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As we were driving a month or so ago, an insect landed on my leg. I went to pick it up and throw it out the window. Instead when I touched it, it felt like I picked up a hot needle. I screamed and dropped it. It was tiny little thing, about the size of the top of a straight pin. My finger...

We had an interesting day yesterday. background: About 3 weeks ago, our new tenants of 6 weeks, gave their "notice". On a Fixed term Lease, (in Canada) there are only a couple of ways a tenant can break a lease. One of them is by getting a doctor's note.Their lease doesn't end until June...

Last night, for the first time, I watched this show. Roband I are frugal, but we were disgusted by most of this show. There is something wrong with these people mentally, or it is exaggerated for ratings..probably a combination. Taking your spouse out to the restaurant and then hassling...

Earlier this year, we reserved a 2 bedroom mobile for a family that was coming from Newfoundland. The husband was starting a new job. Their friends subsequently reserved the mobile, we also owned, next to this one, but they wouldn't be able to move into this until the current tenants moved...

Our newest tenant owns and lives in her 3 bedroom mobile home in the same park that we own 3.She came to us telling us her problem, that she cannot afford to repair her mobile (cost $5-$10k to repair) and so is considering signing it over to the park for free. The park doesn't like older...

This is just an annoyance..nothing more. I keep saying that being a landlord is never boring. Ex A- Tenant moves in.Within the first month, her first rent cheque goes NSF and the 3 subsequent replacement cheques do also.The electrity was still connected from the previous tenant when she...

That is what I was told yesterday by an ex-tenant :) Two years ago our departing tenants left owing about $800. We lodged to keep the bond plus stated we will be going for the arrears. Last year when we returned from Australia, we found the tenants, served them personally. They didn't...

I came across this article yesterday. Does it appear to be accurate? Any thoughts ?( based in USA) here is a sample of the story: Baby Boomers are Poised to Create the Greatest Depression in History "THE FUTURE: 2012: By looking at the chart it is now quite clear that the USA may only...

I'm sure there are some people on SS who can help me with this. To me gold is just a metal they make jewellry with. IF..and I say again...IF country A has 66% (I'm making up numbers here) of the world's mined gold and the other countries decided it was no longer fashionable to make...

I came across this blog a few days ago. It is written by an American in 2005, and I found it interesting. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358150/posts I don't agree with everything. I don't think McDonald's would sell older burgers for 10c, instead of chucking them. It...

Thinking back to my first rental. I had just left school after year 11. I was 17 1/2 years old I wanted my own place after working 6 weeks. I worked full time in a factory and made $3.68 hr. My take home pay was $125 net. Rent was $155 month. My first apartment was small.It was semi...

For a month we travelled from Melbourne, up to Townsville, over to Mt Isa, to tennant Creek, up to Darwin and then a return to Tennant Creek,NT. Every second or third night we would stay in a caravan park. Used a powered site. Costs were from anywhere $19.50 -$42 night. (We are in the wrong...

Just curious how many bought a ticket for the $100+ million dollar lotto for Tuesday? We bought one last week when it was $70 million. Always happy when we win any prize, and the $22 was no different. We splurged, and decided to let it ride...now have 18 chances at the big prize. If...

Why I haven't posted much lately. This summer (Australia's winter) has been a nightmare for us. At first I thought it was only us, but after speaking with others, it seems to be a lot of it going around. Remember checking on tenants is not the same here.There is no centralised database (Rob...

We have a new tenant at our single family rental. She also asked to initially make several payments during the course of 3 weeks to pay the bond and monthly rent.We agreed in writing, and her signing the payment schedule. She asked to have paint, so she could paint the loungeroom. We...

I was watching Nancy Grace, which is an American show last night. It seems the a landlord had started cleaning up after the tenant vacated and there was a 2 day old infant in the freezer. It had been submerged in water,strangled, wrapped in a towel and then put in freezer. It was very...

When we refinanced our 11 unit apt building in 2007, it was 6.44%. We just renewed at 3.24% for the next 5 1/2 years. (P&I...we don't have the option for IO) Instead of reducing our payments, we took off time. It will now be paid off June 2027. Very pleased.

The last week and a half were so fun. The patter of little feet running around. We had three little kittens who needed eye drops 3x daily, then they were ready for adoption at the SPCA. Yesterday we had to give them back :( I told them how much we had enjoyed our time with these little...

Today was a total shock. We had issued our tenant notice we were not renewing his lease, when his cheques bounced today. His lease expires automatically in 3 weeks, so no big deal. I had a couple of interested parties, so Rob and I scheduled a viewing today. When the door locks had been...

Received this email today. I thought it was quite amusing " Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this...