The Ticket That Should Never Have Been Written It all started like many great injustices do: I parked legally, paid for parking, and then received a parking ticket. A $115 dollar parking ticket. The alleged crime?Parking in violation of a temporary restriction. At first, I was in disbelief. That disbelief quickly turned into irritation because […]
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The Mystery of the Over-the-Range Dripping Microwave When my tenant of five years moved out, the place looked decent but no doubt needed a refresher. The good news was no disasters, no hidden nightmares — at least that’s what I thought. As I walked through the kitchen, I noticed something odd. Right there, above the
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An Action-Packed Tale of Tenants, Trees, and Tiny Squirrel Terrorists I remember many years ago my cousin once telling me this saga about his dad going full war-mode… against squirrels. Yes, squirrels. Apparently, his backyard had turned into a squirrel demolition derby. They were chewing through things, stealing food, and basically running a backyard mafia.
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How I Beat a Rental Car Scam: Fight Back and Win Edition This summer, my family and I are spending a month in Miami, which meant we needed to rent a car to get around. My wife usually handles the rental car bookings and she has her go to rental car company. However, this year,
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Discovering the Amazing Incentives of TireRack.com’s Tire Road Hazard Program Several months ago, I shared my excellent experience purchasing tires through TireRack.com. Recently, I had yet another positive experience with TireRack.com, that has won me over as a loyal customer. After dropping my son off at school, I noticed that all-too-familiar and unsettling yellow icon
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A Holiday Surprise: Figuring Out Why the Toilet Bowl is Not Filling Up While my in-laws were visiting for the holidays, I overheard them mention to my wife that the toilet bowl in the guest bathroom wasn’t filling up with water. That’s not what I wanted to hear during the Christmas break while we had
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The Find My App, Police, and a Not-So-Smooth Criminal Incident My holiday was briefly ruined when my iPhone appeared to be lost and then stolen. As I was getting over my despair, things took a dramatic turn and the stars aligned. With the use of the Find My app and the watchful eye of the
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Documenting Every Step: How I Removed Asbestos and Upgraded Air Ducts It is done! My asbestos saga has finally come to an end. Since my last update on November 14, 2024, with “Navigating Asbestos Safely”, the asbestos has been removed and new air ducts are installed. It took several weeks and quotes from numerous contractors,
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How I Responded To My Asbestos Woes Recently, I received an email from tenants with a frantic message about a concern for asbestos in the house – a vendor came to give them an estimate for air duct cleaning and informed them there may be asbestos in the attic. The details were not clear, but
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Over the last month, I wrote about data breaches and some of the things you can do to protect yourself from identity fraud. Ironically, I recently received a letter dated August 26, 2024, from Young Consulting c/o Cyberscout, notifying of a data breach and that my personal information was compromised. Additionally, in the mail, I
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