Life has taken an interesting twist over the last week with the takeover of 72 units in what I will affectionitly call "the hood." And I mean it in the nicest way. This recent turn of events has been both a blessing and, well, a lot of work. This owner is what I would call a "slum lord," although not by design. He really tries to do his best but is just too bogged down with his "real job" of buy and selling real estate to really do a "quality" job.
No one would be able to imagine what we have seen over the last week....and really what we encounter on a daily basis in this job. So, I have decided to start posting a few of the most..uh...charming stories that we encounter. And, I have a lot of 'em to tell, just from these properties and it has only been a week!
The first one that I have to post is from today. There are many of them that I will get to over the next week, but this one struck me as both hysterical, and odd...
We have walked a total of 5 communites thus far, all of which have had MAJOR issues on them. Everyone has been dealing with a lot of their maintenance issues on their own and "jerryrigging" them back into functionality. Everywhere we went, each apartment we saw, it was the same thing. Many of them tried to use the same parts that were there originally, just duck taping, slicing, or nailing their way back to functionality. This one apartment we went into today had something completely different. I am not sure where he got it, and I am assuming he probably stole it, but he had installed a commercial toilet paper dispenser in his bathroom, complete with the key in the lock for added effect. My mom and I are not sure if there is a toilet paper theif running rampant in south east San Diego, but, rest assured, his paper is secure!
Our job over the last few weeks has been somewhat depressing and overwhelming, but today we were able to laugh a little bit and marvel and the people's ingenuity.
Will post a photo later....
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