So...the Valley of Decision. Well, I have recently decided to do much more in following after the Lord, that is for sure!  That isn't what I'm referring to here but it was the first thought that entered my mind after writing that. BTW, I think I need a new keyboard. Pounding on the keys for so long? It misses letters and spaces and I have to keep correcting it  - or move on and leave the error.  

Yes, well that was random thought, lol.  No, I have decided to get one more long term in there, if there is one that may come sooner or later, and leave the last 2 for short term.  One pull-through and one back-in lot. This way I can still test whether this shed and all of what I am doing to it will have any effect on short term, much higher paying (cumulatively of course) lot rents.  

Slowly getting caught up on bookkeeping to keep things on the up and up and also to show income for any potential lender I may be able to get a loan with.  I really want at least 30 more lots.  

There are advantages and disadvantages to filling the place up with this oil field workers. One advantage is they are hardly home.  That means they aren't sitting on the toilet as much and filling up the septic system, causing it to work harder and use more electricity in the process.

The second is since they aren't home, they will be using less electricity in cooling and heating. Tho, I think most of those things have propane furnaces, it doesn't stop them from placing space heaters around.  I can't tell if an RV is using a space heater - at least not with a meter on the pedestal - but I can tell if their AC is running all day long without them being home.  When it gets warm out, I will be walking up and down the row and listening for them to come on.  I can see keeping it 78 - 80 degrees inside just so they don't come home to a burning hot trailer - I can't see them keeping it at 70 or whatever, cooling a unit that isn't being used. Trust me, I will say something to them about it if I find the latter to be true. 

It will be a request and it will be given to the entire park: I have noticed that some of the RV's in the park whose owners are not home all day long have the AC units running continuously.  I am giving low rates to everyone, in order to keep those rates low, I am requesting that everyone please turn the temp up to 78-80 during the day when you are not home, or turn it off altogether ( I really don't expect people to turn them off altogether, I might not add that sentence, it takes a long time to cool down a hot trailer and if you have food or other perishables in there, they will be ruined). Otherwise, I will be forced to raise rent rates, which I don't want to have to do.  

So, electricity is going to be the "issue" in summer, whether I can make money or be paying giant electric bills.  There is a case to be made for adding meters to each pedestal, lowering the lot rent but requiring them to pay their own electricity.  The problem? Meters are very expensive.  

The Valley of Decision was how many more full timers to take in? 1 for the moment.  Certainly, I have a 2 nighter coming ni next week (I think it was) and a 3 nighter next month. I don't have anything else reserved.  It's this shed situation - will it make a difference or not?  And can I get these long term people to use the laundry facility or am I wasting money for nothing? 

I have decided to rent the mini ex on Monday. That gives ample time to dry out the soil - it isn't supposed to rain until late Tuesday next week.  It'll be one of those days I get up early, get over to the rental place and get busy.  Which means today, besides attempting to install electrical outlets  - I didn't get to that yesterday because these new people came in and ate up a lot of time - I want to run a stringer along where I want the trench dug out and then spray orange marking paint along the line.  

I'm thinking I should  hand shovel the gravel out of the way and into a pile so I don't waste it - that machine will be difficult enough for me to manage without also having to worry about saving gravel. 

I guess I'm in for a long day today.  

I do wonder if my sleep issues aren't directly related to a mind filled with "what is next" for the business.  I dunno, but cold or not, I'm outta here. Lots of work to do!

G'day