We have 17 units in these two buildings--15 in the front and two over the rear garages. As of this writing, five are unoccupied and one is in 30-day notice. This is the most we've ever had at once since I've been managing, and it doesn't take much pondering to see how the economic hard times are affecting the rental business. People are losing homes in droves, which should be good for rentals. Unfortunately, it also means many have lost their jobs (hence the foreclosures) and/or now have credit scores somewhere in the vicinity of their IQs (hence the foreclosures), which is not so good for rentals.
A very nice young woman, Maria, is moving in just below us. At least she seems very nice. The apartment has been empty since April and we've kinda gotten used to having no one hearing the effects of our (make that my) clumsiness, particularly things dropped in the kitchen at 1 a.m. She's been warned and still wants to live here anyway, so that's a good sign.
A new 5-man maintenance crew has been hired, replacing the incompetent and careless (but hey, CHEAP!) bunch that the owner foisted upon us before. Thank God for the property management company that is holding his feet on this one! I am soooooo past sick of workers not bothering to show up three weeks after they'd said they'd be here, and not returning my calls. These guys worked here before, but Owner thought they were too expensive and sent Fly By Night Enterprises instead. Now most of what they supposedly did has to be redone, naturally.
At least I will now be able to get my living room ceiling repaired after the water damage of 2002, and my kitchen also patched and painted--something promised and unfulfilled since 1996.
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