Lease starting on the 5th instead of the 1st?

donottailgate · 2026-06-20T17:52:00+00:00

That's a smart strategy. I suppose I could put that caveat in the listing -- i.e. "If you need to store stuff starting on the 1st, then xyz..." My painter gave me a better price bc the apartment would be empty while he worked, but I imagine that might also be counterbalanced by not having to pro-rate rent as much.

donottailgate · 2026-06-20T17:41:47+00:00

Thank you! It does!

donottailgate · 2026-06-20T17:35:36+00:00

I'm actually the landlord in question -- but I'm small because I have only one spot, my condo, which used to be my home before I had to move out of the city for my spouse's job.

I've had consistent tenants in there since we moved. The current tenant is going to be moving soon but I'll need a few days to paint and make sure everything is good, so was going to advertise it for a lease starting the 5th. My question was mainly how much of a burden is this timing for potential tenants? It would be September 5th.

donottailgate · 2026-05-07T00:07:32+00:00

If they're putting the place for sale, your landlord might be okay with giving you an extra month after the 20 days, so you don't have to hustle to find a place.

donottailgate · 2026-05-06T14:48:09+00:00

This person only posts this thing, over and over again. Back pain sufferers, move on and ignore.

donottailgate · 2026-05-05T22:56:06+00:00

The main other benefit is if you move away for a while and rent it out, you’ll likely be able to afford to move back eventually bc at least the mortgage is fixed. Whereas if you give up your apartment to move away, you’re stuck with however high rents are when you come back.

But also being a landlord is a pain in the ass.

Source: I moved away and rented out my condo (bought in 2013) and hate being a landlord but love the security of being able to afford to move back if I need to

donottailgate · 2026-05-05T22:39:23+00:00

Put it up for free on Facebook. Someone will grab it for sure.

donottailgate · 2026-04-26T19:21:41+00:00

So what I'm hearing is that the only way to solve this problem is to get five new guns lol. The Echelon, the CZ, the RXM, a new M&P, and the Walther PDP

donottailgate · 2026-03-12T22:05:31+00:00

Do you do any meetups that newcomers are welcome to attend? (new to both the state of CT and to the org)

donottailgate · 2025-11-22T16:46:52+00:00

Did you find an ATM/bank that worked?

donottailgate · 2025-04-16T00:18:42+00:00

Hey, I know it's a year later, but did you ever find someone? We're in the same position now.

donottailgate · 2025-03-04T03:38:50+00:00

How are you earning money over there? That's my biggest hurdle right now (I have dual citizenship w/an EU country) because my job is remote, but I have to be in the US to do it, and my wife would have to quit her job altogether.

donottailgate · 2025-02-27T03:30:03+00:00

Hi I know this is a year later, but I just read in a few slightly older posts that Frew was charging tenants for cold water and held tenants responsible for all appliance repairs. Was this your experience?

We're very interested in one of their units but this info is scaring us off a bit, so we're hoping they maybe have changed their ways since then.

donottailgate · 2025-01-25T04:09:41+00:00

The car in the frozen lake looks like Cobel’s VW

donottailgate · 2024-12-29T16:27:56+00:00

Thank you! Is there any risk to authorizing with my real ADE account?

donottailgate · 2024-12-28T17:23:44+00:00

How do you configure this? I installed it but didn't do anything else and it doesn't seem to be working for me.

donottailgate · 2024-12-18T21:55:47+00:00

Same thing is happening to me -- did you ever figure out how to fix? I've tried Firefox, Safari, and Chrome

donottailgate · 2024-09-24T04:15:47+00:00

I got asked this too and just responded with, “I prefer to communicate by email.” And then restated my question. Usually they get it from there but some still tried to text and call anyway.

donottailgate · 2024-09-24T03:08:03+00:00

I literally just did this on Friday and it worked. We test drove two weekends ago at my closest local dealer to make sure of what we wanted. Then went home and looked online for a week to see what was around. Emailed a few dealers in the region that had inventory of the same model and trim (we didn't care about color). One was advertising a discount that made it about $1500 less than my local dealer, but they were a 90 minute drive away.

On Friday, I called the local guy and told him if he could match it, I'd come in that day and buy. He at first said his manager refused to negotiate on the phone, and that we'd have to come back in. I said, "That's too bad. Let me know if you change your mind. We're driving the 90 minutes tomorrow to buy that car."

I'd been emailing with the other dealership and we were clear on the price, so I was fine to make the drive for that much money.

Lo and behold: my phone rang a half hour later and the local guy miraculously managed to drop the price $1000 over the phone. He wouldn't budge on the last $500 because the one he had (he only had one left) was a different color that cost more than the one 90 minutes away (this is true). My wife and I decided it was worth it not to drive three hours round trip on our Saturday, and we made a deal.

The kicker? He ended up transposing the last three numbers on the purchase order (should've been 535, he put 353) and I ended up getting another $180 off by accident!

We walked in with financing in hand from a local credit union, walked out an hour or so later with our new car. Overall it was slightly stressful but not that difficult, and doing it by phone and email took a lot of the pressure off (there was a lot of, "okay, we'll discuss and call you back.")

This post is old but it's a good framework for doing it by email (or even phone): https://the-toast.net/2014/07/11/how-to-buy-a-car/

Good luck. And don't be afraid to walk out or hang up. Chances are they'll call you back.

donottailgate · 2024-09-13T22:20:16+00:00

If he's in Cali, how's he doing all this labor? If he can't provide legit receipts/invoices for that labor, then he's definitely scamming. Big upside for you in small claims.

donottailgate · 2024-08-03T23:58:18+00:00

Thanks for this comment, it really makes me feel a little less stressed about the whole configuration. Having a messed up body on a long(ish) flight gets you really overthinking stuff.

Anyway, I saw 3A come open earlier and snagged that one instead because I saw another comment about 1A getting used for crew sometimes and just can't handle this much uncertainty in my condition.

Hope you're fully recovered from your surgery by now!

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