Here's a close up:

Yep, this is what I did today. Had a water leak coming in on top of the window, where a shingle was broke. So rather than spend 2 hours repairing it in the rain, I just used two layers of tin metal and overlapped under the next shingle up.

Now, I'm sure you are wondering...

Why would Brandon not just hire that out? That looks miserable.

Good question, and yes it was miserable; and here's my answer:

1.) I don't currently have a great maintenance guy I can rely on, especially for something like this. I'm looking! (you know anyone?)

2.) It's a Saturday... and NO ONE in my town works on Saturdays.

3.) I had nothing better to do today. Yes, I'm sure I could have spent an hour trying to find someone to go do it, and explain what to do, and hope it was done right. But instead I went into town, grabbed some Starbucks, and climbed up on a ladder and "fixed" the problem temporarily. I'll look for someone to do a more complete fix next week.

So yes, my time is better spent finding deals, finding investors, and other "higher paying jobs." However, today I was just hanging out at home doing some house work. And sometime's a landlord needs to do what needs to get done.

Anyways, just thought I'd share a quick inside look at the life of a landlord (at least this landlord.) It's not always glamorous, fun, or exciting. But I'll make $250 this month on this property so ... hey, I'll take it.

Thoughts? Criticisms? (I know @Ben Leybovich will have something to say about this!)