Racing Against Time

Over here it's like a whirlwind to get the rental apartments done and rented before June 1^st. We desperately need the cash to pay the newly huge mortgage and are also leaving for a well-deserved vacation; so many, many things need to fall into place by May 31^st. Miraculously enough, things are churning along and if they continue at the current pace we might just make it right down the wire.

Starting on Wednesday we had two sets of realtors showing the rental apartments. I'm not sure exactly how many people came in so far but it's probably been around 20. We had one offer for the second floor, but the women had a dog and we are very anti-dog in these small, no outdoor area apartments, so we turned her down. We had another offer on the 3^rd floor, I met both tenants (who seemed nice) and approved their application while fine tuning a lease. During that time we got a second offer on the third floor, and I told that realtor they would be second in line if the first couple fell through. Well late this afternoon, the first realtor dropped off the signed leases and deposit checks from the first couple so it looks like they are our tenants!

We had another couple come to look at the 2^nd floor, ready to make an offer, but unfortunately the guys had painted the stairs up to that apartment and they were too wet to walk on. They said they would come back later than evening but never showed up. I really hope that didn't cost us a good tenant.

But tomorrow is Sunday, a big apartment hunting day, so maybe we will find our next tenant tomorrow!

On to the photo section of this blog post…

Here are some photos I took for the realtors of the 3^rd floor—shiny!

Each apartment door got peep holes and numbers on them this week as well. Here's our door—the door to our guest bedroom/office not our primary front door.

Here's Apartment 2

When we took these photos #3 wasn't up yet so Eric was kind enough to pose with it….and a drink!

Here are the primed stairs, awaiting their grey paint

Here's the second floor bathroom, finally with a light working!

And then the stainless started going up—2^nd floor shower…

3^rd floor shower (still with protective paper on)

More stainless to come…the whole backsplash and countertop on the second floor

Around the second floor stove

Also, I got two cute lights for the small bedroom/offices for each rental

And the intercoms were installed in all the units—including ours! But they don't actually work yet

Finally, Alex brought over the sample of the outdoor railing/gate and the material for the trash receptacle and hatch cover he is building. We are going with corrugated roofing instead of the steel decking pictured, which is more wavy and less industrial looking. Supposedly that is being installed starting Monday, so that should be very, very exciting!

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[PODO]

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