It's been a pretty quiet year managing my apartment. That is, until now. A two-bedroom unit is opening up downstairs, and I just posted an opening for a lovely 2-bedroom unit on Craigslist. So if you or anyone you know is looking for a 2-bedroom unit in San Francisco, please let me know.
It's always a little nerve wracking when a unit goes vacant. The mortgage payment is always there, so when a unit is vacant, there I have to cover the payments with my own cash. This year's looking pretty tight. Things usually have a way of working themselves out financially, but it does put me on edge nonetheless.
That said, August/September is usually a decent time to rent out an apartment. It's back-to-school season, and so long as the other tenants stay put, I should be in good shape. Last year was pretty tough; two units were vacating at the same time, and I was still looking for work. So relatively speaking, this isn't so bad at all.
This weekend is looking extra packed. Dung is coming down from Portland to hang out, and we're going to catch a Giant's game with some Oregon peeps on Saturday, and BBQ at Aaron's place on Sunday. In fact, there's another BBQ going on Sunday with some of the pokeroke (yes, poker + karaoke) folks from Firefly, so I may check in at both, depending on how I'm feeling. On top of showing the apartment in the morning. Busy times.
Dung's bringing down a special sumpthin', sumpthin'. I ordered a new iMac. Here's some math:
21.5" iMac: $1499
Shipping to Oregon: Free and no tax
Student discount: -$100
Free iPod touch to sell on Craigslist: -$150
Selling my old iMac: -$600
Final cost $649.
Not a bad deal if you ask me. And it's also going to make my Starcraft 2 sessions look a helluvalot prettier. And yes, I was hella Chinese (cheap) about it.
In closing, it's been a long week. I haven't been getting much sleep the past week or so. Which is par for the course, there was a strange month or so where I was getting up early enough to go for a jog and get ready for work before my carpool arrived. Not so much these days. I've still been working out, but I haven't been running as much. We'll see how that goes.
After wearing out my first two CDs (the new ride doesn't have a CD changer OR play MP3 CDs, so I'm going decidedly old school), I made myself a new CD that I'm actually quite proud of. So much so that I even like listening to that playlist at home. I was inspired by some of the music that plays in Californication. A touch of rock. Uptempo. Very beach-y California. Perfect for Betty.
And that's it. Time to hit the shower. That'll buy me two more stabs at the snooze button in the morning. Good night world.
4 comments:
Good luck with finding a tenant! I wish I knew someone who was looking right now. And have fun at the Giants game. Against the Padres! That's going to be a good game!
Thanks! I haven't followed baseball in a while. Good time as any to start!
Craigslist + Facebook Marketplace perhaps? Good luck on finding a tenant.
I usually do craigslist. Haven't done fb marketplace before. Where do you find that?
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