Repairing the broken glass in the windows was a new experience for me (something John just thought I should be able to do). But, I've never seen that done on HGTV so I struggled a bit with it...breaking 2 panes of glass in the process!
Took these pictures for our realtor to use in the listing.
Last 2 pictures were taken when Lisa lived there.
Owning a rental property has certainly been a learning experience. I learned that I don't "read" people as well as I thought I did! Someone who looks good in person and on paper can turn out to be the complete opposite. And just because someone can pay their deposit and 4 months rent up front doesn't mean you will see another single penny out of them! (true story). But the best experience was giving a renter named Pam the break she was asking us for. She was divorced and was up front with having bad credit. She said she just wanted a chance to get back on her feet. Swore she could handle making the rent payments on time. This was bad timing for her because we had just kicked out a really bad tenant and we swore we would be more picky with the next tenant. But, we decided to take a chance with her and she ended up being our best tenant. She lived there 5 years and was never late with the rent! She was able to build her credit back up and moved out when she purchased her own home! She sent us the nicest card thanking us for giving her a chance. We really hated to see her go. If they were all like that we wouldn't be selling the house!!
Hoping to be able to hang up our "Landlord" hats, we are keeping our fingers crossed for a quick sell, but preparing for it to take awhile.
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