Sportsbook & Tenant Application Gambling- Now Both Live in NC!
Sports betting became legal in North Carolina on March 11. This may be news to non-residents. To residents, it’s been hard to miss the blatant and ubiquitous advertising bombarding us both in real life and digitally. My 10-year old son starting asking me about sports gambling after repeatedly seeing billboards on the interstate.
Son: Dad, what’s a 5-team parlay?
Dad: It’s a...
Learn MoreCrushed by Cumulativeness: Rent Increases and Why the NFL Player Didn’t Sign Your Kid’s Football
“What a jerk! All he has to do is just sign his stupid name to ONE football and it would mean the world to Little Johnny. But instead he needs to hurry to the locker room to recount his millions of dollars!”
(Reaction of many parents after their child’s autograph request is snubbed)
I was talking to a local college football player (a kicker, if you must know) about what he was doing...
Learn MoreWhat Vacant Rental Home Fix-Ups Should a Landlord Do (or Not Do)?
My wife and I were looking at renovating our primary bathroom so we had someone come in and give us a quote. We weren’t looking for anything overly-extravagant; I’d say it was much more on the practical side of replacing some older bathroom pieces. I thought the proposed work was relatively basic and was more concerned about the inconvenience than the cost. Then the quote came in around...
Learn MoreBe a “Shark Tank” Landlord: Invest in Spotless Tenants!
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
(attributed to several authors)
“We feed the eagles and starve the turkeys.”
(Heard in several sales job interviews circa 2000)
I have to admit that I’m a fan of the television show, Shark Tank. For the uninitiated, it’s a show where entrepreneurs pitch their companies to several accomplished business people (the “Sharks”) in order to entice...
Learn MoreTake it From NFL Quarterbacks: Be Thankful for Your Vendors
“…the Chiefs quarterback opted to go big with his show of appreciation for his offensive line with this year’s presents. Mahomes hooked up his protectors with sets of TaylorMade golf clubs, complete with custom bags featuring their jersey numbers and a box of balls for good measure.”
(Nick Selbe in Sports Illustrated: 12/21/22)
“Hi, I’m Dan Marino, and if anyone knows the value...
Learn More“100% Guarantee For Your Rental Home!” Delightful or Sour?
Tommy: Here’s how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box ’cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: ‘Course it does. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter.
Ted: What’s your point?
Tommy Boy (1995)
My 9-year old son was eating...
Learn MoreOhio State Football Recruiting Similar to Great Tenant Selection?
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
(Micah 6:8)
“No Shoes, No Shirt, No Dice.”
Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ohio State college football has been a dominant program for a long time. In the last 10 years, they have a record of 106 wins and 13 losses while...
Learn MoreDoes the “Rental Bible” Say That Evictions are the Unforgiveable Sin?
“…but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
Mark 3:29
“Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.”
Proverbs 22:26-27
Evictions are bad to have on the credit report in the rental home game; I won’t try to...
Learn MoreDon’t Be a Desperate Housewife (or Landlord), Just Push the Right Buttons
“Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
Hippocrates
Typing the word “desperate” makes me think of the old TV show, Desperate Housewives. The story centered on four suburban women who were neighbors. They found themselves making risky choices in order to look good, be fulfilled, and live the lives they thought would make them happiest. This made their lives hectic and...
Learn MoreIs Signing Zion Williamson a Worthy Tenant Placement Strategy?
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built...
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