All Forum Posts by: David Roberts

i think he meant his salary was 50k a year.

Yeah body language is a dead giveaway, unless they're a sociopath lol.

thanks guys I'm writing these down.  

When screening, what are the subtle signs of PROFESSIONAL tenants that landlords can pick up on with the trained eye as to avoid them?

The arcades are one thing, the pinball machines are another.  If anyone ever enjoyed playing pinball at a bowling alley or pizza joint, you'd remember that there were always issues.  Broken plastics, the ball getting jammed somewhere, flippers not lined up right, etc.  Pinball machines require a lot of care.  If they are getting played and beat on, they require attention.  Arcades would be better.  

lol.  That's way before my time.  I like a couple machines from the 80s but mainly 90s and present with the dot matrix displays. 

Never got into the electromagnetic ones,  or the earlier ones lol

I think something like a pool table in a finished basement might be attractive for the husband who would love a man cave.

If you have a pinball machine why don't you offer to sell it to me?  I'm a very big pinball fan.

I had 4, sold 2, kept the 2 I love.  I wouldn't leave something like a pinball machine.  Too many moving parts and you might be there fixing it quite a bit.  Plus depending on the year it's a very big safety hazard.  Until 1991 I believe, you could open the coin door and kill yourself if you touched something.  They finally changed the coin door design to have a button that disengages when it opens, shutting off the high level of current flow to the playfield as a safety feature.

PM me about your pinball machine.  Sorry to hijack the thread :).  I have a Terminator 2 and a Demolition Man.  I had a Tales from the Crypt and a Judge Dredd but sold them a few years ago.

There are several of us around metro Detroit that know different areas.  Any one of us would be glad to give you some direction, or more.

Good luck!

in summary scott, there is a reason you can buy these houses for a buck.  There's no free lunch. 

scoot that's the thing,  where are the troublemakers going to go? I don't know a thriving detroit.  I haven't been alive long enough and i expect that i will never see it in my time.