Wednesday - afternoon
Well, I confirmed it. After trying to get the tent lady to reply to numerous texts yesterday, I simply stated that I was going to enter the coach unless she says something different.
She never replied, which is what convinced me that they had, indeed, left and who knows if they actually went back to California or they are staying at the daughter's house nearby. I don't know exactly where that is, I am not going to go hunt them down. They obviously got their tax return of which they promised to pay me some of, obviously that isn't going to happen.
So, basically, I have footed the bill for them to live there for what, 4 or 5 months now for free? She was doing so good in working, making her payments and attempting to make something of her life until she had that stroke. The real problem here isn't that she didn't pay, it's the lying. She lied about her intent to pay after she received her tax refund. She got it, she left without even letting me know or bothering to say thank you for helping her. She left the place a mess and it smells like a giant ashtray in there.
Yes, I entered after knocking loudly tho it was obvious no one was there, the other lady had dumped dog poop on the doorstep and it was still sitting there. I do wonder if the tent lady was actually telling the truth about the dog poop, for I now have information that leads me to believe the family of 3's dogs are the ones pooping and they aren't cleaning it up. ]
As the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. It will cost me money to find a sofa bed and replace the carpet at the very least. I have posted it on my Facebook business account, the stickler is I also posted it won't be ready for probably a month. There are mice in the thing and there is mouse poop literally EVERYWHERE. On the counters, the floor, everything. Like, they had to be living in that filth and not dealing with it, disgusting. I just happen to have glue traps at the house and will be putting them in there. Like how expensive are those traps? Or the old fashioned ones that snap the mouse basically in half? Those old style are cheap, put some peanut butter on it and kill them.
Anyway, I opened the door, left the screen door close and the main door opened and turned the fan setting on on the AC unit to help start clearing out the air in there. I have read in the past that the best thing to get that kind of smell out of there - both cigarettes and poop smell and dog smell while we're at it - is to use an ozone generator. I have found several for reasonable price, I can't try to sell that thing smelling like that.
So, new project. Trying to find a good used sofa bed and enough new carpet to tear out the "new/but now old" stuff, replace it and scrub that thing down inside. There are no signs of water damage from the roof, I was a bit concerned about that but it appears to still be solid. The flooring is solid, I am not sure about the refrigerator. I opened it and it was absolutely disgusting. Vileness.
Can I afford this right now? Well I'll tell ya what, if someone shows up and says that want it, yes, I will make a way to afford it. Yes, I know I have the property tax issue. I think I will be able to cover it along with everything else later on this month. I'll get back to that after I collect more rents and overnight payments. I should be getting paid tonight - whatever that will amount to, I'm not sure if they started this pay-by-the-load thing yet or not. If it's another small check, then yes I will be contacting the manager directly to find out what's going on with that.
Oh, and there is still a feral cat living under the shed, I think. It keeps showing up on the surveillance footage and it heads directly to the shed. I only say this because the door to the coach is open, feel free to go in and kill some mice!
I just remembered that Ollie's has a huge selection of carpeting for far cheaper than pretty much anywhere else. This might be the option I will choose for new carpet. There are a large number of sofa beds advertised on Facebook marketplace, that will likely be the place I will find something decent without a huge price tag. I'm looking to spend as little as possible. I'm hopeful that that post on Facebook will generate some interest and possibly a solid decision by someone to take it. I'm going to want a down payment this time tho. Like around $500 to deal with this stuff if another person does the same thing: leaves before paying it off.
Basically, I'd let to get someone on the hook for the unit before I spend any money on it. Get the thing fixed up and get the money from that person quickly to replace what I will have to spend.
On another note, the driver trainer just texted, his turbocharger is leaking anti-freeze. Gag. That is probably a major repair. He is going to take it to a nearby truck stop, drop the trailer and they are going to have a tow truck tow it clear up to the shop in Arkansas. That's about a 4 hour tow, that's going to cost them some serious money. This is the consequences of having a fleet of old trucks, frequent break downs and nothing you can really do about it.
Alright, well I have a plan in place for the coach anyway. I'm really wanting to get some more people in RV spots, I wish that guy yesterday would have taken the spot, I guess he decided it wasn't for him. I think he thought that space wouldn't be big enough for his 5th wheel, but there are already long 5th wheels in back in spots as it stands.
Anyway, I am tasked with making dinner today so I best get about it.
