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Rolling boil…
I got an email on Monday night from the property manager (after talking to the actual homeowner) stating emphatically that he would be in on Wednesday (that would be today) to address the laundry list...
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Complaint department…
As of today I have a new washing machine, the moldy wall section is patched, and the the random dog run has been removed from the driveway. Now if we just get the damned Expedition towed away and fix...
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Two ways to do things…
I got a call Friday afternoon from my own property manager. It seems the crack in the kitchen window had finally gotten to the point of needing to be replaced. If I hadn’t been thinking months ago...
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Free to a good home…
Today marks the official one month mark since I moved in. That’s enough time to finally have things (mostly) settled and to figure out how livable the house is. All things considered, the place itself...
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Expedition…
It’s a case of now you see it, now you don’t. After five weeks of haranguing the property manager about getting the junk Expedition out of the driveway, I was forced to demonstrate my level of resolve....
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Air…
You can imagine my surprise when I walked upstairs a few minutes ago and found the temperature hovering somewhere in the low 80s. The A/C was on after all and even though it’s a smallish window unit,...
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Thanks old dude…
I spent most of Saturday morning outside laying siege to the trees, bushes, and random foliage that kept smacking me in the face while I was cutting the grass. Sure, I could just duck, but that’s...
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For want of a knob…
Last year I was fastidious about winterizing the rental house. Since I’ve been waiting two weeks now to get the go ahead for a simple repair of the faucet/knob assembly in the bathroom, my level of...
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Year three…
This rental house on the Elk Neck peninsula was supposed to be an expedient. It was available immediately and met my criteria of having a fence and room for the dogs. With a kitchen and bathroom that I...
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The end of an error…
Having gotten the final call from my realtor a few minutes ago I can state for the record that as of 5PM EDT today I am no longer a property owner in Memphis, Tennessee. I send the new owners good...
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Striking it rich…
There’s an unfortunate assumption that if you have rental property you must, by some unwritten rule, be rolling in cash. It’s been my experience that there are really only two ways to strike it rich...
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Complaint department…
As of today I have a new washing machine, the moldy wall section is patched, and the the random dog run has been removed from the driveway. Now if we just get the damned Expedition towed away and fix...
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As I was sitting here on a dark and rainy Friday morning seething quietly after cutting a check for a $1825 special assessment from my condo’s governing HOA, I realized it’s been a few days since I...
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Selling the old rental homestead…
The little house I rented when I first arrived back in Maryland is about to be for sale.I didn’t love the three-level split layout. I didn’t love the baseboard electric or window air conditioners. I...
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