Why I want to buy a house
Hissy Fit! September 28th, 2006
I am sick of the landlords and property managers of the world. D and I are respectful tennants. We make sure that things are working right in the house. But our property managers are cheapskates and intrusive. I got a call last night telling us that we needed to fix up the yard, that it’s looked bad recently. WTF? We mow. I am against watering the lawn. For fuck’s sake, we live in Florida. I am trying to figure out what the problem with the lawn is. Then she also tells me that Code enforcement sent the prop owner a citation for us parking too close to the street or something. ARGGGHHHH!!! I hate this shit. I am tired of feeling like the prop owner is spying on us. Tired of worrying about breaking something. Jesus H fucking christ!! We live there. We pay our rent. Leave us alone.
Thank you. Now I feel a little better.
I have another silly class today — this one is about workplace violence. Joy. I am going to dunk my head in my cup of coffee, and perhaps have a muffin.
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When we rented, we had an awesome landlord who didn’t go through a management company. Then Ash and I moved into a townhouse and we had issues with our property manager too - it was as if they were this mysterious nobody who kept wanting us to do stuff that we were already doing. Our mgmt. company was pretty nice but all in all, owning is ten times better. Hopefully you guys can get to that point soon!
We won’t be able to buy until we leave next year, and even then, I don’t know that we will be in a position to buy immediatly. But that’s okay. I just need to rob a bank or win the lottery..
Neighbors suck. End of story. They are so worried about there property values that if you don’t fit into the stereo type of there pretty little neighborhood they will do whatever it takes to get you out of there. I’m sure your neighbors are the ones who complained. I mean hell you’re an artist and a writer tattoed pierced and young living in what wants to be a ritzy neighborhood. Chris and I have had to deal with this from day one in our neighborhood. No matter what they try as they might to get us out. I guess we’re a sore on there community
Our neighbourhood is a little bit older and established so it has a cross section of demographics: old people, young couples with babies, and some middle-agers with older children. Luckily, no one is uppity about conformity or anything. As for winning the lotto: good luck! We could all stand to win it, eh?