We decided to rent out our condo several years ago and found Avail.co (it used to be called Rentalutions I think). They provide almost all of the services (or access to services) in one central location. You can advertise through them (they post on your selected real estate sites), take applications, setup leases…

Being in California, I always assumed it was standard to count PTO/Vacation as wages earned. After looking at the list, I’m surprised how few states have a similar policy.

To get in the Evil Week spirit, get a blow up pool and hundreds of ball pit balls for a friend or family member’s children. The children will love you, the parents will not.

This doesn’t surprise me honestly, especially if you’re in an area with hard to find parking. We took a bus tour in NYC several years ago and while stopping for lunch, the bus we were on got a parking ticket. The operator told us that it’s pretty common for bus and delivery companies to just maintain a budget for…

This morning, I woke up with no intention on going to the grocery store. That is no longer true.

Another site had something similar listed and I was trying to figure out how this was a generator. It appears that most of the battery backups of this type/size are called “generators” even though they do not generate electricity on their own...

Another site had something similar listed and I was trying to figure out how this was a generator. It appears that…

I see a bigger issue with how they’re marketed than with the food itself. AAFCO is theoretically meant to provide a standard so people know what they’re giving their pets meets all of their nutritional needs. But when some random DTC company comes in and says that food with all of it’s “chemicals” and “additives” is…

Well now I know that Lifehacker just makes stuff up. We all know that my diet is the only good diet and everyone who isn’t using it is just wrong. I mean, really, all of the flaws of everyone but myself can be tied back to not doing what I am doing. This should be evident to everyone by now.

I’m happy to finally see someone sharing my opinion. Every time I see a teacher or similar ask for toilet paper rolls I cringe. They’ve always struck me as gross to use for anything except throwing in the trash when they’re finished.

I just take a straw and blow bubbles into the bottle before serving. No one has complained yet.

You’re right, I commented on my original reply and noted it. However, you’re still not taking into account that any dollar you spend for the house needs to have inflation applied in the year that you sell. The property tax amount is closer to 105k when adjusted for inflation. The same goes for the interested and the…

Someone with a pending reply noted that my math is off, which is right. I didn’t account for the fact that you’re only putting down 50K initially. But you also have to take into account that any expense you put in (interest, insurance, maint, taxes, etc.) has to have inflation applied between the time that money was…

Selling “for a profit” is highly dependent on your market. National home price averages track around inflation. When you account for taxes, maintenance and interest, you’re not, on average, coming out ahead of where you started, but you may still come out ahead vs renting for that period of time.

Utilities. Not sure what regulations, but that’s how the e-mail was worded.

This is really neat. We found a site that made teddy bears with G-Tubes and a select number of other issues several years ago when my son still had his G-Tube, but nothing quite as elaborate as this. It’s cool to see stuff like this more available.

I second the note on checking with your employer. My employer is only allowed to do business in the state we’re in. They sent out a company wide e-mail a month or so ago letting everyone know that for regulatory reasons people could not move to other states and continue to work for the company. I assume this was…

Years ago, we lived in an apartment complex where each unit had a direct street address (no APT number or letter). At the time, their house location algorithm didn’t work with this configuration and our unit showed up in the middle of an overpass. It was both amusing and annoying, because it made it slightly more…

I’ve had Alexa connected to our wireless brother printer for months now, but the usefulness is relatively limited.

Haven’t tried this, but if you have one you may be able to use a zip-tie to keep the CD at the right angle. Just tighten the zip tie around the pencil enough that it stays in place, but can still be moved up or down. Face the “lock” towards the back, cut off the extra tie, and move it up or down to get your CD to sit…

MMM, you mentioned Chicken in a Biskit. So good. My only complaint is that they remind me of Bubblicious in that their flavor is gone way before you’ve finished the cracker. Still a fantastic cracker though.