PimpMobile!
Friday, November 14
For the second time in three days, I was a stereotypical landlord today - fixing a toilet. In fact, today's toilet problem was exactly the same as Wednesday's - a broken tank bolt. Fortunately, today's project went much smoother and probably only took about 3o minutes to fix.My initial plan for t...
The Stereotypical Landlord
Wednesday, November 12
I receive frequent criticism from wanna-be real estate "gurus" who make their living trying to convince gullible newbies that they can get rich "on autopilot". Of course, that means that the newbie can hire everything out and simply sit on their butt while the money rolls in. It's a completely ri...
Auction
Tuesday, November 11
Yesterday was just a routine (boring) early winter day. We're a month too early for snowboarding and a little too late for camping. I paid some bills yesterday morning and then did a little routine maintenance work on a 3 bedroom apartment. During my work on the 3 bedrrom apartment, I received a ...
Cleaning Up
Monday, November 10
I got a lot of work done today on one of my 1-bedroom apartments. This is a unit that had a move-out this month and needed a little work to be ready to rent again. The tenant took almost everything with him, but did leave a couch and dresser. The couch was in excellent condition and the dresser w...
Tenant Issues
Saturday, November 08
About a week ago, I received a call from my local Section 8 office. The case worker told me that a tenant called to complain that her heat wasn't working and that her apartment was cold. This tenant has been somewhat of a problem since moving in about 3 months ago. I told Section 8 that I hadn't ...
Winterization Day!
Thursday, November 06
I honestly don't know where this week went. I had the Section 8 on Monday. Tuesday, I finished collecting this month's rent. Yesterday, I paid some bills and deposited the rest of the rent money. Today, the weather was beautiful and I decided to winterize our Motorhome and swimming pool. The moto...