Homicide and Suicide
Saturday, August 15
I took the day off today, at least as far as the rental property business is concerned. However, I did still have a personal real estate project to do. To make a long story short, my wife's family is selling a house they inherited and somehow I got picked to do a few maintenance items at the hous...
My Own Brush with Euthanasia
Wednesday, August 12
I spent a couple hours this morning finishing the taxes for one of my companies. I'll take the info to my accountant in the morning.My projects in town today were to fix a toilet that kept running; fix a sink that had very low flow of hot water; and to replace a broken refrigerator. Just after I...
Financial Reports - What They Really Tell Us
Tuesday, August 11
I spent a little time today working on my 2008 taxes. OK, I admit that I've procrastinated a little in getting them done. Anyway, something really impressed me as I was working on one of my rental property businesses. This particular business has about 10 rentals in it and I was entering the data...
Back to Painting
Monday, August 10
I finally got back to painting the Pink Elephant today. It was a beautiful day, although blazing hot, and I spent about 3 1/2 hours doing some painting. In addition to the painting, I had to stop by the insurance agency to sign paperwork for a renewal of one of my rental policies. I also fixed a ...
Guns and Ammo for the Weekend!
Sunday, August 09
This weekend was another 3 day weekend! I did work about 2 hours Friday morning in order to completely catch up with the last maintenance tasks on my list. Those projects included fixing a leaking toilet (replacing the flapper valve and tightening the hold-down bolts), spraying weeds, and taking ...
Court, Section 8 Inspections, and more!
Thursday, August 06
If you are wondering what happened to yesterday's blog, my wife and I went out with friends for an afternoon and evening of fun and I didn't get home until late - too late to post my blog. So, let's catch up now!Yesterday started at about 9 am with the posting of an eviction notice for a tenant a...