Kap & I got lucky when we were able to recover our rental property immediately & evict our tenant because of a serious crime he committed. The drug den along Madrigal Avenue, until now, is still considered a crime scene & hasn’t been recovered by its owners may 2 taon na rin ang nakakalipas. God is good & merciful to us talaga that He kept us in His love & protection, kaya naman hindi kami masyadong nahirapan at naapektuhan sa malagim na pangyayaring ito.

Kap got to work immediately right after they left, kasi naman, sobrang nababoy yung bahay. There were cigarette burn marks on the armoire, dining & sofa sets. Yung mga kurtina amoy kush at umaalingasaw sa baho. Tapos, the tenant had 2 big dogs pa so puro scratch marks yung wooden doors & floors. The mirrored doors of the cabinets were cracked & the toilet in one of the bedrooms we had to replace kasi broken as well.

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For more than 2 weeks walang paltos na linis, kaskas, pintura, bakbak, kabit, grind, landscape, dilig, etc. to make it liveable once again.

I had all the drapes & curtains upstairs & downstairs steamed & vacuumed para maalis yung amoy. Awa ng Diyos nawala naman at malinis na uli ang buong bahay. Ready for the next occupants!

As you can see, Kap had to remove the broken mirrored sliding doors & replace them with wooden cabinetry nalang kasi nga mahal sobra ang magpa-install ng bago, tapos hindi naman kami ang gagamit. Hindi na tuloy maaliwalas huhu! The mirrored sliding doors made the small rooms seem bigger pa naman, sayang.

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Sobrang stress sa chest! I told Kap, next time I don’t want to rent out na to single guys, hindi sila marunong mag-alaga. Parang yung rental income nga namin napunta lang sa pagpapaayos, hmp! Good thing hindi na pumiyok the dad of our tenant when we said we weren’t going to refund the security deposit anymore at kulang pa nga yun sa pagpapaayos! @_@

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One of the many brokers I contacted brought in a client who, upon setting foot in the property, immediately smelled the KUSH. 🙁 She had young children, so rejected agad yung property huhu. However, she was so kind to recommend the services of BMG ENTERPRISES & SERVICES who regularly does the cleaning of her apartment using GRUENHEIM home appliances (they are also the distributor, in case you guys want to buy). At kita nyo naman, talagang nalinis at natanggal ang stains ng dining benches ko woohoo!! \m/ So there was no longer a need for reupholstery, Malaki ang natipid ko! For a minimum fee of 5k, they will go to your house to clean anything & everything. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

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Our next concern was sana maupahan agad. Our other property took SEVEN MONTHS to rent out, so ang lakas talaga ng kaba namin. Lord, huwag naman po sana ganon katagal, we prayed. And true enough, barely a month after, God sent us new tenants, woohoo! <3 Thank you Lord!

Just this last undas, when we visited the parents at the crypt in St. James Church, I had a heart to heart talk with them, with Kap looking on –tatawa tawa sa tabi. Nag-iinarte na naman daw ako, lol. Sabi ko sa dad ko: Daddy, please talk to your evil sisters naman. Tigilan na sana nila ako. Tantanan na nila ang paghahabol sa hindi naman kanila please lang at sumasakit na ang ulo ko. “Manahimik na sana sila” (interpret it any way you like hehe).

To my MIL naman I asked: Ma, baka pwede mo naman kalabitin si Lord. Paki-lakad kami. Sana padalhan na kami ng uupa sa bahay para hindi na ma-stress si Jo (her nickname to Kap).

Lo & behold, the very next day, a broker said her client seemed interested in the property & wanted to see it again. Aba, sugod agad kaming buong pamilya at pinag-pray over namin ang bahay para sure ball na! ;))

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Matthew 17:20 New International Version (NIV) He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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Last week, the new tenant moved in. PRAISE GOD! <3 Talagang maasahan, subok na matibay, subok na matatag si Lord. And thank you too, Mama, sa pagbulong. 🙂 I’m sure hindi mo tinantanan, hahaha.

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We are discouraged from renting out our properties as staff housing to call centers. I was assured by the broker though, that her Chinese client, although working for a legal online gambling website, was living in our rental house with his wife lang. Family naman daw, although this guys seems so young at 33 to afford a 450 sqm property in our gated village. In any case, he signed an iron-clad contract naman in our favor. Nasa kanila na yan kung susuway sila. Basta ba walang solian ng pera! 😛

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Ngayon, hinihintay ko nalang ang tatay ko magdeliver ng request ko at mag-drop dead na ang mga demonyitang aunties ko hehe. Lol joke lang (1/2). Kayo naman! 😛

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Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version (NIV)