Comment Every rental addition helps (Score 1) 97
A good friend of mine has a nice beach rental in N.C. - If you have a nice house with a nice deposit and a healthy rental fee, people take care of things fairly well.
Another aspect is that most improvements increase the rental value. I helped them finish an addition to the kitchen which made it possible for 8 people to eat dinner at the same table. Rental fees are higher, and the renters are HAPPIER!
I just don't get people who insist that since THEY don't want a computer on vacation, NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO!! If you want to install a computer with high speed access, that probably will attract a new set of customers that realize you want them taken care of in every way!
As for the backup restore - my OPINION is to not start fresh on every boot. Especially if you're using Windoze. I would be REALLY annoyed if the stuff I wrote up last night (since the kids were playing on my laptop) is TOAST!!
When the cleaning person comes in after the renters leave, one of their duties could be to log in to an ADMIN account and double click the icon that says "RESTORE".
It would be nice of you to install LINUX with a guest account and leave a Knoppix CD for them to take home.
ANOTHER OPTION:
Remove all furniture and carpet, put in 3 keg fridges, make the bathroom into another bedroom and rent a Port-A-Potty. That way those lousy worthless renters can't hurt much, and they can drink all the beer they want. Just turn the fire sprinklers on high at the end of the week.
But that's only if you don't repect others...
Another aspect is that most improvements increase the rental value. I helped them finish an addition to the kitchen which made it possible for 8 people to eat dinner at the same table. Rental fees are higher, and the renters are HAPPIER!
I just don't get people who insist that since THEY don't want a computer on vacation, NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO!! If you want to install a computer with high speed access, that probably will attract a new set of customers that realize you want them taken care of in every way!
As for the backup restore - my OPINION is to not start fresh on every boot. Especially if you're using Windoze. I would be REALLY annoyed if the stuff I wrote up last night (since the kids were playing on my laptop) is TOAST!!
When the cleaning person comes in after the renters leave, one of their duties could be to log in to an ADMIN account and double click the icon that says "RESTORE".
It would be nice of you to install LINUX with a guest account and leave a Knoppix CD for them to take home.
ANOTHER OPTION:
Remove all furniture and carpet, put in 3 keg fridges, make the bathroom into another bedroom and rent a Port-A-Potty. That way those lousy worthless renters can't hurt much, and they can drink all the beer they want. Just turn the fire sprinklers on high at the end of the week.
But that's only if you don't repect others...
