All Forum Posts by: Steven Westlake

@Mike Dymski

I always use month to month leases, much easier if things go to court, as the lease is only good if it’s paid by the fifth.

Theresa Harris - thanks, planning to speak to local towing company this week.

 Thanks, cameras will being going up soon. Albeit it’s winter in Ohio and i prefer working inside and have plenty of indoor work needing done.

Issues installing pot fillers

1. Remove the drywall and support with something more solid. I used 3/4” marine plywood running from stud to stud. The issue is it will sweat when cold water runs through it, and that will turn the drywall to mush. I shaved the back side down over the studs to make flush to drywall for future tile. I know because i had to cut out the mush.

2. Be very careful not to lose the little tiny setscrews, 4 mm in my case, i know because i had to go buy some more.

3. On the back side i cut off the finger grip wings about halfway to allow the threaded ring to go partly inside the wall. I know because even on going thru 3/4 ply wood there were not enough threads to seal it.

So after 3 installations it seems to be working now. See pics below.

2 former tenants whom i evicted, and have been caught stealing from my property, come to visit, and often stay overnight at his mothers apartment, also my building, but in a different town. Yes, this theft is recorded with the police.

I think they more or less are living there, but proving that is another matter, as they are claiming they live with a different relative, but their cars are often at my apartment building.

No issues so far with the mother, can i get a no trespass order against them, because of the thefts? I would rather not have to, not renew her lease, just to make the thieves stay away. They are often taking up the limited parking spaces, which the other tenants are complaining about, hence why i know they are there most of the time. One tenant keeps sending me pics of them or their cars. He has had a physical altercation with the boyfriend of this couple.

Open to all suggestions or ideas.

this is a product i get from amazon, it is a sealer and color enhancer combination. The pic is a slate fireplace i am working on today. I have used it on marble as well, color change is about half of pic above. It does smell like fish for about a day, so if your doing an short term , id plan for an air out day.

Cleaning toilets - this stuff works better than any other stuff I’ve ever tried 

@Bill J Fay - thanks for the hard money link, looking into this next

Update- Even helocs now require income minimums.

Thanks for the replies