The last few months have been crazy, hens the lack of posts. I had a tough time with the apartments as far as renting them and closing in general, and retaining tenants, which I will get into. House #1 is fully rented, with 2 great sets of tenants who are very respectful and honest. House #2 is another story all together. House #2 has had some issue from the difficult closing to tenants abandoning the property and leaving everything behind. I had to recently send an abandonment notice to them and there mail has already been stopped. I have been dealing with this very well and have taken all of the legal actions and precautions necessary to insure that I go about this the right way. I have heard many stories, one from my dad, regarding this issue and how if not taken care of properly can cause many problems for the landlord. I have recently decided to start making video segments of different events at the house. I will start recording everything from installing items to tenants moving out and maybe some tenant interviews.
Regarding house #2. I have removed all of the items from the previous tenant and gave most of them to the Salvation Army for a tax write off. The other items were placed outside of the house for WM to pick up. I have placed a desk, night stands, old radios, and even a mattress outside of the house. On Tuesday evening to my surprise they took all of the items including the mattress, thank god. I removed the rug from the kitchen area to reveal a much neglected vinyl floor. Over this week I’ll hand scrub the entire floor, and vacuum the excess water as I go. I’ll then re-clean the floor with pine-sol and a small amount of bleach. The next steep is for me to use a product called rejuvenate. Another individual I work with has used this product and he say it works quite well. (I’ll take some pictures before and after) This Saturday I have 3 different couples coming to look at the property and decided if they would like to rent or not. I have had a number of people tell me that the property is way under market rent. This does not concern me to much because I would just like to rent the property out to a good tenant. But at the same time I'm wondering if I raise the price of the apartment if I will be able to attract a different segment of renters? I will have to play with that at another time, right now I just need it filled. The next time I post there will be pictures as well as a video maybeJ. Until next time
