I bought a Sunday paper and was sitting outside my room enjoying the weather when the owner of the motel walked up and asked how I liked it there. I told him that I was trying to find a small apartment to rent because I needed something more than just a motel room.
Well he told me that his neighbor had a small apartment over their garage that had just come open two days ago. The guy that had rented the place had really trashed it and it needed some repairs before they could rent it again. That started me thinking. I asked where it was and if he thought it would be okay to go by and see the place. He gave his neighbor a call and said to be there in 45 minutes. It was only about 2 miles from where I work.
When I got there, they told me not to expect too much and took me up to see the apartment. Yeah, that guy had trashed the place pretty bad and these were elderly people that had rented to him. I made them an off they didn’t refuse. I offered to do all the clean-up and repair what he had messed up for the deposit and at least the first months rent. They agreed!!
Most of the stuff I would need to make the repairs I could get off of the job site from the dumpsters. It was scraps mostly but they had already told me that if there was something I needed, it was okay to take it. I HAD AN APARTMENT and guess what else, it was furnished. Some of the furniture was messed up but nothing I couldn’t live with or fix.
It was a one bedroom, one bathroom and a living room, dining room, kitchen combination. The power was included in the monthly rent and it was only $350 a month. Man am I lucky or what?