I’ve
been fooling around with rental property for about 30 years and when I
inherited a one bedroom condo in Florida, I decided to rent it in case we
wanted to use it at some point in the future.
I was lucky enough to get a tenant who lived there for the entire dozen years I’ve owned it.
Unfortunately
she finally got to a point that she could not live alone and moved out so I was
faced with the decision of what to do now.
During the Marco trip, Bev and I made the 2½ hour drive up to Bradenton
to inspect it and meet with a realtor.
I believed
that the tenant had taken very good care of the unit so I was a little shocked
at what I found even though she had advised she would not be able to clean it.
Prior
to the condo visit, I had talked with my realtor daughter, Kathy, and she had
talked with the local realtor, so after a little discussion, we decided to sell
it. As it turned out, we were even able
to meet with a contractor to get a price to get it in shape to sell. From this point the realtor will look after
everything – I like that part.
I
always thought it would be nice to have a doctor, a lawyer, and an airline
employee (relatives used to fly free) in the family but have now decided a
realtor is better than either the lawyer or airline employee – I’d still like a
doctor though.
Photos
best if enlarged by clicking on them.
Have
a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
11/14/13
event date
Whoa, Larry. So sorry for the mess you found. That happened to us too. We rented out our Florida house before we retired and the last tenants trashed it. It took us months to get it back into shape. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThe General Contractor hubster is about as good as a realtor, because he knows what needs to be done to sell something. A lawyer is pretty handy upon occasion, but not quite as often as one might think. And I have to say that a nurse may be better than a doctor, in that she deals in practicalities, along with having the medical training. Your condo is a real bummer; you are lucky that she stayed for 12 years, so you only had to deal with the mess once!
ReplyDeleteToo bad, what a mess! I'd say it would probably be better to be a billionaire...
ReplyDeleteLarry, All I can say is YIKES!! What a pig pen... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteOh, Larry! upsetting to say the least. On the other hand, it sounds as though you have everything in order to fix it. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, Daddy. Let me show you some of the pictures from the apartments. ;-) But if you can't have a doctor, a lawyer, and an airline employee, hopefully you're satisfied with a Realtor, a computer geek, a soldier, and...whatever Eric is... :-)
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