One Bedroom Rented!
Thursday, April 16
It was another good day in the rental business. Today, I rented my one bedroom apartment that I have been rehabbing. This was one of the units that slipped through the cracks as I was building my business. The rehab has been 95% done for a couple of weeks and I just need to put the finishing touc...
Giving Away the Tenant's Possessions!
Tuesday, April 14
Today was a fun and interesting day. As you may recall, I had a tenant that decided to start taking crack instead of paying the rent. To make a long story short, she ended up being admitted to a mental health facility. Instead of being evicted, she decided to voluntarily leave. Her mother only to...
Suicide on Easter? Give Me a Break!
Monday, April 13
Easter is always a busy time of year for me. I am actively involved in my church, which is a fairly large church that has two services every Sunday. My area of ministry at church is to be part of the tech team and more specifically to operate the projection at least once a month and for almost al...
Got the Keys!
Thursday, April 09
It is now official, there will be no evictions this month. As I reported yesterday, my final iffy tenant has been admitted to a mental health facility and her mother was moving her out of the apartment yesterday. Today, I got the keys back which makes it official that I have possession of the pro...
Seven Straight!
Wednesday, April 08
Well, contrary to my gloomy prognostications, it looks like I will have a 7th straight month with no evictions. As I reported yesterday, I had given a 3 day notice to my tenant who had been admitted to a mental facility. I also talked to the administrator at the mental health facility, letting he...
Collecting the Iffy Rents
Tuesday, April 07
My normal rent collection period lasts from the 1st to the 4th of each month. On the morning of the 5th, I post 3-day eviction notices for everyone who hasn't paid and they owe a $50 late fee if they pay during the 3-day notice period (before I file the eviction in court). That's my procedure and...