriend a drain snake as a valentines gift.

You know you are a landlord when you give your wife a set of tools for Christmas, and she knows she is a landlord because she likes it.

You know you are a landlord if you agree with the picture below

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I dont know what kind of landlord you folks are, but I know I'm a landlord when my PM sends me a notice that rents for the month have been deposited in my bank account. Thats the only kind of landlord I want to be as well!

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