All Forum Posts by: Scott Mac

California used to be smoking hot.

Like Jay said houses that used to be $30,000 now go for millions.

The dishwasher may have a grinder in it for food particles, and the discharge might go into the disposal.

Those particles might not be washing down completely.

Maybe they are grinding up garlic or onions or who knows what.

Maybe that is what is coming Into the garbage disposal possibly from the food on the plates or something like that.

Maybe the P trap under the sink is not filling with water correctly and allowing sewer gas to come back in.  

Just my 2 cents.

People who live in a slum do so because that is what they can afford.

Section 8 does not allow slums on it rental list.

If you take this housing away from these people where do you intend to have them live; in the streets, underneath freeway overpasses? 

If they could afford to own houses they would own the houses but they can't. 

And in America slum housing is not the order of the day it does not exist. 

Slum housing seems to be the order of the day in some 3rd world countries though. 

Maybe volunteer for habitat for humanity and go swing a hammer for a few afternoons and build a house for some underprivileged family???

Just my 2 cents.

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 Hi Devin,

Have you ever considered that instead of America needing smaller homes that are more affordable, that America needs more higher paying jobs so that people can live the actual American dream versus having to settle for less and less and less (Has George Carlin pointed out in his classic speech about this). 

Just my 2 cents.

Get a second job. 

There are (3) 8 hour shifts in a day.

Look into getting a temporary job doing something easy that pays well.

Look into getting into a skilled trade as an electrician or a plumber

Work more spend less.

$10,000 might seem like a lot to you and it is to your circumstances but its doable.

Good Luck!

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The way I look at it if you are open for business and you have a business line, and there are owner questions or issues that needs to be dealt with you should take the call and handle the business of the call.

It might be that this couple that owns the house is just getting their feet wet with having someone else managing the property and they want to get comfortable with your management style as being what they want.

Making such a hasty decision on two weeks worth of knowing these people as your customers seems like a rash decision to me, but I don't know exactly what's going on, and sometimes personalities just do not mix well together.

If it were me I would give them two or three months and respectfully answer their questions but also let them know what your ground rules are regarding taking calls and how you handle things - in other words be polite and also educative as to how you handle things.

Good Luck!