I have been sooo stressed out lately. So stressed out, actually, that I am saying "to HE$$ with my diet." I have lost eight pounds, and have decided to leave it at that. Forget about getting back to my super-skinny twenty-one year old days. Forget about that flat tummy I used to bare in belly shirts. Forget about the tiny items of clothing I used to wear. I have just made up my mind that I am sick to death of turkey pepperoni, fat free cheese, and raw vegetables. My husband and I both love to cook and love to eat. So I have decided if I can just maintain myself where I am right now, I will be happy. I had rather enjoy my food than eating things that taste only one notch above a freaking shoe box! So, tonight I am going to go home and cook up some mashed potatoes loaded with blue cheese, fried okra, barbecue chicken, and garlic toast soaked in butter!! Ahh, yes, this well make me forget about my stress for a glorious few minutes!
Okay, back to my stress. About three years ago, my dad gave me a house that he built about twenty years ago, and had held onto as an investment property. The tenants that lived there had been there for over eleven years, payed the rent in cash on time every month, and bascially maintained his equity in the house. He told me that he felt like he should give it to me now, while I could reap the benefits, rather than wait until he died. I was living in my own condominium alone, and this sounded like the perfect arrangement. The rent I would collect from the tenants would maintain what would then be MY equity in the home and bring me in a small amount of income each month. Perfect, right?
Enter Murphy's Law (that is my life,too, Lisa hehe). Brent and I got married, built a beautiful new home, and went a little overboard buying new furnitue and this and that for our house. Guess what? I got "the call." Perfect, wonderful tenants had decided to get a divorce and would be moving. That left Brent and I with not only the mortgage payment on OUR house, but the additional mortgage payment on the RENTAL house.
Can you see where this is headed????? To be continued...
11 comments:
Uh oh! Could be trouble! Can't wait to hear what happened. Linda
First I have to comment on the former portion of your blog...
Your diet=should be something that you can stick to....
if you and your husband love to cook and cook good foods, then do it, just modify the reciepes a bit...see I don't know what your food program really is, are you cutting calories?cutting fat?cutting carbs? eating a raw diet? Sometimes it just comes down to what suits your body and mood at a given time,right??
Don't give up just modify so that it suits your lifestyle!!!!
Second the house.....
Gawd that sucks!!! but, ya know, someone will rent it quickly people always need places to live !!! chin up!!!!
Praying that things work out for you and you find new tenants...maybe you can raise the rent.....I know you are so stressing....big hugs and prayers for you both....TerryAnn.
We have renters too and the best advice someone gave me was two words: Credit Check! We have potential renters credit reports pulled. You just need to have them give you their SS# and look in the phone book under credit reporting agencies and it may cost you about $20 per report but it is worth their weight in gold! People who pay their bills on time will pay their rent on time and they tend to stay longer. Don't worry, places rent FAST! Good luck!
Kelly
OH NO...I hope that you and Brent find great tenants and find them quickly. Could your dad pay the mortgage? This is awful. I know though that it CAN work out!!!
I wish i had any money, i would wire it to Nelishia. I dont have any money. I worry about her constantly.
You are a WONDERFUL person, Ash.
love,lisa
I moved in with my husband 3 years ago, but was unable to sell my property. A co-worker of my husband, and his family, is renting my house. They did not pay February, March, and Saturday is 4/1...I don't see it coming. I still make the monthly payments because it is MY credit. I won't let it go, because it is an investment for us, but how much longer can we continue to maintain two households??!! I wish I could sell it, but it is in a rural area, and only someone who really wants to live out there (not many people, I assure you) would be interested. Thr current renters love it out there, but not enough to pay, I guess. It sucks, doesn't it??!! Good luck!
xoxo ~Myra
hopefully you will find a another person wanting to rent it fast.
I am so sorry to hear about the tenants! Bummer! I am sure it will all work out!
I had trouble reading past the words fried okra! I love fried okra and unfortunately here in Nebraska we don't get it much. :)
Gillie
Oh man! That's awful! (not the diet thing..lol) the tenant thing! That's the definite down side of having a rental that the mortgage isn't paid off of yet. If it sits empty, someone has to pay that mortgage, and unfortunately, now that it's yours... well... you know where this is going..
Ever thought of just selling it?
Huggs,
Jackie
Ashlee, I am sorry about the tenant thing going so badly. I wanted to write you a quick note to say I am sorry about not calling nor will I be able to get hold of you tomorrow on SUNDAY just because of the way things are right now, with change, no place to really call from, having to leave the place when it's still dark outside. I will get in touch with you as soon as I can. Just know I am alive and safe, just very exhausted.
Nelishia
That doesnt sound good.....................
Owning rental property can be very stressful.
My friend at work owns several two family houses, and its a constant battle filling vacant places...........
I hope things work out ok...
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