We're popular people.

Today was a short but good day.   Our contractor came by and seal coated the roof.  We only wanted him to fix a couple minor leaks, but his estimate to coat the whole thing was reasonable, so we did it for the peace of mind. 

Then I worked on painting around the front door while the weather was still nice.  Well, you can't do much around the front door without everyone stopping by to say hi or see what we're doing.   I think we had literally 7 or 8 visitors today.  The neighbors around our place are all very friendly, and we even gave a tour to a couple of them.  Most people ask when we plan to be finished and how much we'll be asking for rent.   One lady said she rents a 1-bedroom place next door which is half the size for $600.   We planned to ask $700, so I think we'll be very competitive.   Someone else also mentioned that the previous tenants who lived there for 13 years would love to move back.   They only left because the house was foreclosed upon.  So we called them up and they may be moving back in.    Would be great to have such long term tenants in there.

Yesterday I also repaired a few steps in the back.   They looked nice and new, but now have a little tar on them from the roofers.