Came home today to learn that we have mold issues in one building, and that is going to cost us $2000. Can't mess around with mold however, so we have our handy man working on it already. The rents in this place are really low and the tenants are just not used to a landlord that really fixes things when they break. We continue to hope that they will take this as a good reason to work hard to stay up with their rents. One guy was actually waiting at the apartment at the appointed time on Sat to pay his rent! Says he is trying to save up for a house and that is why they want to live as cheaply as possible now. What a perfect tenant!!!
On the bad news front, another apartment is already 2.5 months behind and it doesn't look real promising. We were supposedly waiting for their tax refund, but they are now ducking calls, etc. Looks like a trip to the courthouse is in order. What a weird process that is. Hubby has to go to courthouse and pay something. A hearing date will be set and the tenants will be served notice. At the hearing, they judge will usually give the tenants another 10 days to pay in full everything they owe. Last time it all worked out (not in 10 days, but over the course of a few months). Let's hope this time it does too. The sad part is that most of these people are really really nice. They just cannot get their lives together.
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