My wife and I finally got an offer accepted on a house and hired a home inspector.
I thought he'd just walk around and make sure the roof wasn't actively caving in.
Instead, a guy named Gary showed up with a tactical utility belt, an infrared camera, and the demeanor of a homicide detective.
Gary spent 6 hours meticulously documenting every structural sin committed in the last 50 years.
He handed me a 90-page PDF report that was color-coded by severity.
The whole document was basically just red.
He noted that the slope of the driveway deviates by two degrees, which could cause pooling during a catastrophic hundred-year flood.
I live in a landlocked state.
He pointed his thermal camera at a window and told me I was losing an unacceptable amount of ambient heat.
I told him the window was open.
He wrote that down as a critical mechanical failure.
He took me to the basement to look at the HVAC unit.
He shined his flashlight on a single speck of dust and asked if I was prepared for the respiratory consequences of poor filtration.
I asked him if the furnace actually worked.
He sighed deeply and said it functions, but it lacks the efficiency of a modern heat pump.
We moved to the electrical panel where Gary put on thick rubber gloves like he was about to defuse a bomb.
He told me the wiring was technically up to code but ethically questionable.
I don't know how electricity can lack morals, but Gary seemed very disappointed in the circuit breaker.
Finally, he found a tiny crack in the garage floor.
He used a digital caliper to measure it and informed me the foundation is undergoing micro-settlement.
Every house on earth is undergoing micro-settlement.
We're on a spinning rock in space, Gary.
I asked him for a bottom-line assessment on whether we should buy the property.
He looked me dead in the eye and said the house is technically habitable but still compromised.
I paid him $600 for this psychological warfare.
We're still going to buy the house.
I'm just going to live in constant fear that maybe Gary was right.
My wife has started a sourdough starter so that means once a week we have multiple “sourdough _________” items.
Today’s menu, muffins tortillas, scones, brownies, actual sourdough bread.
Carb loaders dream….wish me luck.
Be careful who you marry, they may support every cockamamie idea you have without limits.
Told my wife I was thinking about doing El Salvador residency and she asked what’s the hold up?
Me: Well the 91 days in country is a bit of an obstacle.
Her: I’m going to be forced to live in a safe tropical country for 3 months a year? I missing the issue?
@robbiehendricks There’s a guy in my local market who was putting together deals that made ZERO SENSE and yet somehow people gave him money. He called me for a check and I could t run fast enough. I couldn’t make one of his deals pencil and he’s quietly gone away.
@PriteshSMB Our per room revenue is probably as good if not better than anyone in my area and I'm super proud of that seeing when I bought it the rooms where $40 a night.
When I opted to do contact free check in at the hotel everyone pushed back and said it was dumb and wouldn’t work.
Here we are, going into our 4th summer with over 4,000 reservations behind us and over 1200 reservations this summer.
Turns out 99.9% like the idea of just going to your room when you arrive.
You dont have to don what everyone does and often times people like different if it makes their lives easier.
@PriteshSMB Schlage Remote locks and Ownerez PM. We only have 10 rooms so I needed the most cost effective option that worked and that covers the bases. I’ll probably build my own PMS at some point.
You can work on your business or in your business. One is like peddling upstream and the other is like seeing the city from a Mnt top.
It’s a hard transition to make if you’re open to change and leveling up will be next to impossible.