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Updated almost 5 years ago, 01/10/2020

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Mark Miles
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
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Who plugs in your lamps?

Mark Miles
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
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Take this example: your cleaners tell you about a broken lamp. You order a new lamp online & ship it - now you just need someone to open the box & plug in the lamp.

Your handyman would do it if you can bundle it with a more beneficial (i.e., lucrative) task but he's not gonna come over just to plug in a lamp bc he's got other higher priority (i.e., lucrative) work.

Your cleaners don't live nearby & don't have any other nearby work in the next 2 days so they can't plug in the lamp.

Wondering how you guys handle this situation? Do you have neighbors in the area who will do little things like coming by to plug in a lamp & then you just Venmo them a little money here & there like $50/month or whatever.

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