Took a break from rental-room-think after the local ad paper blew my mind.... did some officey stuff and am finally getting some work DONE. It's been so hard-- during vacay Hardi and I planned so many changes that my schedule has been totally reformatted. With a BP meds change and doc appts as well, I'm a bit..... off, in some areas.

Anyway earlier today I looked at the ad paper. The rents people are getting around here now due to the gas drilling!!! I see now why my friend named such a high figure, and why the kids at the local uni must be going out of their minds. And why this rental, if it flies, will pay me to have a cleaning lady for OUR part of the house AND pay me to climb stairs much oftener each day-- because WE will be upstairs more, in OUR little slice of heaven.

So I drafted this ad to run tomorrow, purposely not quoting rent because it will depend on who calls (age) and what amenities they want to underwrite. I have a few days before it runs to make my peace with the huge rent I will try to get. (If I am too high I will adjust my spiel of course.)

The goal of the ad is to wash out undesirables, be clear on geographic referents, and offer pluses-- then I'll do a round of phone interviews, emails with pictures, and hopefully a very few showings to these pre-qualified tenant applicants. We also let the word out at our local fave biz and dining spots. (I used all the same tactics to quickly fill my aquatics class a few years ago with the same ad paper. Who knew? People actually CALL!)

Funny news-- another cash-producing idea I had on vacay netted me the $20 last night which the one-week ad will cost, so I begin in the black.

  LARGE, FURNISHED ROOM
  near Whitneyville. Semi-
  private entrance, sleep/
  study/lounge areas, free 
  laundry. Parking plowed. 
  Kitchen/other amenities 
  negotiable. Available Oct. 
  1 - June 30 for clean, sober 
  non-smoker with references. 
  Payable weekly in advance 
  (2 weeks' deposit required).
  FMI [cell phone]
  

~S~