I learned a little lesson today. My inspection just happened to coincide with the Seller's garage sale this morning. So, no problem..I just get busy doing my thing. I have a new tool carrier that I keep all my expensive meters and doo-dads in that I take into the house so I don't have to run back and forth to the truck. Well, I set it down in the garage out of the way and went out front to the water meter to check on it and to a hose bibb to measure the water pressure. (Bet you can tell where this is going huh? ) I'm gone 2-3 minutes and when I come back in there's a lady sifting thru my tools and she has her arms full of stuff. I said M'am, M'am...those are not for sale! Well, she speaks no English and just keeps digging around...she's got my Tif8850, moisture meter, amprobe, tape measure and several other things in her hands. I finally just said NO! and had to 'help' her put the stuff back. She looked at me like I was crazy and just moved over to a table of junk that was for sale.

 
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Howdy there Michael

Wow that sure was a close one for ya. Glad ya did not lose any of your tools.

 I use a aluminum locking case, with an alarm on it. For my all my expensive meters in.

By the way, your Real Estate Journal recent posts widget is not working. It has a message saying.

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8:25pm • #1

Thanks Dale...I'll keep an eye on that widget and see if it starts getting a feed again soon. If not, then I'll delete or replace it.

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I use a Rubbermaid type stool combo but no lock, but it works for me. Guess we best start watching out for these Garage Sale folks they are always looking for a bargain. Sure glad you were only gone a few minutes.

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Do you know what the bills were and if any got passed with regard to correspondence education?

Edward Robinson
9:49am • #4

Ed...I assume this question is in response to one of my other posts regarding the TREC  Commentary. In any case, the proposed bill that addresses correspondence courses can be seen here. You can find the status of that and all bills here.

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