All Forum Posts by: Ryan B.

No real damage done just a scratch on my leg and a bruised ego as the neighbors saw the whole thing. They really laughed when I hollered like a 7 year old girl scout.

The only thing I can think is that this house was a REO that had a decent sized hole in the roof (big enough that when it rained a small stream of water literally came through what was left of the ceiling). The roofers are just finishing up a complete tear off and reshingle so it is water tight now.

When I was gutting the room where the leak was, I pulled down the ceiling and the walls. I did find a couple of acorns when I was scooping up the rubble from the ceiling but thought nothing of it at the time. When I get back there later this week I am going to poke my head into the attic and I bet there is probably gonna be the squirrels stash of acorns for the winter. I wonder if he was trying to get in the house because the roof was fixed and he could not get in that way anymore.

I am like a monkey banging two rocks together when it comes to technology. That is as close as I could get to posting the pic from my gallery.

@Josh - I told my wife if i start foaming at the mouth to let them know about the squirrel attack :)

Woohoo, thank you for fixing the pic. Look at that wild beast. This was taken post attack when he was taunting me.

Nathan,

Due to the holidays I will probably be working on the rehab for another month or so. I won't be back there until later this week so it will be interesting to see if he tries it again.

Gonna see if I can figure out how to get pic posted.

I have both pics and video I just don't know how to put them so people can see.

So I just closed on another rental property and was over there doing some rehab earlier today.

As I was hauling some old rolls of carpet out to the dumpster I noticed this cute squirrel that was sitting on the front porch railing watching me. I thought it was intersting that he was letting me walk within about 3 feet of him each time and was not scared or running away. Little did I know he was plotting an attack.

On my next trip to the dumpster I shut the screen door and turned just in time to see my furry little friend doing this matrix style flying leap from the railing and wrapping himself around my bare leg (had on shorts).

So there I am with a roll of carpet on my shoulder, spinning in a circle, jumping on one leg trying to get this vicious beast off my other leg. I was able to give him a swift fling into the front yard where he then scampered up a tree.

After going back inside and seeing there were only a couple scratches I got another roll of carpet and headed for the front door laughing about watching the squirrel fly from me flinging him off my leg. I open the entry door and guess what I see......the little thug sitting on the railing looking at me through the screen door. Each time I would touch the door handle he would come running and scratch at the door.

So I figured I would outsmart him and go out the side door with the next roll of carpet. As I am walking up the driveway he pokes his head around the corner (front porch runs whole width of house) and just stares me down as I walk to the dumpster. The rest of the day we both just kept our distance from each other and everything went fine. Although he did get the last laugh as he went pee on the porch railing.

This got me to thinking, does anyone else have a story about run-ins with animals while working on a property?

Sounds like a great deal to me considering they may be decent long term holds that you can bring rents up to par on. The financing terms sound good too.

I'm with Jon, I just use one business account but keep track of the expenses for each property.

You do know that you can still screen section 8 tenants and do not have to accept just anyone. I have yet to have a section 8 tenant tear a place up. They don't want to get kicked out of the program.