Hesitation

Riley got his passing grade in English. It does not absolve the not passing grade, but at least he is on target again to graduate with the required number of classes that count in English. I enrolled him into the State History class. He will need that class also. It also gives the boys something to do with their time rather than just sleep and play video games. In talking to a friend about the next class I told her I could tell Riley didn't want to take another class. She said "Don't ask". So I didn't give Riley an option. Besides it is history, like his father and grand father, Riley likes studying history.
He may resent having to take a summer school class but he got right into the research of it immediately.

Trevor is not quite finished with his History class. He has until the end of the week in order to enroll in the English class. He probably wont finish English in time but at least it will keep him busy. I really want them to learn the lesson of summer school. If you don't achieve adequate grades during the school year, there is summer school.

I am in the process of checking out the new applicants for our old house. I am hesitant as I wait for their credit reports. I don't think they qualify due to the income to expense ratios. She mentioned they had just bought new cars. I need to see if they financed the cars. From the numbers they gave me for income, they would already be stretching to afford the rent, let alone the utilities that go with a bigger home. You do have to eat also.

The house is like a grand buffet with your eyes being bigger than your stomach; Beautiful big tempting house, small incomes. On the other hand, I don't believe the couple that are in there now fully qualified, but I couldn't afford to be too picky with an empty house. You really have to look at how they pay their bills, are they current on everything, no late payments. Credit reports give all that information.  Bottom line is to find out if these people are  honorable. We have tenants now under contract. They pay on time and the house looks better than when I took care of the place. They lose a lot of money if they break the contract early.  I can afford to be picky for a while, to find a good replacement family.

I was looking at the average time a house is for sale these days. The listings are up to 160 days, between five and six months. I am week two. I am a FSBO, not even listed on the Multiple listings. Find mine on Craigslist.  Patience, I know how long it took when I was looking. I just got so excited when I got a nibble right away. Nothing since, but our large deposit clears out a lot of contenders that wouldn't qualify anyway to rent it. And we really want an interested buyer.