Wayne Yates
Serious question - Rent, or live in an RV?
26 April 2017 | 61 replies
@Ken Vingua @Wayne Yates Ken good point about the "Dry camping" I forgot about the hoboing water in 5 gal jugs, hauling it in a 400 gal tank with a pickup truck, and having a 60 gal water tank inside the tent so I could thaw it out in the winter.
Flora Granter
Tenant screening - need help
4 April 2017 | 42 replies
When a guru come into town in a chicken truck, all the landlords run out to meet the guru and listen to the snake-oil salesmen.
Nitanga Jean De Dieu
Financial Literacy to tenants
18 March 2020 | 15 replies
First I mentioned how it was pretty bad how people are scared of missing one paycheck yet I've seen a lot of these members drive the latest and greatest trucks and sports cars.
Peter Tverdov
Advice we all can use: give me your best landlord tip!
13 July 2020 | 13 replies
As a small time landlord:If their car is trashed your property will also be.Never rent to someone who shows up in a moving truck and has to move in ASAPBe careful with prospects that bash their current landlordCheck with their last as well as current landlord.
Henry Stewart
Reset breaker - property manager question
13 July 2020 | 4 replies
I kept telling him the starter is either toast or seized IT'S NOT the board.Finally he confirms it's the starter, doesn't have such a common part in his truck, but can order it.
Kimberly Vallance
Sold rental - need tenants to move early
20 July 2020 | 11 replies
I think that $ to allow them to hire help to pack up a month earlier than expected would be nice, or offer to pay for a moving truck rental for a few days.
Mashika Johnson
Move occupied mobile home??
11 April 2020 | 19 replies
If they still have the trailer frame on them, you might have an easier time finding someone with a big truck willing to do it for a reasonable price.
Erich Henson
Had house fire. Board up company did work without my permission.
4 March 2020 | 18 replies
Follow fire trucks around, offer the freaked-out tenant to board up the house, no need to call your landlord first, and then charge whatever I want.I would never send a thank-you cake to a tenant who didn't call me when the unit was on fire.To each his or her own, but I'm not the roll over and play dead type.
Joshua McClam
Buying storage units
22 March 2020 | 24 replies
Like larger MF rental developments that require a staff, the Third Gen facilities with 600 to 1000 units typically do require 1 to 2 people to manage, and sell additional products: insurance, boxes, packing material, truck rental, etc.
Kevin Coleman
Boiler Maintenance and Monthly Cost
16 February 2020 | 11 replies
"silver bullets", and the installation of thermostatic radiator vents where appropriate, can all turn that hulking monster into a well oiled machine.