** Frank ** wrote:
"Doug" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:39:56 -0400, willshak
wrote:

on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following:
"dpb" wrote in message ...

Jim wrote:

I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my
experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home
Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home
Depot again!!

Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages --
everybody has their own...

Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray
application)
extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been
quite satisfied.

Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium
line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about
$80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so,
five/six
years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably
pushing
$20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one
will
find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced...

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Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a
rental
(due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last
just as
long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint
every 5
years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see
one
of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom.
How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of
an owner occupied house?
You must not be a landlord to ask that question.

How about the simple and common practice of bouncing
footballs/baseballs/basketballs against the house walls?

"Hey, that's what my security deposit is for, right"?

Doug

I have couple of units where the tenant put 3" nails on the facial all
around the exterior of the house for Christmas lights - pull nails out,
patch and repaint. One put holes around all the windows into the stucco -
patch and repaint. One lost his keys (tenant's kid) and decided he had to
pee on my exterior wall. Another one show off with his cars, cash, guns and
jewelry so he was robbed (home intrusion) and I ended up repairing the
broken front door and frame - painted one side of the exterior wall to
match. The same tenant with the fancy cars hide his money and guns in
interior walls and when he left, open walls and damaged structure had to be
replaced and painted ... sorry, that's interior.

Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business...

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