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So I've been on a kick recently of actually beating my games. This is unusual, as since I've started having the income to buy games as I want them, I rarely take the time to beat any... I'll play a game until I get a new one, and then it just kind of falls by the wayside. BUT! I sat down and beat Resistance, Resistance 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Prototype, and Dead Space recently. And I'm at the end of 3D Dot Game Heroes... Yeahhhh.

So I'm on day 9 in a row at work. Something like 28 hours of overtime. Then next week, looking at one or two more places with Tav, Verge, and Levi, and if we don't like either of those, just getting on the waiting list for The Cove. Cheaper rent, better maintenance staff, more friendly people in general... AND I won't have a landlord that tries to screw me over, and lets serious problems with the property go unfixed.

Speaking of. So my front step has never been situated right. At first it shifted side to side, now it's just sunk. This ended up allowing alot of moisture to get into the foundation, made clear by mildew and mold in the basement directly under the front step. It wasn't until an insurance guy came out for an unrelated water damage issue (in the roof and walls, due to ice damming) that it was "fixed". Note the quotations.

Proper fix = Make sure the foundation is weather sealed, level the ground around, replace the step, ensure it is properly situated with the house and is steady.

The Lewis Fix = Have maintenace guy and friends shatter the old step at 8am when your tennants were both at work til 1am the night before. Use sledgehammers, etc, be loud about it. Do not check foundation, thats a waste of money. Do not fill in the void left by step, thats a waste of money. Build a new, wooden step that clashes horribly with not only the house, but the remaining concrete steps. Use this step to conceal the remains of the old step, the sunken dirt showing the foundation, and the boards where rotting is starting to occur below the door. Make sure the step is almost flush with the door, so that people feel really tall when they stand on it.

And then, say you need to bring an appraiser by to look at the house so you can file an insurance claim... Disregard that for the claim you say you're filing, a home appraiser is unnecessary. Do everything you can to conceal from your tenants that you're trying to sell the property. Also, realized recently that the "huge discount" I was getting on rent is really only like 25 bucks a month. Yeah... 25 off 825 isn't that great of a deal for a place that is falling apart at the seams because you don't want to pay for basic, necessary work, that's your responsibility to cover.

So, current plan, Tavish and I want to get moved out by September. Neither of us has signed a lease for this place since I moved in, and that was only for 12 months, so we're not exactly legally bound to be there. And, even if they tried to say we were, besides busting out that it's false documentation, I could point out the health and safety risks that come from the poor care of the property, unrelated to any damage we may have caused.

I'm looking forward to moving back into an apartment, with an office, and a maintenance STAFF instead of just one guy for 50+ properties.

www.cooperlakes.com is the place we're probably going to end up at