All Forum Posts by: Carl W.

@Carl W.

It does not matter

You are not responsible for personal property within the unit. If the place burned down you would not pay for their stuff (assuming it was accidental).

This is why they need to have renters insurance. If you do not require it or check it - this is why you force them to have it - to avoid these stressful situations

Tell them that their renters insurance covers their personal belongings.

Where exactly did you read the word victim? Exactly. Try again. 

Your post to vote ratio is also garbage. Wonder why?

Haha that's awesome, I need to take a little pride in that ranking. So here's my take and it really is common sense...

At the end of the day I go back to 2 scenarios -(1) you can dump 20 people on abandoned island somewhere or (2) go back to "caveman" days and separate but also true, no matter what it comes to eventually violence will be the end to force something. Study the actions/thoughts/emotions of those people and that will tell you exactly what you need to know and how the world functions at it's base instinctual level. The farther you get from this base level the more problems you have.  

You don't gather yourself food - you go hungry. Someone has a legitimate broken leg, you take care of them and give them a separate task to do. I can tell you for a fact all this LGBTQ, gay, feminist, BLM, feeling hurt BS goes out the window with a quickness. That kind of stuff only exists in a society SO privileged that everyone's basic needs (plus lots more) and completely taken care of. You get this sense of entitlement when people don't have to work for their basic needs so they think they deserve more than what they are given. On top of that it creates absolute degeneracy in society because there are no punishment's for people actions because people are more worried about their feelings than surviving. 

 Child molester? Rapist? Murderer? Chop their head off in public. I bet the next person thinks their actions through a little better. Some may say - "oh how barbaric" - but really, is it? It's not, it's just that you are completely a byproduct of the mainstream and people around you. Now if you're on a deserted island and there's a child molester...what do you do? Ban them entirely from ever coming back for life (ie: life in prison) or kill them (death penalty). It's not so wrong anymore is it?

And since we're here - here's the 3rd thing I've been pondering lately...they had a women's work movement in the 40s-60s. This is great - and there ARE exceptions, I am just stating a generality here which is what the rule would be. Rules are made for the generality - not the exceptions. So the govt encouraged women to go to work - this has several consequences (1) more govt income since women are working (2) puts kids in the public school system so they can be taught by a govt made curriculum. (3) Now the mother and father have less time with the kids, and less time with each other. What does this encourage? Independence. What happens when you get independence - well you get people thinking for themselves. Now they can, to a varying extent be controlled by what they see, what they hear etc. What do they see and hear? Mainstream media pushing their agenda. On top of that it encourages divorce. What do we see in those years - a massive spike in divorce. Sure there may be other reasons, but it's too coincidental for this forced independence not to be a contributing factor. On top of that divorce for women is rewarded - good chance of alimony and more child support that was was necessary to sustain the same life style as before. 

So what's a problem? Good conservative men. What's the epitome of evil as defined by the mainstream media - a good conservative man. They are now encouraging men to get all in their feelings, be emotional, be trans and all this other complete and utter BS. 

Funny.  I wonder the same thing as I'm asked it LITERALLY 99% of the time when nearly anyone comes to the property.  (It's a complete gut rehab of a 100+ YO house)  Frankly I've had different experiences as work has progressed, but my wise wife gets angry when the question is posed, so she said to answer the question with a question:  "Why do you ask?" Let them come up with the reasoning, rather than you having to try and figure it out.

With the first contractor we hired, a roofer, (in retrospect) it was likely to determine how much time and effort he needed to put into the job (ultimately I asked him not to come back after paying for the work he completed to that point).  But, as a result, I became the GC, in addition to the investor...not necessarily what I had hoped for.

Ultimately, I verbalize what I've heard James Dainard (sp?) and others talk about on BP: striving to upscale work/materials/finishes so that if rented, then sold, it will appraise as a well-done flip/remodel, not just a builder grade cheap material hack job.  We are also in the business (charity?) of rehabbing the houses in our neighborhood, so we tell anyone who comes to work at the property that we are here to set the standard for the neighborhood.  

Bottom line: if it's contractors, give them your specific expectations up front so that they will know what they are working to.  If it's utilities/municipalities, just be honest since you're presumably a legitimate business, not a shady slumlord.