[lodwick]

Good job with the condo, and your tenants.

Communication is key. And a modicum of trust.

The People's Republic has indeed sunk this low. But evidently with people like Valerie's LL, it may be a needed thing if people, for whatever reason, refuse to "do right."

[Canadian Outrage]

The residential tenancy branch only really gets on the LL's ass in regards to necessities. Those things they classify as not be able to reasonably live without. Fridge, stove, plumbing, heat (esp. in winter here). those kinda things. If somebody didn't like the curtains or something, they would not bother.

[ValerieUSA]

This house sat empty for months before we moved in -- before that it was a "group home" for disabled adults. I found that out months later from a neighbor. I like the location of this place - it's convenient for in Waco. Safely off of the main drags in a good neighborhood, but only a few blocks from 2 nice grocery stores, a nice mall, dozens of restaurants, my bank, the post office, Barnes and Noble.... It is such a HUGE improvement over the last place that I don't want to have to move again if I can avoid it.