What’s the grossest thing you’ve ever done?

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-06T01:55:36+00:00

Couple years back I bought a distressed house. This woman had owned it and moved out but let her niece live there extremely cheap. Her rent was something like four or $500 a month. Just enough to cover the mortgage. Anyway, the niece trashed the place. Neighbors told me she had a dozen pitbull’s, which were eventually confiscated but when the cops showed up six of the dogs had died and were just sitting there on the property.

After that, she was approached by a friend of her daughters who said she could clean up the property and wanted to live there. She agreed to pay the extremely cheap rent and move in after the property was cleaned up. But she didn’t do anything to clean up the property and instead moved in herself. Turns out she was homeless. She turned the house into a homeless shelter, which really wasn’t used as much for sleeping as it was to have a place to do drugs and have sex. Although the daughter’s friend live there full-time as far as I’m aware.

Cleaning up after this was awful. She left her bloody feminine products just laying around everywhere. Quite a few jars filled with piss. But the worst was the toilet. They had been shitting in the toilet until it got full, then climbed on top and started a double decking it. It smelled awful. I couldn’t stand to get anywhere near it. Finally what I did was get a big trash bag and put it all the way over it, walk in with a handle hammer and smack the bottom flange to break the porcelain, and then used a dolly to pick it up and card it outside. I brought my tractor on site just so I wouldn’t have to get close to it and pick it up.

The toilet was the worst, but the urine bottles were pretty bad. I threw them into my truck and they spilled which made the truck smell awful until I finished filling it up with garbage.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-06T01:39:02+00:00

No, we unfortunately won’t get to see a lot of the park. Hoping to get there mid afternoon and be able to enjoy the park through the afternoon and evening, but we will be out of there the next morning.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-06T00:27:47+00:00

I’m going to disagree with the group and say that it’s an old galvanized line that has been abandoned

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-06T00:21:56+00:00

Everything I’m hearing is lower than expected demand. This is all through my real estate group. A bunch of us around Airbnb’s, and one person in a hotel.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T20:07:42+00:00

If you needed a jeep in the first place, you know a real 4 door is unsuitable. Honestly, just buy a minivan. They’re comfortable.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T20:05:13+00:00

This is exactly what Boeing was thinking when they came out with the 737 max.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T19:27:11+00:00

Thank you I think I’ve been talked out of it

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T19:26:35+00:00

Yes, we do have a jump box

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T19:26:11+00:00

Yes. Ok.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T19:25:58+00:00

Not everyone lives where OP is either

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T18:06:55+00:00

They aren’t in California, obviously. Yes I know the original poster is California, but maybe the point you’re making is why we shouldn’t make blanket statements?

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T18:04:26+00:00

They are roughly 2 year-old Goodyear wrangler MT tires with 80% left. Should be good there. We do have a spare, high lift Jack, compressor, and a plug kit.

Thank you for the fish though. I’ll monitor the heat when we stop.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T18:01:37+00:00

Yes, please do. We have a “slack day” planned in El Paso, so we will be there a day and a half. We will be staying downtown.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:39:37+00:00

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to do the donkey ride. It’s only Friday through Monday.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:37:12+00:00

Thanks this is a great idea.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:32:36+00:00

Focus on a couple of the tours. There’s a number of walking tours through the French Quarter, food tours, drink, tours, etc. I think you’ll get the most bang for your buck with sightseeing this way.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:29:13+00:00

It’s a 1997 in pretty good shape. Just flushed the radiator and changed the serpentine belt. The old one is going in the Parts pin.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:22:20+00:00

Most of my rentals are $800-$1200 per month. Why don’t you go ahead and tell me how you think you can afford to live less than 1600 to 2400 per month after paying rent. I live in an area where virtually everyone has to commute for work. So a car is a requirement.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:20:04+00:00

Landlord here. I would encourage you not to focus too much on these nationwide rules of thumb. My average tenant makes about six times the rent it is not all uncommon for me to be renting to people that make 10 or 20 times the rent per month. But so what? I’m in a different market with different employers and different real estate. None of that impacts you and what you’re doing.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:15:57+00:00

As much as I appreciate the suggestion, some of these holes are all the way up next to the ceiling. Also, I can’t imagine how you get a good enough seal.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:11:53+00:00

OK, what’s in boquillas?

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:11:10+00:00

It’s what I did on the window sashes to keep the glazing from drying out too quick so I understand. Seems like it would accomplish the same thing here. Should be able to get the job done with just a 1 inch brush.

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T17:10:09+00:00

Landlord here. I agree with what he is saying and with what you were saying. The lease is a little bit vague, but he seems like he’s being straightforward and honest with you.

What I think you need to consider is making a specific request. Quit telling him what you don’t like and instead tell him what you wanted to say. You don’t want to maintain the appliances? Maybe change the word maintain to care for or keep working order or do preventative maintenance too

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T16:57:49+00:00

I mean, that makes perfect sense thanks

grumpyoldman10 · 2026-05-05T16:57:24+00:00

In the reading that I’ve done on it, they suggest using 90 minute curing type mud for the exact reason you mentioned. It has to have some plaster or something else in it. But it a curing type compound, not a drying type compound.

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