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My gut reaction is to say I have no business acumen, but that’s not true. There are a few instances when a business sense has been required of me.

I had dogs here: https://www.bebee.com/producer/@joyce-bowen/the-business-of-canines. I needed an acute sense of business to accomplish my goals, but admit I did not look at them as a “product.” Many, I know, did; I lost money taking up the slack of others. I took in strays and the discarded.

I am also a landlord. As such, I am bound by regulations imposed by my city, state, and insurance company. I follow the rules for the most part. It is difficult to get tenants to understand that at times. I have formulated a ‘rental agreement’ over the last decades to try to ensure people know The Rules before they move in. They are rules I am bound by and rules to ensure they know the destruction of my property won’t fly. I am bound by rules that say I have to keep the property up, so I trickle those rules down to my tenants.  The rental agreement is four pages long.  The tenant needs to initial each page.

Tenants (God bless them) often think when they rent my space that rules don’t apply to them. Some move in with the attitude that they can do whatever the hell they want. I once had a family move in where the man of the group set up a dangerous trampoline in the backyard for young charges in his care immediately after the family moved in. There were no guards to ensure the children did not get hurt, and my motherhood screamed to the fore. I consulted with my insurance company and, sure enough, trampolines were not allowed. I informed the gentleman he had to either take the trampoline down or I would.

He said, “You’re going to take the kids’ trampoline down?”

Brilliant deflection, but it didn’t work.

“No.” I said, “You are.”

The trampoline was down by the next day. It’s covered in my rental agreement now.

I once found out after the fact that a tenant had set up a room to grow marijuana. The wiring is not substantial enough to support the electricity required to run the grow lamps. And, according to statutes dictated to me by the city, my property could be seized if it becomes known that there is involvement with drugs on my property. It, too, is in my rental agreement now.

7376846f.jpgI had a tenant who was an alcoholic.  I became acutely aware of any thumps coming from downstairs telling me he had probably hurt himself.  I soon learned he forced me into a codependency stance as I soothed him and called 911 to attend to his self-inflicted injuries.  (Yes--I took a picture to cover my ass.)


The rental agreement looks like a comedy to me. I try to lighten it up in places. “,(No use of heating lamps to provide growth to plants interior to the residency will be allowed. No growing marijuana in the residence. It’s been done before.” “No erection of trampolines of any sort. Insurance in the State of MA will not cover properties with trampolines. No pools are to be used.”) I find that people should know that everybody has rules.

I had an instance where people from my rental unit partied heartily overflowed into the hallway and the front porch, and one individual took a tumble off the front stairs, cracking his head open on the concrete of the sidewalk causing brain damage. That’s in my rental agreement now. No partying in the hallways, so to speak.

In the state of Massachusetts, tenant right’s groups pulled together with agencies essentially tasking landlords with the unwanted posture of being surrogate parents. Getting a habitual violator out of the unit is nearly impossible.

I once had to evict an individual for nonpayment. He tried to say his apartment was not up to snuff. I took pictures of before and after conditions as I engaged in cleaning his apartment. I printed them out as evidence that he was simply a slob. The mediator assigned to our case refused to even look at them. I declined mediation. The criteria laid out by the mediator was untenable. We went before the judge.  The tenant was also involved in a criminal enterprise.  I brought pictures in evidence of that activity.

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The judge was hard-core tenant. But when I said I had pictures he brightened up and asked to see them. I gave him the before and after pictures of the kitchen. Garbage in the before set, and pristine in the after. The judge got the picture. He ruled in my favor and gave the tenant 10 days to get out. The tenant was stunned as was I. But I was glad to be rid of such a tremendous responsibility. I did not want to be responsible for offspring I did not

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Business is business wherever you look. Small business is sometimes smaller than you think.



en español

Disculpas Mi primer idioma es el inglés. Yo uso un traductor para traerte esto.  Saludo a los que son multilingües, porque está más allá de mí.

Negocios, Negocios, Negocios y Reglas

Mi reacción intestinal es decir que no tengo perspicacia en los negocios, pero eso no es cierto. Hay algunos casos en que se ha requerido de mí un sentido empresarial.

Tenía perros aquí: https://www.bebee.com/producer/@joyce-bowen/el-negocio-de-los-caninos. Necesitaba un agudo sentido del negocio para lograr mis metas, pero admito que no las miraba como un "producto". Muchos, lo sé, así que perdí dinero tomando la holgura de otros. Me llevé a los perdidos y los descartados.

Yo también soy un propietario. Como tal, estoy obligado por las regulaciones impuestas por mi ciudad, estado y compañía de seguros. Sigo las reglas en su mayor parte. Es difícil conseguir que los inquilinos entiendan eso a veces. He formulado un 'contrato de alquiler' en las últimas décadas para tratar de asegurar que la gente conozca las Reglas antes de que se muden. Son reglas que estoy obligado y reglas para asegurar que saben que la destrucción de mi propiedad no volará. Estoy obligado por reglas que dicen que tengo que mantener la propiedad, por lo que goteo de esas reglas a mis inquilinos. El contrato de alquiler tiene cuatro páginas.  El inquilino debe inicializar cada página.

Los inquilinos (Dios los bendiga) a menudo piensan cuando alquilan mi espacio que las reglas no se aplican a ellos. Algunos se mueven con la actitud de que pueden hacer lo que quieran. Una vez tuve una mudanza familiar en donde el hombre del grupo estableció un trampolín peligroso en el patio trasero para los jóvenes cargos en su cuidado. No había guardias para asegurar que los niños no se lastimaran, y mi maternidad gritó a la delantera. Consulté con mi compañía de seguros y, por supuesto, trampolines no estaban permitidos. Le informé al caballero que tenía que tomar el trampolín o yo.

Él dijo: "¿Vas a bajar el trampolín de los niños?"

Brillante desviación, pero no funcionó.

"No" dije, "Usted es".

El trampolín estaba abajo por el día siguiente. Ya está cubierto en mi contrato de alquiler.

Una vez me enteré después de que un inquilino había creado una habitación para cultivar marihuana. El cableado no es lo suficientemente sustancial como para soportar la electricidad necesaria para hacer funcionar las lámparas de crecimiento. Y, de acuerdo con los estatutos que me dicta la ciudad, mi propiedad podría ser incautada si se sabe que hay implicación con las drogas en mi propiedad. También está en mi contrato de alquiler ahora.

3e9dd437.jpgTenía un inquilino que era alcohólico. Me di cuenta de que cualquier golpe que venía de abajo me decía que probablemente se había lastimado. Pronto aprendí que me obligó a una posición de codependencia mientras lo tranquilizaba y llamaba al 911 para atender sus lesiones auto-infligidas.  (Sí - tomé una foto para cubrir mi culo.)

El contrato de alquiler parece una comedia para mí. Trato de aligerarlo en algunos lugares. ", (No se permitirá el uso de lámparas de calefacción para proporcionar crecimiento a las plantas dentro de la residencia, no se cultivará marihuana en la residencia, se ha hecho antes". "No hay erección de trampolines de ninguna clase. No cubrir las propiedades con trampolines.No hay piscinas se utilizan. ") Me parece que la gente debe saber que todo el mundo tiene reglas.

Tuve una instancia donde la gente de mi unidad de alquiler de fiesta con entusiasmo, se desbordó en el pasillo y el porche delantero, y un individuo tomó una caída de la escalera de enfrente, agrietando la cabeza abierta en el hormigón de la acera causando daño cerebral. Eso está en mi contrato de alquiler ahora. No fiesta en los pasillos, por así decirlo.

En el estado de Massachusetts, los grupos de derecho de inquilino se reunieron con agencias esencialmente encargando a los terratenientes la postura no deseada de ser padres sustitutos. Obtener un violador habitual fuera de la unidad es casi imposible.

Una vez tuve que desalojar a un individuo por falta de pago. Trató de decir que su apartamento no estaba a punto de fumar. Tomé fotos de antes y después de las condiciones mientras me ocupaba de limpiar su apartamento. Los imprimí como evidencia de que era simplemente un vagabundo. El mediador asignado a nuestro caso se negó a mirarlos. Rehusé la mediación. Los criterios establecidos por el mediador eran insostenibles. Fuimos ante el juez. El inquilino también estaba involucrado en una empresa criminal. Traje fotos en evidencia de esa actividad.

3aef3586.jpgEl juez era un inquilino duro. Pero cuando le dije que tenía fotos se animó y pidió verlos. Le di fotos antes y después de la cocina. Basura en el conjunto antes, y prístina en el después. El juez consiguió el cuadro. Él gobernó en mi favor y le dio al inquilino 10 días para salir. El inquilino estaba aturdido como yo. Pero me alegré de librarme de una tremenda responsabilidad. No quería ser responsable de hijos que no soporté.


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El negocio es negocio dondequiera que usted mira. La pequeña empresa es a veces más pequeña de lo que piensas.


Copyright 2017 Joyce Bowen

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Comments
you are spamming, Aurora. I have unfollowed and reported you.

Jerry Fletcher

6 years ago #8

Thanks Joyce. Now I know why I've never wanted to be in the rental business!
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I bet they would.
#2
Very true, Todd Jones. Perhaps you should download and use a copy of my contract. I have them sign two--one for me and one for them. I almost never check references. They're often a smokescreen. I go with my gut most times. I have had a good set of tenants for 3 years now.
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Gracias. Fue una tarea difícil. Tuve que insertar los enlaces y negritas. Me doy cuenta de que el traductor no entiende los matices del español, pero es lo mejor que puedo hacer. Thank you. It was a difficult task. I had to insert the links and bolds. I realize the translator does not grasp the nuances of Spanish, but it's the best I could do. We are fortunate to have the ability to connect to so many around the world, I felt I should acknowledge it in some small way.

Dominique 🐝 Petersen

6 years ago #3

It has always amazed me why people renting behave this way. Is it because the property doesn't BELONG to them? Would they act differently if they owned it?

Bill Stankiewicz

6 years ago #2

Great post here and some real hardships when dealing with tenants

Maria Merino

6 years ago #1

First to congratulate you for taking the trouble to translate it into Spanish, it's all a merit.  And comment that there are problems in all businesses, big or small and we have to learn from them. Thank you for telling your experience.

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