Archive for November, 2009

I received a letter from the Director of the Westland Housing Commission, Joanne Inglis, stating – get this – that the window that my tenant broke wasn’t necessarly the tenant’s fault, so therefore they have no obligation to insist that the tenant pay for the repair before they let her move on to another Section 8 subsidized rental unit.

I escalated directly to the mayor today to insist that he reverse his director’s decision, and I contacted MSHDA to file a formal complaint against the Westland Housing Commission.

This is EXACTLY the kind of treatment that made smart property owners refuse to rent to Section 8 renters. And if Westland does not reverse it’s decision, I will make it a personal quest to make sure that every rental property owner in the tri-county area learns that they’re not an agency that anyone would want to deal with.

Lots of activity this morning in my business – got one rental house back and rented an apartment and showed a second one. It’s never dull when you own rental property!

The fun is coming up shortly – we’re heading out later to cut down our Christmas trees.

Thanks for spending some of your valuable time here. And from my family to yours – Happy Thanksgiving!

I have tried my hardest to work with tenants that are in tough situations. Most still refuse to do what’s right, most of those can’t see that doing what’s right is also in their own best interests. It’s a sad thing to talk about during this Thanksgiving week.

Seth Godin is the king of the vanillas. He likes groups that agree about everything and sit around giving group hugs singing kumbyya.

I don’t. I love conflict. I induce conflict. Conflict is good. Conflict is productive. Conflict is interesting. And the only way anyone learns anything in a discussion is when people disagree on something.

And you can take a flying leap if you don’t agree with me.