So a few weeks ago i took on the task of renting out my aunts townhouse in Buffalo, why I have no idea I just thought I had a little too much time on my hands I guess...what with working 2 jobs 7 days a week i must have felt bored...OR crazy one of the two!! So I started with the basics, I put the house on craigslist.com, citypages.com, startribune.com the pages I look at the most. I had so many people respond it was CRAZY!!! After I had a few people dwindled down I set a date to show people the townhouse. My aunt currently has a lady living there who stopped paying rent two months ago and is a pack-rat...I kid you not I personally helped her pack a bunch of her crap...with out her knowing of course because there was NO way this place was getting good ratings the way it looked!!! So on the day of the showing my aunt, her hubby and myself made our way to Buffalo to show the house to this guy and his parents (his mom responded to the ad) They LOVED it!!! The next day they wanted to come back and show it to his wife...who LOVED IT!!!! they have a little boy and another bebe on the way. PERFECT for them. Well we got an e-mail last night saying that they would take the house and want to know when they can sign the paperwork and get things settled. We set a move in date on April 1st...even thought they will be moving the week before hand since they have to get out of there apartment and what not but it works out great since Easter falls in there (its march 23rd this year...weird) that gives us time to clean and make it all pretty for the new renters!!! I finally did something that made a difference :) I helped out someone who knew nothing about the internet or how to rent out her place and i made it work!!! She now will have someone that WILL pay rent and someone who potentially will be purchasing the house in a year! GREAT!!! WOOHOO...now for the hard part...They want to know how much they owe me. Well I took this on thinking I was just doing them a favor, well in the long run it actually cost me a lot of time(placing ads, writing up agreements, and other documents)...not so much money i mean 3 trips to buffalo is gas and 1 add i had to pay for but it wasnt that much...but what do I tell them...NO CLUE...I dont want to sound mean by saying how much i feel im worth, and I dont want to make them mad either...SO what do I do....Something to ponder over the weekend...PLUS i think this was so much fun...who wants to put me to work next month!??!? Anyone wanting to move and rent out there place?!?!?!?!? Im free :) lol
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Great....sounds like fun, something I would be asked to do! Do think a little of your time though...I mean typically there is a listers fee..so maybe just a small fee for the fun of it huh? ($150 to $200?).
yeah she paid me 200, which was nice :)
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