All Forum Posts by: Ericka G.

Leo Morales thanks for weighing in and for understanding. I did end up paying the contractor because they did the work as requested. I shouldn't have left the quilt in the house - lesson learned. I don't hold any hard feelings towards the contractor but I wouldn't necessarily work with them again or recommend them either. We'll see how things shake out now that tenants are living there - so far the new bathroom is working well...fingers crossed that no other issues emerge.

Derrick Thomas thanks for raising this issue - it is real and needs to be addressed rather than swept under the rug. I could share a ton of personal examples, but try not to dwell on setbacks...There's always a way to get things done and I've had a ton of favors tossed my way too. That said, certain trends in lending and insurance make my blood boil. The insurance industry in particular gets away with blatant bias. If anyone on here wants to coordinate a "sting" operation to further expose these issues/impact change in these industries, sign me up! Maybe if we all put our heads together we can fix things.

Megan Greathouse congrats!!! Looks like a great deal.

Darrel Maxam great idea! House is very cute and very on trend - I'd love to stay in a "tiny" house for a weekend just to see what it is like and I'm sure others feel the same way. Do you guys use a cleaning service or manage that yourselves?

Tee Allen this is a great idea and so needed. I work with a wonderful female small business owner in MI who now cleans 4 of our rentals on a regular basis. she and her "girls" are invaluable to our operation. You may want to consider bundling lawn care into your offering and then you'll be a one stop shop. Anyways, I found her just driving in the neighborhood via a decal on her car. So, in addition to the good tips others shared, advertise on your car and your friends/employees' cars? Craigslist and bigger pockets are other good sites. Set up your notifications so that you get pinged whenever someone in your area mentions cleaners, cleaning, etc then hop on and PM them. Good luck with it!

Victor Nelson good point about fair market value - there really isn't a value on this item so I will just have to chalk this up to a rookie error. We're on property #7 so I guess I should count myself lucky that nothing has been damaged before when I've had people working in fully furnished properties... #lessonlearned

Aaron McGinnis we did have a contract but it was theirs, not mine. I will review the damages clause when I get home and be sure to check/add a clause like that in the future. This project has been ripe with learning opportunities, eye roll, lol

Ritch Bonisa thanks for your kind words, much appreciated. My great grandmother was a seamstress and her quilts are mini works of art, made with scraps of family members clothing, hard to explain...we've been offered hundreds for her early 19th century ones. This was a less complicated baby blanket of sorts that she made when I was born - kicking myself for leaving it in the house. It never occurred to me that they would go into another part of the house to use/damage something unrelated to the job. This wasn't a gutted dump, this was a move in ready house converting a laundry to a bathroom...

Mark Gallagher you are very right. I'm grateful that the work turned out ok and have learned my lesson about leaving anything personal on a job site - I've had pretty good luck in the past. Will keep looking for my team in ATL. We have a great team for our MI properties so I've gotten soft.

Mark Gallagher good point, prob not worth the potential legal action but UGH, why would they do that? People are really disappointing sometimes