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True. And of course when I was short on my monthly interest payment to the bank I just told them I knew they wouldn't mind. They were happy I had the intent to pay. Then the alarm went off and I woke up. It was a nice dream, though. I select my tenants very carefuly. This one is a real keeper.

Thanks for that. I do try. Never had a tenant changeover yet, so I must be doing something right (or wrong, depending on who you listen to). My longest running tenant has been with me for nearly 8 years. Shows no sign of moving on, either. I can imagine her ringing around to local property...

Here's a neat twist on the rent thing .. Last month I got a call from a tenant (male half of a young couple with very new baby). He told me he had changed jobs and there would be a break in his pay cycle on the changeover. The good news was that could pay the rent. No problem with that. But...

I asked her to make it up next fortnight. She did. Never had a problem before that or since. She's been with me since 2001, so I figure I'm way ahead in terms of not having any lost rent during tenant changeover in that time. So, I didn't make a huge deal out of it.

I got short changed on the direct deposit of the rent by a long term (8 year) tenant one day. I called to query the odd amount that got paid intp the account. She said she was short of money and "I knew you wouldn't mind". What do you say to that? I was expecting a real excuse. That was the...