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re: Venting thread: How do yall maintain the grind of dealing with people?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:07 am to Wishnitwas1998
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:07 am to Wishnitwas1998
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In your particular situation? Hire a manager
Part of the reason I do what I do is bc it doesn't require employees. In my experience that just leads to more frustration because employees suck just like other people. Though I do see your logic
You don't hire the manager to do 100% of the work so you can do nothing out of the gate; you still have to manage the manager until you are content, they are able to run with it. But, Mingo is correct here. If anything, the manager at least gets to take you out of the equation of having to deal with the small things, and you put that on them to handle. Then you get to focus on the larger items at hand and only have to routinely step in for the small things when your manager needs your support or it's time to properly escalate the situation to the next level.
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Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:11 am to Wishnitwas1998
When they miss payments, cut em lose and if it is substantial, sue them.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:11 am to Wishnitwas1998
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Bouncing rent checks, lying about their situations, trying to Nickle and dime me out of money that I am entitled to and that they have already agreed to pay, blaming me for issues I have absolutely nothing to do with, etc etc. People have just become absolutely terrible to deal with especially when you have to regularly collect money from them. Of course anytime you put your foot down they make you out to be the a-hole
Welcome to the new America.
Unfortunately, the old America ain't coming back.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:15 am to Wishnitwas1998
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I wouldn't say slumlord, like I say it's a $1 million dollar commercial strip center property so that's not a slum
A million for a strip center isn't much at all.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:20 am to Wishnitwas1998
If you didn't expect this, you didn't do your homework.
I understand what you mean, but are you really entitled to it? Isn't that just part of doing business? You can't just get rent houses and think all you have to do is sit back and collect monthly rent with no issues at all.
Its not perfect.. boo hoo. Its just part of the job.
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trying to Nickle and dime me out of money that I am entitled to and that they have already agreed to pay,
I understand what you mean, but are you really entitled to it? Isn't that just part of doing business? You can't just get rent houses and think all you have to do is sit back and collect monthly rent with no issues at all.
Its not perfect.. boo hoo. Its just part of the job.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:26 am to Wishnitwas1998
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but I feel a responsibility to build something for my children
If you're miserable dealing with it, wouldn't your children be too? Doesn't sound like much of a generous gift.
They may not feel this way until they get older, but no child raised properly would want their parents to be miserable to provide them with some extra inheritance. They're not entitled to anything from you.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 10:38 am to Wishnitwas1998
Are you an empathetic person? If so, makes it tough to care about people but then see how shitty they can be. A conflict indeed.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:47 am to Wishnitwas1998
Yeah, commercial tenants can be rough when they start missing payments or stretching the truth. I got sick of the constant reminders and paper trails, so I switched over to TurboTenant. It handles leases, invoices, even rent reminders automatically. I still deal with the occasional headache, but at least I don't have to micromanage every payment or argument anymore
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 4:46 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 1:57 am to Wishnitwas1998
I can tell you right now your restaurants are likely failing or don't have the cash flow to keep up with rent. The gym is going to take a few years to build clientele and laundry mats with the rising utility bills and as expensive as is to maintain their machines is a small margin business anyway, those change hands about as often as restaurants.
They are giving you the BS b/c they don't want to admit they are failing, or they don't like you as a landlord. So it's not a matter of "grind of dealing with people". It was a poor investment and you bit off more than you could chew in financing most of it, and you need to try to sell it and file bankrupt if you can't cover your loss.
They are giving you the BS b/c they don't want to admit they are failing, or they don't like you as a landlord. So it's not a matter of "grind of dealing with people". It was a poor investment and you bit off more than you could chew in financing most of it, and you need to try to sell it and file bankrupt if you can't cover your loss.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 7:15 am to Wishnitwas1998
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How do yall maintain the grind of dealing with people?
I don't anymore. Retired.
People are generally selfish, rude, inconsiderate, disrespectful and aggressive.
Other than that, they are ok to be around.
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 7:17 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 7:20 am to Wishnitwas1998
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I just don't know how much longer I can deal with people's bullshite
Bouncing rent checks, lying about their situations, trying to Nickle and dime me out of money that I am entitled to and that they have already agreed to pay, blaming me for issues I have absolutely nothing to do with, etc etc. People have just become absolutely terrible to deal with especially when you have to regularly collect money from them. Of course anytime you put your foot down they make you out to be the a-hole
Why don't you begin the process of outsourcing some of this? Talk to a couple of property management companies and just see how much of a cut they want. Even if you don't pull the trigger now, you will at least have a ballpark of how much bigger you have to make the outfit to make outsourcing the management worth it.
Good luck. It is a good problem to have (i.e. one you can throw money at).
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 7:21 am
Posted on 10/8/25 at 7:53 am to Wishnitwas1998
People suck.
And you can tell who has never ran a business before.
And you can tell who has never ran a business before.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:03 am to carguymatt
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I can tell you right now your restaurants are likely failing or don't have the cash flow to keep up with rent. The gym is going to take a few years to build clientele and laundry mats with the rising utility bills and as expensive as is to maintain their machines is a small margin business anyway, those change hands about as often as restaurants. They are giving you the BS b/c they don't want to admit they are failing, or they don't like you as a landlord. So it's not a matter of "grind of dealing with people". It was a poor investment and you bit off more than you could chew in financing most of it, and you need to try to sell it and file bankrupt if you can't cover your loss.
You should stick to your bullshite posts about meeting women at pools. What an awful take.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:11 am to Wishnitwas1998
Employees are the toughest part of my.job. I long for a job i could do by myself. When I had beach rentals.i just used a management company and let them deal with it. Violence is all that many people understand and I am.more inclined to result to those means. Best to let a management company do things
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:14 am to Wishnitwas1998
Have heard, mostly from here, that nothing prints money and is a constant pain in the arse like owning/running a storage center.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:19 am to Wishnitwas1998
Usually like this.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:23 am to Wishnitwas1998
No, Hiring the right manager will fix 80% of what you just mentioned. You consolidate dealing with everyone's bullshite and excuses into one person. Finding the right person is the key. Buy back your peace
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:24 am to Wishnitwas1998
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Part of the reason I do what I do is bc it doesn't require employees. In my experience that just leads to more frustration because employees suck just like other people.
It’s not like you would need 100 employees. Hire one guy, take good care of him. Hand him the keys. Go fishing.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:29 am to Wishnitwas1998
Totally understand. I evicted the last person and still contemplating whether or not I want to continue renting to people. I don’t need the money and I also don’t need the headache.
Posted on 10/10/25 at 3:32 pm to Odysseus32
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Just looking at properties in Alexandria, this is what 750k gets you
Yeah but his has an ice machine.
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