Hot water was coming out of the faucet.  I couldn't find a water heater anywhere in that thing.  So I don't know.  The propane line, a new water hose, a sewer hose and a few other minor things and I"m calling it good.  She was fine with the toilet setup.  In fact, she declared emphatically more than once "I want it".  Not in soft tones, it was definitely saying this is something I need in my life.  

I informed her I wasn't charging her any interest - the price tag for that old thing is high enough as it stands, but I've got it down to 22 months of payments.  That's not bad.  Just short of 2 years, she'll have to keep working of course, but she seems motivated. 

She also said her brother could get SS benefits if he had an address he could use, can we use yours? Of course.  Please.  Get some money, get a better lifestyle going.  I completely broke her taking that $325 off of her card, I know that because I tried to run it and it declined.  She called her sister to look it up and it was 20 cents short. They fixed that and the payment went through.

I'm not trying to break her bank, but I do want the money.  She will be easier to deal with than more picky people.  The water hose I have hooked up to the thing now is definitely not going to work. It's one of those cheap hoses I bought to water a long time ago and it looks like it's ready to burst under the pressure.  I'll spend another $100 or so on the thing and tack it onto the bill.  I just wish the ac would have worked and I didn't get laden down with $1,700 worth of debt.  A little bit ridiculous.  

The new guy is here, he has this small trailer with 2 ac's mounted on the roof. Never seen anything like it.  As if that thing actually needs 2 roof mounted ac units.  Oh well.  I'm just taking $400 per month and be glad that I've got another lot rented out.  I have 15 lots in reality now that I am going to leave the old rv behind the shed and no, they have no problem with it. A lot of privacy back there, actually.  

I didn't tell her I may end up moving the other people back there as well

It's $200 per day for the trencher.  That's a lot.  I think it is anyway.  It'll probably take me a couple hours or less to trench the ditch.  I'll immediately run the line and just leave it dangling on either end, backfilling it right away so I don't have an open trench running for people to trip into it and - sue me.  

Yes, I do plan on doing it.  I don't know when, but soon.  I want that old trailer out of there and it can sit next to my RV.  I can run the electric for bother rv's off of that side of the park and equalize it out to 2 different circuits.  I just think I'm asking alot out of the current cirbuit what with also have the shed on it.  As I say, I know what I'm doing now.  

It will open up another lot and if/when all lots are full at any given time, there are the dollar signs racking up.  

It's as much strain as I dare put on that septic system.  Those aerobic sprinklers must be getting some use tho, what with this laundry setup - but I did get the ok from the company that installed it to add it onto the system. And so far, nothing. 

Now it's crunch time.  Add up everything coming in in the next week and see if I'm going to make it to the next month.  I think so.....maybe.....lol.  I'll get another $325 from her in 2 weeks. Provided she can do that of course.  She's already moving in, it's nice and cool in there.  That AC doensn't have a lot of cubic footage it needs to cool and isn't straining it at all.  

Next time I buy one of those things, however, I'm going to have them run everything, including the ac for at least half an hour and see what happens.  I feel like I got ripped off with it being sold as an rv with a functioning ac unit.  

I'm just sitting in the shed waiting for the new guy to show up. He has the money, I'm sure of that.  He wanted to go into town to open up bank accounts, get supplies etc so I just told him  ok, go ahead and do your thing we can meet up later.  

Anyway, I need to go to Lowe's and get the rest of her stuff.  That is probably going to be a longer than shorter visit to that store trying to find the things I need to fix small stuff.

 No sleeping for me.

Thursday - morning

I woke up at 3:00 am and I was awake for hours.  I got back to sleep maybe around 6 am.  The kids had other ideas, however.  They started yelling, laughing very loudly and making  a lot of noise early.  It was so loud that I wouldn't have tolerated it even if it were the middle of the day.  Yup, I went out there and silenced them with one sentence. I have heard nothing from them since.

It's not like I don't need to get moving, but if I'm wiped out, I'm not getting anything done.  I need to go see if that guy actually showed up last night and I need to get over there and get to looking for a water heater on the rv.  I'm going to have to dig up the water line in back of the shed and install a water spigot, I determined they can just stay back there and they didn't seem to care about that, in fact, liking the idea.  The only thing I don't know and haven't checked is if WiFi reaches back there. 

Yes, the shed is right there, but the router is in the front window to get it pumping the signal out of that metal structure.  Anyway, I'm going to have to buy a sewer hose, an adapter line for the propane and hopefully find a water heater in there - somewhere.  If I can get all of that done, I'm done with that thing. They are apparently getting their own bed for the front for one of them to sleep on, I'll guess that would be the brother.  The back bedroom has a very nice curtain that is original equipment, or so it appears and is in excellent condition.  

I'm basically giving them a chance to get into something. They won't get this opportunity from anyone else, or not very likely to happen anyway.  No credit, no real, permanent address, just got into town a month and a half ago, other things - just didn't add up to creditworthiness.  But, since they will have to keep the RV in the park, there isn't a lot of exposure to risk beyond the fact that if it came down to it, I would have to take them to court for default and get them legally removed if they weren't to leave on their own.  I don't wish that upon them, obviously.  

Since the man at lot 10 isn't leaving any time soon - something it would have been nice if he had told me once he found out - I will have to cancel an overnight reservation.  I see no other way out of it. Wait, well I forgot, I need to chat with the people in the purple thing and find out their intentions.  If they are leaving, then I don't have to cancel.  I don't know what they're doing. They aren't working, that's for sure, I don't know where they get their money - or their groceries for that matter.  I'll determine my course of action with the overnighter after I talk with them.  Their intended stay isn't for another 11 days, if I cancel tomorrow, they have quite a bit of time to find other accommodations.  

Someone called me last night asking directly how much I charge for lot rent. Then "does it include all bills?".  Then they hung up on me.  Suspicious.  I think some of these calls are coming from other parks to find out how much I'm charging and adjust their rates accordingly.  

I've adjust wording to match other parks with "the best park in town" and "best rates in town", but I've also added "best location in town" - for it truly is.  I'm closest to the hospital and most of the medical buildings, supermarkets, etc. One park has "I have been in the business for many years, I know how parks should be operated" - yet he has a sardine can style setup and total gravel lot.  It looks ridiculous from my perspective.  

In other words, I have ramped up the rhetoric.  It's all true, I'm not making anything up, but it's much more - enhanced? - lol than anything I have posted so far.  

Now, I have a lot more money coming in if everyone shows up plus the beginning of the month coming up, I should be able to pay myself a couple thousand dollars even after paying the ridiculously high electric bill and stave off the creditors for a while longer.  No, I'm not in default on anything, I'm just saying I hopefully don't have to worry about finances for a while.  

I don't know if it was changing the wording on the Google business site, Facebook, Facebook ads - no idea, but something worked.  As I have said many times, I am new to this, have never owned a business before and well, I'm learning.  It could be I'm getting calls because other parks are full as well? The one I went to yesterday was crammed full of rv's. I'm thinking of having someone call them and see what their rates are, they aren't posted online.  I'd call myself, but I have a distinctive voice - or so I have been told repeatedly - and I don't know if these people have called me in disguise asking about my rates as well.  

I don't really get the idea of not posting your rates excepting to say that perhaps that's how they get people in.  They lowball.  Cut their rates just enough to eliminate the competition out of any given person's mind as to who has the lowest rates.  After taking a tour of all of the parks in the area, most of them now do not have their prices listed.  Scratching my head still, I can guess but I just don't know the point of it.  My research suggests people want it right up front: how much it's going to cost per night, week or month and what amenities are available.  

There were only 3 other parks out of all of them in this area that have their price listed. The 2 major parks owned by the same company are what I usually base my rates off of.  

Well whatever.  It's time to get moving.  The 8 year old wants to work, allegedly. I don't want the other 2 with me today. If the 8 year is going to work, that's what he's going for, otherwise, he can stay home.  I don't need the constant distractions to getting stuff done. Show him exactly what I want done - which I already have in mind - and then let him get with it.  Otherwise, I have to go through that RV and see if I can get all of this figured out so they can move in - tho I think they want to move in whether everything is working or not.  I'll be going to Lowe's today to get a sewer hose and I will have to alter the paperwork to reflect spending more money on it.  I want them to pay for all of this stuff, not me.  

Doesn't sound fair? Well, I'm not charging them interest, saving them a truckload of money. They would probably get an interest rate in the high 20's if they were even given the opportunity to get a line of credit to buy a used RV.  It's nothing different than going to a used car lot. They jack the price way up and they charge you a ton of interest. If you make all the payments, you have paid double or more what you would have paid if you could have gone to a private seller or a new car dealer. It's a racket and I'm trying my best to keep some standard of ethics in my business dealings. 

Anyway, time to go!

G'day