From Waiting to Wondering
Friday, July 31
I skipped a week of blog posts, sorry, I was waiting for some information…Our new tenant moved in, but I’m not clear on when. Previously we were getting $525/month in rent and a $400 refundable deposit. Our new property manager is getting us $625 and the deposit is $200 refundable and $150 non-...
Playing the Waiting Game
Friday, July 17
New this week, waiting on three things.First, for our new tenant to move in. It was supposed to happen four days ago, and as of last night, they are still getting move in money together. Bruce spent a lot of time getting the property painted and ready, and here it sits. My confidence in our ne...
July Tenant Turnover: More Photos
Sunday, July 12
As our saga continues with our "back on drugs" tenant who was avoiding us, our property manager has a new tenant ready to move in tomorrow, so we are busy getting it move in ready. I would like to see what the property manager would do for cleaning and repairs, but we decided to do the work ours...
July Tenant Turnover: Got Possession!
Friday, July 03
When dealing with move outs, possession is the biggest stress and the most important thing. We can deal with just about anything that goes wrong in a move out, as long as we can get the tenant to leave.We gave notice to our deadbeat tenant to move out at the end of June. She’s the one who avoid...
Hired a Property Manager
Friday, June 26
Bruce and I met with a property manager and signed up one of our properties with them this week. Hopefully our experience will go better than Brandon Turner's!I had done some homework to research and rank our local property management options. My first choice was someone I wasn’t sure was opera...
June: The Month of Grads and Notices
Thursday, June 18
Greetings BP family! I've been off the site for about a week, and am experiencing serious withdrawals! At least I still had the podcasts and Ask BP casts!We've been busy with family visiting to see our eldest graduate high school. Woo-hoo!Our first six months of quiet rentals is also screaming...