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In article <D5LIBv.2wD5@austin.ibm.com> mbrown@austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) writes:

>Apropos whining renters: Here's some things to think about.

>Want to know why the deposits are so high? Last night we learned
>that the former tenants
>        painted two murals on the walls inside the house
>        effectively destroyed the trees out front
>        trashed the inside

>The cost is going to be in excess of the $500 deposit they paid. I don't
>have very high hopes of getting the extra money they owe. So the deposit
>for the next tenants will be higher, in case this happens again.

>The damage *might* have been stopped before it got so expensive, if the
>inspections Mr. Tate abhors had taken place once in a while. I get this
>instead, for being a nice guy (and privacy enthusiast myself), and all future
>tenants suffer.

whining owners .... no, seriously .... having been a landlady myself, all it 
takes is a phone call to ask if you might come over and inspect the plumbing 
or the air ducts or all the other things that need a look-see every once in a 
while.  my tenants always said okay, even when they were rotten tenants for 
other reasons.

but i do have to add ... if these were long term tenants with a relatively low 
rent, then i really do feel for you ... but if they were paying the kinds of 
rents people are paying these days for low-mortgage frame firetraps here in 
Austin, well just count up your large net profit and cheer up.

and don't forget to deduct deduct deduct!

- deb