lessons learned from being a landlord

no toilet is big enough for these turds

I’ve learned a new lesson lately.

Never make plans from bed.

Recently, I was going to be late meeting up with my dad.

We have an income property.

Well…

It was supposed to be an income property.

It’s more of an outgo property.

Instead of providing an income, it’s been a constant cause of strife. It’s less of a money pit and more of a money crater.

Part is due to housing crusaders. I was going to have low rent for an acquaintance upstairs, my office in the back part of downstairs and an air bnb to help subsidize the whole thing.

Apparently me running an Air b and b out of a basement that I finished and was never part of the housing stock was taking homes away from poor people.¹ Never mind the fact that I was providing below market rent to a single mom and her three kids, air bnb’s are the problem!

The Hilton family must make huge contributions to our local NDP…

Yep, the housing crisis was all me, owing nothing to a lack of federal investment for thirty years or our country adding 11% of our popula…