All Forum Posts by: Dumitru Anton

 @Joe Scaparra,

your FMR includes some utilities too. if you manage to pass the water bill to tenant, expect your actual to drop. (locally/Chicago, Landlord pays the water/sewer/garbage, but Water district helps with new water meters)

can you focus on consuming less water? low-consumption fixtures, new toilets/toilet guts? check if they are any programs locally to help you with that...

 @James Syed, this paragraph!

if my memory serves right, the big 2 NO-NO's where landlord getting paid extra rent and extra un-approved(by HA)/unlisted on the lease tenants.

Please allocate the time to call them (HA)!

@Mike Malicad,

first please re-read what @Mark Ainley said. the average life for oven/range and washer is 2-3 years (from brand new) with a large tenant family.

now for buying new, and new card offers with 1 year/2year 0%:

-sears or sears outlet (for scratch and dent)

-talk with the local homedepot/lowes/menards, especially the manager on duty or appliance desk

-abt

-all of them deliver southside, and they may even install + remove old appliances (for a fee) (if your metal garbage collectors are not active in your area..)

-i think you can depreciate these on the taxes

for used: 

-you need to talk with the used appliances store around your location

-they may offer 3 months/6mts warranty

 @Francesco Adriatico, if you are stuck there for a year, instead of whining (you choose to stay there even if the conditions where visible), why don't you make it your HOME?

rent a carpet cleaner , use vinegar + dishsoap (not too much because of suds),went 2 times over every inch of carpet, then 4 times just with the vacuum setting and extract EVERY BIT OF WATER (!!! this is for your health!!!). the carpet should be dry after your finished NOT WET!

take a wet cleaning rag to the broken blinds and now they are at least clean.

clean+disinfect the bathroom/kitchen twice (for your own health and peace of mind)

and now you have a clean place to stay for a year.

talk nice with the landlord and he may even reimburse the money for cleaning the carpet.

why: the carpet is dirty because of tenants not caring!

show the landlord you care and you may be in it for the long-term

so, what are you going to do: ACT or Whine?

all the best

P.S. @Greg S. was just warning you holding rent has some conditions to be legal (you have to pay in a court account). Credit blemishes are not treated easily by corporate landlords....

@Maximilian Marck, 

yes they are:

-they are called: you spot a good renovation/construction project around you, you go there on a Friday night with couple boxes of pizza and couple pop boxes, and tell them you just want to learn to be more handy and to "learn the ropes" and they will take care of you (if they see motivation!), you will learn something and your couch will thank you. just make sure not to be in their way....

continuous success

@ Helen Kirk, you got a lot of info from @Patti Robertson and @Gail Kaitschuck

,now you need to train your tenant!

also, on any renovation faze , you can go cheap but easily replaceable (ikea $99-$110 countertops/craigslists kitchen demos), or though and functional (cabinets/bathroom vanities)

@Levi T., have you try contacting a couple printing businesses, in your area?

you need somebody which already has the high output deal with post-office, and already has the machines that print/feed those (those babies setup well can do 1,200-6,000 pieces in 5-10 minutes).

Pitney bowes is on the low retail side: if you go with them, make sure you keep the machine connected to a computer (usb cable) and check frequently for data updates/ rates updates....

or you can check what belt feed equipment they have (special ink required; dry time/properties), and get one at an liquidation/going out of business auction.... the techs for those come with min. 2 hour $200-$250/hr

re:folder inserter machine, check the printing (commercial) equipment auctions...

Good luck and continuous success

 @ Alina T.,

please investigate HUD VASH, (section 8 for Veterans):

they practice a managed approach, but they usually look for studios or 1bedrooms....

@Bradley Bogdan had some threads with a LOT of details in the past, so using the search BP function would be recommended.

also if you go for seniors as customers, please remember to be ADA compliant. or look for the non-profits in your area already doing that. you just provide them approved housing stock.

and read again what @Patti wrote: you cannot discriminate, not matter how good intentions....

@Shannon K. and @ Steven Payne,

thank you kindly for your votes, but the credit goes to @Marcia Maynard (our resident ADA, low income, healthcare, communications guru ). in a previous thread about how to get rid of smoke smell, she mentioned the vinegar bowl method used successfully with her piano performer husband.

i just improvised on top of that with a dog house/basement (since bleach would have me faint in that relatively confined space). no smells reported for 3 years

 buy 2 gallons of vinegar, and some plastic bowls: place in various places around the construction site. (smell issue) homedepot has some stuff call damprid....

one bowl with water: this is your "quality of air hi-tech device"; check what floats on top of the water....