I work in the second home resort market at a northern New England Ski area. I guess I don’t need to tell you it’s been cold here. It’s been said if the weather didn’t change 90% of people wouldn’t have anything to talk about…but I digress – as to why in this case I drink.
So I do 6 month ski season rentals, they pay the bills but can be kind of hands on. I love the repeat clients “we’ll take the same place for next year…here’s our check for 10 grand…thank you very much”.
Yesterday morning before most other Realtors are out of bed I got a call from a tenant / on his third year in the same place…”there is no water”. Crap –Crap- Crap…it’s 20 below and it’s my only day off this week (I was thinking but not saying aloud).
The tenants friends were given a place to stay, and my customer's would be up in a few days to meet them…”what can you do to get this fixed while my friends are skiing” my tenant asked? Off I went…crank the heat- open cabinet doors, and the crawl space, then pray nothing has yet split, cracked or let loose. I came back in an hour…tried the water found it was working and all was right with the world…crisis averted Hallelujah…and Amen.
Not so fast Grass Hopper…10pm last night, the water is still off; my tenant begged “please get a plumber there in the morning”. Crap- Crap and triple crap!! With my Million dollar an hour plumber in tow...we enter the condo. It’s like 80 degrees in the place from yesterday and before we do anything else…we check all the faucets. EVERY DAM ONE IS WORKING FINE !!!
It turns out the friends are sleeping in a winterized unit next door and freezing their ass off…how they got in and why they stayed there two nights in a row is beyond me. Two lessons everyone hides a key in the same spot…and this is just one of the reasons why Realtors Drink.
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