Sweet Catastrophe

Oy! So Thursday night, Ryan got stuck in Jacksonville with a busted break line–something he could fix himself if he had the lift and all, ya know? But of course, he had to wait until Saturday morning for anyone to do anything.

Saturday comes and rent is due. I don’t pay rent until I know all the money is there. I find out I’ve got to cover Ryan’s because for some reason his paycheck isn’t showing up (he has direct deposit) and later, when it’s all said and done, we find out his master cylinder is worthless so that has to be replaced. Overall, over $500. He had to get a credit card just to pay for it. I was in Douglas when all this was going down, so I didn’t drop off rent until 9ish.

I got there and Don had a sign on the door announcing that rent was now officially late and for you to include the late fee or rent would be returned. I had NO idea what the late fee was, or anyone to contact, so I added $40 and left a note saying to just apply the excess to next month.

Last night I got home and Ryan thinks it’s closer to $75. Which means on Monday, rent will be considered almost 3 days late, and I’m probably out an extra $100 that I don’t really have to spare.

Talk about pissed. This guy is such an ass. He even has it set up to where if repairs are needed in the apartments, tenants have to pay the first $50. Imagine how often things actually get fixed.

He owns multiple buildings here in Valdosta, on top of a pawn shop & title loan operation. If you performed a small business valuation, you’d see he’s worth way more than he deserves. To boot, he’s got a ‘thank you’ letter from Bush prominently displayed. That’s like strike two and three together in my book.

So kids, let’s all hope really hard that this is one of those times where Jade is right and Ryan is wrong because otherwise, Jade and Ryan are both beyond broke for two weeks.