Excuses, excuses... · 1:31pm Sep 22nd, 2014
Alright, so I've given this some thought, and I decided that I should update you on what's going on in my life.
As most of you don't know, in real life, I am a landlord, and a small business owner. I decided a long time ago that I was gonna go through life not working for anyone but myself. I thought I'd just coast through life as the lazy bum that I am, doing whatever the hell I want. Well, as I found out, being a landlord isn't all fun and games.
First off, I have to pay extra attention to my finances, and exercise a strict discipline on what I spend. I have a lot of money in the bank right now, but I can't spend any of it, simply because of the amount of bills that come with owning a house. I gotta pay taxes, water, sewage, insurance, licensing, get gas for my car, and by the time all is said and done, I have a stipend of what I collected. So in a way, saying that "my money is in the bank" would be a lie. This money is someone else's, and I'm just holding onto it until I pay them.
That leads me to the second problem. All this money I'm collecting from tenants is going to bills, not groceries. In order to get more money, I need to buy a new house. Thank God I have this one paid off, but that means I need to take out a loan, and what little money I have left to collect will go to paying off that loan every month. And then I have to get the house I buy fixed up, and assuming I don't sell it, I need to make sure I get a good tenant in there.
Speaking of good tenants, those things are few and far between. Every time I think I have a good tenant, he ends up screwing me out of two or so month's rent, meaning I'm losing money, and I still have to pay the court to evict him. And assuming he doesn't try to pull some BS during the eviction, I then have to spend more money getting the house ready for the next tenant, which involves tossing out trash, cleaning every room, and if he was especially bad, replacing a window or a door. And just those things if I'm lucky.
Actually buying the house requires me to dress up, look nice, and call a plethora of people. Banks, lawyers, realtors, inspectors, estimators, everyone and their brother just to buy this thing. And you know they're gonna want money, too. By the end of the day, I'm mentally drained. I just wanna sit back, and enjoy some music, and maybe play a game.
I tell you, this life is leaving me more than a little jaded. The last thing I need is to read about some fucktard complaining about having to go to school, or some bitch telling me to check my privileges, or someone protesting something I like because it offends them. I am fucking sick of dealing with people, and I can't drum up any sympathy for any of these people. I wish all I had to worry about was going to school. I wish I had the time to protest something I don't like. I wish I could just go around and piss people off for a stupid fucking reason. But I can't. I've got too much responsibilities, and not enough time to deal with it. Yet I still do. So if I can deal with it, then so can you.
Wow, this post turned into a rant. Sorry about that. In any case, for those of you wondering what's taking so long with ASoT and other stories, or if you're wondering how I'm coping with my writer's block...well, there's your answer.
"Real Life Comes First." That's what I always say.