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  1. (Colombo) and one more thing...sometimes the nurse employment agencies will take down housing themselves and include it in the nurse's compensation.  That's your best but, but you'll need to furnish it comfortably.  And ask a trusted realtor friend for a referral for a photographer, and have it shot for 150 bucks or so because the photos are what you'll be judged by and they need to look great. 

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  2. 9 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

    Anyone have any experience with STR to traveling nurses?  We bought a small house recently with intention of a flip, paid $110K cash for a 3/1.  Needs a new roof, interior paint, flooring (LVP) and some cosmetic improvements, nothing major, new woodwork on front large front porch.  Corner lot, no neighbors next to or behind.  We know the owner of those lots.  Last week we found out it's in a medical overlay district 2-3 blocks from a growing regional hospital.

    We had planned on flipping it, but once we found out about the Medical Overlay, we thought about renting it to a medical oriented practice , but after contacting a staffing (for lack of better word) company for nurses, we think it may draw $3K a month.  We are in the process of acquiring furniture.  Mrs JDHorn is a realtor so we are privy to many people looking to unload furniture.  We have acquired a 40" Samsung, 4 beds and we generally have an attic full of stuff she uses for staging.

    Does anyone have thoughts on renting to nurses?  My limited research shows they do extended runs at hospitals, 90 days-  6 mos and sometimes longer if they like the gig. 

    The place is 30 min to the gulf of mexico, couple hours to New Orleans or FL panhandle beaches...not a bad area, a little rural but im thinking $3K would be the number if we got 2 or maybe 3 nurses (would be tight with 1 bathroom), though I imagine there are facilities at the hospital too? 

     

    8 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

    That’s @gil bang wheelhouse.

    Thanks Bear. 

    Yeah, I had what is essentially a walk-out basement that had been used as a game room, with a pool table and pinball machine that nobody used.    It's a hair over 400 sq ft.

    I built out a nice bathroom and kitchenette.  The bathroom has a big shower, and a big sinktop with nice cabinetry.  Kitchen is Ikea stuff...12 or 13 cu. ft. fridge/freezer with ice maker,  a microwave/convection combo, an induction hot plate, service for 4 in dishes and glassware, etc. Roomy countertop with a good-sized sink.   I also installed a mini-split heat pump, so it's cool or toasty as the occupant wishes. It's got a separate driveway, so parking is about 5 feet from the private entrance (which is at a lower level than the rest of the house).  It's pretty private, but not too isolated.  It's got a nice patio with a cover, so we bought a bistro set and a grill for them to use.   Our laundry room doubles as the pool bathroom, so it has it's own entrance, so laundry isn't an issue for the tenants.  I offer them exclusive use of the laundry room on a day of their choosing, or, they can just merge with the rest of us and throw in a load when they need to.   I hung a nice smart TV (and put our Netflix, amazon, and the rest on that TV for them), give them fast wifi, etc.  

    We furnished it with pretty high-grade stuff.   A nice bed, cotton sheets, nice towels, etc.   The GF decorated it "cute"*  I put it on furnished finder for $1900/mo.  Within a week, I got a cute nurse originally from Canada (with WA driver's license) that took a 120 day contract at one of the hospitals.   She moved in and liked it well enough that she extended her contract.   Their contracts are capped so they can't stay forever.  

    Anyway, she was cool as shit and we were sorry to see her go, but within a few days of re-listing, I got a nice gal from SAT.  She worked the same hospital and stayed 6 months.  After feedback from nurse 1, I upped the rent to 2,000.    Like the first gal, when this one left, she wrote us a beautiful note and left us a gift basket. 

    So, I listed it again.  This time, I got a call from a guy in his 20's.   He's in the IBEW, and serving an apprenticeship at a local contractor.  His family home is about 100 miles away.  He came over, found the place perfect for him, and took it.  He loves the fact that his truck is right outside the door (instead of in a motel parking lot), etc.   He's been here 7 months or so.  This stage of his apprenticeship ends in July, and he's really hoping to stay with this company for the next stage, or find another contractor in this area and continue to rent here.   BTW,  North San Diego is a fuckload nicer than where he's from, so I understand why he wants to stay.   Truthfully, we like this young man as a tenant better than we liked the nurses.  This guy leaves early and comes home late.  He's 50 hrs/week minimum working, and gone a lot more than that.    The nurses worked 3 12-hour shifts per week, and a lot of that was at night.  Meaning, I didn't want to make a lot of noise during the day while they were sleeping.  So, mower/weed whacker/chain saw time was restricted. 

    Of course, I told the nurses that they were free to use the pool at any time :)

    All 3 of them are wonderful people, and both the nurses know that if they want to come back for a long weekend, they can have one of the spare bedrooms in the house for no charge.   

    I'm sure if and when "Mike" leaves I'll get another nurse, and that's fine with me. 

    r/travelnursing is a pretty good forum for finding out wants and needs.  

    I've found that the most important thing for the women is to feel safe.   Both of the nurses mentioned how safe they felt in their goodbye notes.  

     

    * as to the "cute" decor, when Mike checked the place out, he said "yeah...I don't really need all these throw pillows...can you store these somewhere?".  I knew right then I liked the guy. 

     

    Somewhere in this long post, I deleted the part about being within 10 miles of 3 big hospitals.  Location is important. 

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  3. On 10/26/2023 at 11:32 AM, kmac30 said:


    Update on this. Terminal block on back was broken so the timer didn’t have power. Fixed. Repair guy told me he doesn’t do work on SpeedQueen very often (they don’t have issues). Said they are the best options out there.

    SQ may well be a great machine, but the fact that the repair guy sees them rarely might have something to do with their tiny market share.

  4. On 4/17/2024 at 5:33 AM, troph said:

    To be fair it does come below your waist to your 20 something year old scrotum level amirite? If so you just haven’t adjusted for age and gravity- that’s a forgivable sin.

     

  5. 1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

    That CNN reporter is better than a whole lot of radio play-by-play announcers.

    Way upthread I said she was like Chick Hearn in his prime.  She is a real pro.

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  6. 29 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I still don't understand this.  And I refuse to rewatch the video.

    Seriously?   

    The man sees the obvious problem and wants to solve it.  The woman wants to discuss the problem instead of letting the man solve it. 

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

    I never sang it and we laughed at an older active member trying to teach us as pledges the words. What else Gil Bang’d?

    You laughed.   A decent person may have said "fuck this shit, I want nothing to do with any organization that promotes this racist hatred" and would have bailed the fuck out.

     

    You laughed. 

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  8. On 4/12/2024 at 3:21 PM, Rex Kramer said:

    The economy is considerably better than it has been in many years since the Shag started. Including last year, ‘21 and certainly ‘20. 

    It’s been said before, but the nature and dominance of the CR hard left lean is the primary reason for your difficulty with fund raising. 

     

    On 4/12/2024 at 8:01 PM, Rex Kramer said:

    People I know in real life either post here or lurk. They will not give your site $1 because of toxic nature and free-roaming horde in CR. They otherwise would. I’m not a fucking moron. Be ornery at your own risk. 

     

    On 4/13/2024 at 8:02 AM, Rex Kramer said:

    You showed data after I had already tuned you out due to three or four unnecessary insults. And your data is irrelevant to my point, which you continue to fail to even consider. Not every reason can be explained by your metrics. 

    I never cared too much about getting neg repped or pos repped, and I didn’t ask for that list, but it is very instructive to my point because I’d say most people DO care about rep to some degree about it (including me). Most of those people have one strong thing in common: the CR. They stifle conversation, make the entire community appear like the left version of Marjorie Taylor Green, and ultimately affect $ whether they go to Surly or NIL. You’ll probably respond I’m an idiot because Surly hasn’t been affected financially, but you’re failing to consider business that walks away - business to which you were totally oblivious - because of the bullying left nature here. Keep believing it’s “strange” features of a good economy. 

    My memory isn't what it once was, so somebody kindly refresh it. 

    Is Rex the guy that was a proud member of the frat that sang (still sings, probably) the song with the N word?    

    IIRC (and I'll stipulate that I may indeed not) it was "there will never be a (n word) SAE". 

     

    IF that's the case, then yes, I'm sure that today's version of CR is too "left" for his tastes.  And, if that's the case, then fuck him and fuck his "buddies". 

  9. 4 minutes ago, pantone159 said:

    I'd stay in Longmont or maybe Loveland, not far away. I've never been to Loveland but it has to at least smell better than Greeley.

     

    IIRC, Vance Bedford lives in Loveland

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