[AT] Renters paying for old tractors :-)

[Steve W.]

Sounds like you have angels compared to some of the ones around here. My
FIL does a lot of work for apartment owners around here after tenants
"move" out. 90% are HUD subsidized places and it seems like every renter
so far has had the same attitude. "It's not mine so I don't care what
happens",  Holes in the walls, walls torn out, plumbing actually stolen
and sold as scrap. He just did one that was missing the wiring!!! I got
called in to rewire the entire place and then it was re-rocked and
painted. The former renters were arrested and it came out that they had
done this in 6 other places!! , And yet they were still on the HUD
listing for housing. At least for 1 year that was taken care of.... by
the county sheriff. Houses that get rented have been torched, and I know
of one that was actually gutted while the owner was on vacation.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


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From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Subject: [AT] Renters paying for old tractors :-)


> >
> > Rents collected from others have paid for many of my antique
> >tractors and my new shop so I'm not complaining - just relating how
things
> >go when you are a landlord.
> >
> >Cecil
> >
>
>
>
> We have a good renter in one house... Son Scott.   :-)
> The house in town has a good renter in it (couple) so far. Knock
wood...
> The renters in the house in the next county east of here have been
generally good renters and she
> takes good care of a house. They do get into money trouble now and
then and we feel the pinch but so far
> they have always gotten caught back up "eventually". Times are tough
in spots here and at the moment her
> husband (automotive factory) is on short hours. I don't mind working
with them a bit since they were in
> another house when we got it and had been for several years. They have
rented from us for some time. I have
> lost money on a few true deadbeats and have tossed a few out, one at
the end of two weeks. I have taken a
> few to court and always gotten what I wanted. Lost money on my first
renter years ago. The wife was a good
> renter and took excellent care of the house even though her health
kept her from working but hubby was a
> trucker (well liked by his employer) and got "tangled" up with some
gal at a truckstop. Suddenly payment
> stopped and then he declared bankruptcy.
> I once repaired a big shotgun blast hole clear through a wall. Some of
the other stuff people can tear
> up is unbelievable. It is hard to rent a place in the dead of winter
her sometimes. I would almost rather leave
> an otherwise good renter in place and behind on the rent than to boot
them out and have the thing set empty
> in Jan. Feb. and March.
> One months rents would buy an old tractor, but there is always someone
else standing there with their
> hand out everytime I get any money...   ;-)   Somehow there are always
more hands sticking out than there is
> money coming in.
> I mentioned things being tough in spots. It is really spotty here.
Some factories are cutting back and
> some are giving up completely but the community in general is growing
at a silly rate and houses are popping
> up like toadstools. Many here are now paying the price for the days of
"creative financing". Some days there
> are 6 to 8 sheriff's sales of houses in the paper. One night there
were 15. Small retail really sucks here but the
> big guys are doing well.
> On a tractor note the farm equipment dealers here used to employee 75
to 100 people depending on
> the season. Now we don't have a single dealer in the whole county.
Back in the 1950's there were two Oliver,
> two Ford, two IHC and two MM dealers in this county. Also very busy
John Deere and AC dealers and a
> couple of independents. Now zip...
>
>
>
> "farmer"
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
>
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