lazygood4nothinbum
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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no, not out of its misery. its still gotta put up with my driving for a while yet. made ya look though.
brother & sil's new ranch manager isn't working out. so she's packing up her lynx, her horses and her kangaroo. someone with their own kangaroo turned out to be a problem, hmmm, who'd'a thought?
they want me to take the job. it doesn't pay anything, but then there isn't really much to do. i'd have to feed and water the horses twice daily when i'm in town (i think there's about six or 10 of them, currently, plus the cute minihorse). they'll take over when i want time off. i get to live in the ranchhouse for free (i'm assuming they pay for my utilities too, will confirm.) and i'd have a few acres to plant a new garden. i hope the horses like bamboo. note to self: make sure they have a well installed.
so basically all i have to do is play with the horses and sweep the central area of the stable. the tenants clean out their own stalls and bathe their own horses. my niece takes care of her horse's stall and sil takes care of her baby horse & i guess the miniature horse too, or maybe i'll just bring him into the house.
with this i could rent my entire house for a year or rent out two rooms indefinitely as long as i keep access for myself to the third bedroom which secures homestead on the property so that i do not wind up with a huge tax bill (homestead keeps my taxes figured at the save our home rates, a considerable savings even with the now lower property values.)
i think i could rent out two bedrooms and, after all costs, net about $3-4k/year. i'd have to worry about damage but i hope that would be minimized because i'd have access to the house, as technically i'd only be renting two rooms plus house privilages. the ranch is only an hour away from here and i'd be at the house at least monthly to maintain the garden and collect rents.
the ranch is very near two zoo's where i might be able to get part time jobs if i want. my current house is too far away to make the drive to such a job economically viable. (the pay would be less than what i'd spend in gas.) also there is a growing population there if i still want to consider a career as a teacher.
between renting my house and living for free i'd decrease my current spending by about 14-15k/year while i wait out the housing mess for another year or two, longer if need be.
and best of all, the mustang would have all that space to play with the other horses.
brother & sil's new ranch manager isn't working out. so she's packing up her lynx, her horses and her kangaroo. someone with their own kangaroo turned out to be a problem, hmmm, who'd'a thought?
they want me to take the job. it doesn't pay anything, but then there isn't really much to do. i'd have to feed and water the horses twice daily when i'm in town (i think there's about six or 10 of them, currently, plus the cute minihorse). they'll take over when i want time off. i get to live in the ranchhouse for free (i'm assuming they pay for my utilities too, will confirm.) and i'd have a few acres to plant a new garden. i hope the horses like bamboo. note to self: make sure they have a well installed.
so basically all i have to do is play with the horses and sweep the central area of the stable. the tenants clean out their own stalls and bathe their own horses. my niece takes care of her horse's stall and sil takes care of her baby horse & i guess the miniature horse too, or maybe i'll just bring him into the house.
with this i could rent my entire house for a year or rent out two rooms indefinitely as long as i keep access for myself to the third bedroom which secures homestead on the property so that i do not wind up with a huge tax bill (homestead keeps my taxes figured at the save our home rates, a considerable savings even with the now lower property values.)
i think i could rent out two bedrooms and, after all costs, net about $3-4k/year. i'd have to worry about damage but i hope that would be minimized because i'd have access to the house, as technically i'd only be renting two rooms plus house privilages. the ranch is only an hour away from here and i'd be at the house at least monthly to maintain the garden and collect rents.
the ranch is very near two zoo's where i might be able to get part time jobs if i want. my current house is too far away to make the drive to such a job economically viable. (the pay would be less than what i'd spend in gas.) also there is a growing population there if i still want to consider a career as a teacher.
between renting my house and living for free i'd decrease my current spending by about 14-15k/year while i wait out the housing mess for another year or two, longer if need be.
and best of all, the mustang would have all that space to play with the other horses.