Oh my God the stories...

[Jim K.]

I just recently finished up the full purchase of our first small multifamily. Before this, I was in duplexes and single families. I feel I've come away from self-managed low C-class real estate investing with my share of stories. But this...this is incredible. I can't say much now because a lot of this could end up in litigation, but man, there's nothing like REI to give you stories to share.

Almost every day is an adventure, and most of them are barely on the edge of believability. A lot I've shared here on BP. If you had told me at the start of this that I would end up here, really, just at the end of my first decade of DIY landlording, with this many stories to share about this much craziness, human misery, and just plain savagery on the part of just plain savages, I would never have believed it.

What's the least believable thing that's ever happened to you in this business? And please, however nutty it is, I'd like to hear it. For me, I'm not sure. It would probably be the time I was over at a tenant's place caulking up windows and the medical port in his arm fell out. He started bleeding EVERYWHERE. I called 911 and put pressure on the port opening, held his arm together as he threw up and passed out. The long minutes ticked away but finally the paramedics showed up and carted him off to the hospital. Some of you may remember when this happened, I shared it on Bigger Pockets and was accused of virtue-signaling. All I can say is...no...that's just how it happened.

I am reminded of this because sadly, in our small multifamily, a tenant dies of what appears to be a fentanyl OD as we were closing on the place. This is actually the SECOND fentanyl OD I've been a part of as a real estate investor.