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Tuesday, December 13
I fixed the leaky faucet after far too many trips to Home Depot. The tenant sent us a video of the leaky faucet just so we could eliminate any BS requests. It was legit. I took a look in-person, and it was leaking from inside the body. I went to HD and picked up a…
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Monday, December 12
The new tenant is all moved in. She noticed the kitchen faucet was leaking and sent me a text on Saturday evening. She instructed me to please fix it ASAP. It had a very demanding tone for a non-emergency. I showed my wife the text and she went Ricky Ricardo in my ear. I’m not…
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Tuesday, December 6
I have not heard anything in regard to the ROS being recorded. I introduced Lyla, the architect, and Chad with the survey firm that will being doing the topo for the duplex. Chad asked if it was OK if they started work based upon the notes from the County on the ROS and I gave…
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Friday, December 2
We finally got the Record of Survey with notes from the county. Once again, I had to email twice before I got a response with the second being a bit snarky. The surveyor said it will be resubmitted to the County for recording which takes about a week or so. I emailed the Lyla, the…
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Thursday, December 1
I’ve been neglecting to talk about how prospective tenants who have made an appointment to view the unit decide to not show. No notice, no nothing. When I first started being a landlord, people failing to show up to appointments made me mad. Now, I know that some people just don’t care and I can…
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Tuesday, November 29
I emailed the surveyor yesterday informing him I was just checking in. It has been about a month since the Record of Survey was submitted to the county. Hopefully, he will, at the least, reply in a timely manner so we don’t have to resort to a tersely worded conversation about customer service, again. The…
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Monday, November 28
I have felt little motivation to write anything lately. The Record of Survey is still being reviewed by the county. We are still trying to get a tenant for our empty unit. I really dislike a vacancy in the winter. The new flooring looks nice. We will update the pictures on Zillow once the job…
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Monday, November 21
The damn unit is still vacant. When I listed the unit, it was the only 1/1 in the vicinity. Now the market is flooded. In the past, I’ve never really felt the pain of trying to get something rented in the winter. I don’t recall if I’ve never had a winter vacancy or if I’ve…
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Monday, November 14
No news on the survey front, but I wasn’t expecting anything until this week. Fingers crossed the county finishes its review. We contracted with a landscaper to put low-water plants and bark at our duplex. We just recently had the yard scraped but we needed to get it landscaped soon because we just got some…
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Monday, November 7
I have been slacking in writing posts. I suppose it’s because no movement has been made in the process. We are in day 10 of the waiting period for the county to give its notes on the survey. The surveyor said turnaround is about 15-18 days. My wife and I (mostly I) have given over…
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