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A Fun Email From a Potential Tenant – NOT!!

Posted on February 18, 2011 by admin

Strange Tenant Emails Ok, it’s been a couple days now, I am no where near as annoyed as I was when I received the original email and I even made time to make an extra special video up for this … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Tenants Read The Ads?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by admin

This post is just a short little pet peeve of mine. Part of being a landlord is learning to write ads that do a portion of your work for you. If you don’t put little qualifiers in place such as … Continue reading →

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2010 Be Gone!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by admin

Does anyone else feel like a weight has been lifted off of their back? As soon as the clock struck midnight, I immediately felt more optimistic about the pending year before us. The last couple of years have had some … Continue reading →

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No One Saw It Coming – The Aftermath

Posted on November 30, 2010 by admin

As with many of my tenant stories, we never really know what triggered someone going slightly off or believing they could do what ever they wished. It seems this holds true with this story as well. Karen and I went … Continue reading →

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He Never Saw That Coming!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by admin

I hope you have been enjoying this story so far, if you haven’t read part 1, which was titled I Never Saw That Coming, you really need to start there; otherwise, it’s just not as much fun! You can go … Continue reading →

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I Never Saw that Coming!

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

Strange night last night, it seems I get to say that far too often, hmmm. It appears one of my tenants may have a bit of a drinking problem. I was sitting at viewing night for my girls’ dance class … Continue reading →

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Pissed Off at Tenants

Posted on November 17, 2010 by admin

This post has been a long time coming, so let me back track a bit for you. It was during 2009 my former business partner managed to find some contacts within Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) that needed housing for … Continue reading →

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Today’s humorous tenant email

Posted on October 27, 2010 by admin

You can tell things are picking up for our shared accommodation properties by the number of humorous emails I get. It’s always fun to observe that people will go above and beyond when it comes to overlooking the obvious. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Courthouse – Part 2

Posted on August 25, 2010 by admin

Want to know how to waste two hours of your time? Get subpoenaed as a witness and then discover that the officer neglected to update you that the court date changed, that’s how. What a pisser as I had things … Continue reading →

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Am I Biased? Would You Rent to Them?

Posted on June 24, 2010 by admin

It seems like wingnuts are flying off the shelf these days and I am receiving even more content for a potential book about tenant stories. Here is the email I received the other day in response to one of my … Continue reading →

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Another Tenant (Or Near Tenant) Story

Posted on January 8, 2010 by admin

This particular post could have also been titled “Google Knows All”, but it does revolve around tenants, so I thought I would share. Hopefully there are a couple lessons and some laughter for everyone in this. Around mid December I … Continue reading →

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