Had to do an eviction yesterday. Met the agent and the landlord at the apartment block. I got the feeling that this was going to be a 'fun' job when the owner had his own personal security guard with him, then 6 police turned up. The agent had been trying to evict these tenants (8 junkies + kids living in there) for about 5 months. They owed over $4000 in back rent, but our court system protects the rights of the tenant over the landlord these days, no matter what, so it had been a major job to progress to this eviction. As this was a furnished apartment, the tenants reported conveniently the day before eviction that they had been burgled, and that the TV, lounge, dishwasher, dining room table, and stove had been stolen, (yeah right)...... Anyway, needless to say, upon entry, the filth and smell was close to that of something dead. All but 3 of the tenants had to be dragged out and taken away in the paddy wagon. All the folks living in adjoining units came out and cheered when these a*holes were carted away. The place was soooo rank that there was even greasy muck inside the lock cylinders, almost like brown bees wax. I think that at some stage they may have had a LAB on the go in there. The only redeeming thing about this particular job was that one of the police women looked like a Penthouse centerfold, and boy, could she twist arms !
Poor Landlords
Jul 01, 2005
Last reply: 21 years ago
12 Replies
And the really funny thing that everyone goes on about is .......
" make your fortune through investment property "
Yeah - right .....
I see lots of trashed & run down rental property that the owners cannot even afford to renovate.
Paul
it only works during times of rampant price speculation. like right now for example.
but even at that the money is made SELLING the POS to a "greater fool"
there is seldom money in operations.
agree, I have some interest with a friend (not much) in several rental properties. one tenet is given free rent and utilities and he deals with all the tenets. (collects rents, deals with problems, deals with repair contractors and also keeps an open eye, so to speak.) we also screen pretty well and have had the luck of getting pretty good renters. there has not been any like Steve described (they just wouldn't get that far). but their has been some that were forced into eviction. over here in the states, its not that hard or time consuming if you don't waste time starting the procedure. usually takes a little longer to evict someone with children. it really has a lot to do with how a rental agreement set up. (that part of it is not my thing, my friend handles that)
my2¢
Key How do you make the cents sign on your computer?
"my2¢"
Bob AZ
Press and hold the "alt" key, then press "0162" on the keypad. alt0162 = ¢
by way of further enlightenment, if you google ascii you can get tables that will show all of the characters assigned to the numbers 0-255. Most are unprintable, but you will get the idea.
Reminder: The characters over 127 are actually not ASCII; they're extended encodings, and may not appear the same on all systems.
that's right the first incarnation was a 7 bit deal. i think airlines still use a 6 bit deal, that's why what they print is always all caps. with only
64 characters there's no room for lower case."my2"
Bob AZ =====================
press and hold the alt while hitting 155 will give you the ¢ mark..
g'day
so will alt + 155 = ¢
both create the hex 9B but i am baffled as to why. alt 162 creates the correct hex A2. that zero is doing something but I know not what.
alt + 162 = ó on my computer.
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