On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 11:10:36 PM UTC-5, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/7/18 8:13 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7:38:27 PM UTC-5, -MIKE- wrote:
That's it! I'm sick of it.
I am now going to ask the question, "Are you the owner/occupier of this
property" before taking on any more repair work.
I've had it with realtors and landlords who not only want you to use a
band-aid fix for everything, but they want you to buy the band-aids at
BigLots.

I finally told one, today, "You know, someone has to live here, right?"
She kept asking me which of the two repair options I would guarantee for
longer.
I actually chuckled and replied, "Oh, I'm not guaranteeing either of
these options. I'll guarantee the work if you let me do it right."

They're trying to save a couple hundred dollars on a house they'll get
$2500 a month for in rent or make 50 grand on the sale.

One realtor asked me, "Why won't you just do it the way I want you to do
it."
I said, "Because I like to sleep at night."

There are plenty of people around here who are working illegally, not
paying insurance nor taxes, and don't know any better who can work for
these people. No more, for me.



Good for you...as long as you can afford to pass up the work.

If you really want to see some shortcuts, check out student housing. Even
the really "nice" places, those that command the higher rents, are held
together with Harbor Freight chewing gum.


"Harbor Freight chewing gum." LMAO!!
Good one.

I lived in a college town for 15 years... I've seen it all. :-)

Have you seen a U shaped dining room table? I don't mean U shaped on the horizontal
plane, I mean U shaped *vertically*.

My daughter lived in an apartment where they build a short wall on one side of the
living room to create a "dining room" area. Picture a booth at a diner. One bench on the
real wall, one bench on the short wall, with a long table in between. You could sit 4 people
on each side so you get an idea of how long the table was.

They built the table out of particle board with a ledger board on one end and a couple of
legs on the other. No support along the length. Over the years the center had sunk down so
much that you could see the slant on outer legs. One of the more ingenious residents put a large
wooden cutting board in the middle of the table as sort of a bridge to create flat area. You could literally see the slant in a cup of liquid.

Trust me, there was lots of spilt beer on that table. The would have to lift up the cutting
board to clean up all the liquid that pooled in the gully.