The First Vacancy

So August 13 marked the date that my first tenant moved out. Yes this was also Friday the 13th. Obviously not a good sign. So my parents came down and we did some updates, replacing three windows and fixing a couple of other things. I must say the place is looking good and hopefully the new windows will help save some energy costs as well. But you might ask...what is going to happen? How do you get a tenant? what if you never rent it out and go into bankruptcy because you can pay your bills? Trust me, all this went through my mind.

I am happy to write this now because we have a tenant for Septemeber 17th - one month vacancy. We used Craigslist which is free and gets you about 10 responses and showings per week. and the great thing is I didn't have to worry too much because we have another apartment which is still happily paying rent. So yes it is scary and stressful but I wouldn't trade it for anything because it has enabled us to live a life we want to be living and give us some options and back up plans.