Oddly, a small shed like I am having delivered to my doorstep is cheaper than an official "water heater enclosure".  ?? A water heater enclosure is basically a small shed. I don't get it.  I don't care either, I found a $99 shed at Walmart just now, I will measure the heater when I get to the Park in the morning and if it's tall enough, I'm buying it.  It will go directly behind the shed and I will just have to cut some holes in it for lines going in and out.  

Even more odd, at least to me, is these enclosures don't have a back panel.  It's all open excepting a couple of steel cross members to hold it together.  They start at $174 and go up - and way up - from there.

I don't care, I just want to keep the thing out of rain and I want to elevate it a few inches off the ground.  Wait, they sell a cheap pan that you can put the water heater in, I really don't even need to elevate it off the ground, just put it on a sheet of plywood.   So, the new shed I was getting for the tools is the same size as the one from Walmart - I would have bought the one from Walmart if I had seen it.  Funny how things pop up a day later after you've done what you think to have been an exhaustive search.  

Lowe's has the flooring tiles I need at the same price Home Depot does.  I wanted it on Home Depot card, but screw it, today I just went to Lowe's and got all the flooring tiles I needed, went to the property and started installing them. Not quite as easy as they make it look in videos, but then again I've never done it before.  

I dunno, but the machines are showing up tomorrow between 12 and 4.  I will be out there working anyway.  I will get enough of the flooring done that they can just put the machines on the freshly laid flooring, but out of the way.  I still have to do all the wiring and pipe installation.  And probably some drywall. I really don't want to do drywall, it's just going to add more time to this project - but walls without drywall would look pretty tacky.  

It dawned on me today that I best be running a line over to where I want a shower.  I mean, it probably isn't the greatest idea to have people taking showers in the dark.....I won't put outlets in there tho, I don't need people hanging out in the bathroom.  Take your shower, or use the toilet, and get out please, in case someone else is coming along.  A small ceiling lights - cheap - will suffice.  The point? Now is the time to figure out all the outlets I will need, not after the fact.  Especially not after installing drywall....

A few inquiries on lots today that didn't translate into rentals. Happens a lot.  I dunno if anyone has been driving through the park looking, I was inside the shed, busy with the flooring.  I'd really like to finish that flooring tomorrow if possible and move on to the indoor electrical stuff.  

Oh, and an hour and a half spent on the phone with the tax company.  I was impressed with their knowledge, I wasn't too impressed with the price tag. They charge a "flat fee" for yearly access - almost 3 grand.  I mean, a local accountant wont' be cheap, but it will get me started without spending thousands of dollars up front.  Yeah - no.

I have nothing else. It's just go at it day after day until it's all done.  At least, until all that is currently on the list is done.  The list will just grow....and grow....if there is some way to make money that isn't cost intensive, I will do it.  

Anyway, outta here. Time to sleep. 

 It turned out to be a rainy day. 

Weird.  I went to bed last night, slept 3 hours, woke up then stayed up an hour and a half and then the next thing I know? It's 6 hours later.  I don't ever sleep 6 hours straight. Not that I don't want to, it just doesn't happen.  

Another guy contacted me about a lot.  He wanted to know if there is laundry?  I'm working on it, but the rain stopped me from digging the trench to get electricity to the building.  I really don't know if he's going to go or not after I said that to him.  Shrugs shoulders, can't please everyone, tho with laundry I'm definitely on track to doing so, just going to take a bit of time.  

I found a place in longview that sells flooring cheaper than anyone else.  Will be heading over there soon.  

Apparently I have qualified for a Verizon Mastercard - business card that is, I don't need or want any more personal credit cards.  I just saw the notification in email. Chase hasn't written back to confirm one way or the other about a card from them.  But, a Verizon and Amex card is enough to start with anyway. Put a little on each card and pay it down to zero every month. 

Wish I could say the same about my personal cards.  It will take a while for these 2 cards to impact my business credit score - which is nothing at the moment.  Anyway, perhaps I can find some flooring cheap enough, get enough of it installed today so they can put the machines on top of the flooring tomorrow. I guess it doesn't matter I just want to get something done today regardless of rain. 

Prorated payment received via credit card for the new tenant.  So nice to have a credit card processing app available at my fingertips. It must be charging them the processing fee because every time it deposits money to my business checking account, it shows the full amount.  Unless  they are going to send me a bill? I have no clue, actually, how that works now that I think of it and probably should do a little investigating to make sure I'm not "behind" on some payment I might owe them. 

Electric usage this month on both accounts is minimal.  It's what I hoped for. The account shows current and estimated usage. I'm pretty sure they can access those meters via satellite or something, I dunno how it works but I doubt anyone has to physically come out to read the meters, otherwise, how could they know my current usage?  I fear summer time usage, lol.  

I'm tempted to just stay home and work on quick books. The sound of the rain falling on the window ac unit is mesmerizing, almost makes me want to go back to bed, lmao.  

Oh, those 3 workers for the same company? They're on 11 days and then off for 3.  After the 11th day, they head straight home - somewhere in Oklahoma.  They have "get up in the middle of the night" hours and said that other workers that are doing long term on the project have been there over a year.  Good, I can hopefully count on them being around awhile.  

This shed thing - just kind of annoying because there is so much to do. I guess I best get up off my @$$ and get to longview, get the flooring and get busy.