I was so nervous
Going to the residential rental is almost torture for me. Seems the property is cursed or is it me? Either way, I feel my heart race and my body start to sweat like a hooker at a political convention, when I head that way.
Only one way to describe it - Anxiety!
That place could be the death of me. I need to figure this management stuff out. I need to get some balls and be tough. How do you teach yourself to be a son of a beach? Is there a class? You think growing up near the city, I would have learned that tougher skin. At times, I wonder how I grew up and got out. I guess there is toughness in me, somewhere.
Don't get me wrong - I LOVE The City of CHICAGO. The people, the fun, the places - Chicago is an awesome place. A place for everyone to be together and yet free to be lost in a crowd. Ahhh...paradise.
Okay, I'm about 60-80 miles away from my current panic. When I arrived I didn't know what to expect. I have seen the place bad when someone has left and I have seen it worse. The last one about killed my spirit. I'm okay with hard work - but this case was toxic.
I never dreamed I would see what I saw.
Clean. The bathrooms were clean. The laundry was clean. The bedrooms were clean. Even the kitchen was clean. I opened the fridge and boom.....clean, even had a box of Arm & Hammer. Holy cow!
I needed this!
Yes, they are leaving me in a bind. Yes, I am struggling to make this property profitable or at least break even. But for one brief moment - I am content. Thank you tenant, for at least that small gift.
3 comments:
Oh my gosh... your post gave me flashbacks! Hubby and I did rentals for over 25 years, so I know how you feel! I'll give you this little piece of advice... you really have to get serious about the management aspect of doing rentals. It's a business, and a business I'll assume you want to make money from, so you need to manage it well. It's O.K. to be tough, your entitled to be tough, you have a lot invested in this venture. Stick up for yourself and your investment! Think of it this way... if you were your employee, would you fire you? Hopefully that answer is no. But if it's not, think about what you need to change to make yourself a better employee of yourself. Good Luck and God Bless You in 2008!!!
Whoa. Maybe you just aren't cut out to be a landlord. I'm not because I would feel the same way.
Even a lousy mutual fund does not approach this level of stress.
I'd be a lousy landlord too... well until the whole incident with your last property. I think our ex-landlord is just like you... after all, she gave us our ENTIRE deposit back even though our contract said we weren't supposed to get some of it back (then again, we not only patched the nail holes, but retextured those spots and painted so you couldn't see them at all!), but we never gave her problems. Probably why she never upped rent on us too!
Anyways, glad to hear that even though they left you in a bind, they at least cleaned!
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