u/Big-Entertainer2074

I’m an accidental landlord and am wondering how to know when to sell a property.

Context: I bought a beautiful 1918 townhouse in Philadelphia in 2019 with a very low interest rate with money left to me from a grandparent. I renovated it and after two years I had to move for work but did not want to sell the house. It’s been successfully rented for the past 4 years by two different, sequential tenants and cashflows $150/month. It’s not wildly profitable. It has $176k left on the mortgage and a few small renovation loans being paid off by the rent.

I’m likely never going to move back in there myself and my current tenant is a lot to handle at times. As an example they’ve threatened to break a window to get into the house because they couldn’t get the door open and they didn’t want to wait for a locksmith. I called one while calming them down and it was resolved within 30 minutes. There’s been other situations that became unnecessarily dramatic.

How do you know when to sell a property vs keep it? What would you do if you were me?

Hi all, I’m setting up my Shopify store this week and looking through suppliers’ product catalogs.

I’m based in the EU and want to source products from EU based suppliers due to recent packaging rules going into effect. I do not want to go with Alibaba or Temu. I’m building a business not founded in trend or hype but a real identity and I’m looking for suppliers that offer quality products and potential for white labeling in the future.

So far I’ve looked through Spocket, Faire, and BigBuy. None are meeting the most critical criteria I have (based in EU or have EU warehouses, potential for whitelabel products, and quality products) and I’m hoping to hear from those more experienced on which suppliers they would recommend for beauty/wellness products.

Thank you 🙏

As long as I’ve known my husband, he’s been a night owl. That’s fine with me but it’s getting in the way of him setting himself up to be healthy and productive during the day and he doesn’t see it.

He wakes up late (12-2pm) every day if I don’t wake him up to start his day. He’s currently in school and only studies for 4-5 hours M-F. I wfh and don’t mind making him coffee to wake up around 11:30am. What I do mind is that he’s not doing himself any favors in waking up late, not having a good routine to keep himself healthy, and that he’s always a bit tired. That’s just not a good way to set yourself up to be healthy and productive during the day so we can have fun and be together/relax in the evening.

I’ve been pleading and negotiating with him to go to sleep at an earlier time for the past 3 years. I’ve cried, negotiated, begged him to just go to sleep at a normal time and wake up at a normal time so he can just have a healthy, normal routine and we can have more of a shared life together. His argument to me was that he wanted alone time to decompress and play video games. I’ve never told him he can’t play video games but just do it at a normal time, not 12-4am when you have to wake up and do stuff the next day. Is that so crazy to think and ask of him?

Up to now, I wake up by myself, do my job, cook our dinner, spend 1-3 hours with him watching tv and then I go to sleep by myself, I feel lonely, sad, depressed and tired of doing all this by myself.

Last week, I went to go to bed and he came with me. He shut off the tv, made us sleepy tea, got into bed with me and brought his laptop so he could read/browse while I slept. It was nice and unexpected the first night. He’s been doing it every night since then and I’m confused. Why the sudden shift after 3 years of us arguing about it? Why the sudden change in behavior when I had just given up fighting about it? I’ve asked him about it the last few days and he just maintains that nothing is wrong and that he’s doing this now.

I don’t understand why he’s just decided after so many fights and so many tears from me that he’s just going to go to bed with me from now on. What is going on? Has anyone been through something similar?

Hi from the Netherlands! We are designing our garden layout now and intend on starting the work next year. We’re very excited about putting in a sauna and hot tub since we love going to spas often. We would like a wood burning heater and care about having a minimalist/Scandinavian style.

What companies do you trust for a max 6 person sauna? We have looked at the Meri sauna from Polhus and this one from JS Oasis and love the style and design.

What do you have at home and would you recommend it? What other sauna companies would you recommend for us to look at?

Edit: Our budget is max €8k and our garden size is 7m x 12m. It’s a blank slate since the previous owners didn’t want much of a hassle with a garden.

Hi everyone, I’m here on the partner visa which gives me 3 years to integrate and reach B1 comprehension in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. I’m exempt from the course on working in the Netherlands as I have a full time 40 hours / week job already. I still need to do the KNM course.

I’m at A1/A2 level now (I’m learning A2) and find it very difficult to choose resources to learn. I’m mostly using YouTube videos and speaking with my in-laws currently as a way to learn.

Has anyone had experience and can speak to using Inburgeringonline.nl? What resources have you found to help you the most in learning Dutch? I’m grateful for any advice and/or resources 🤗

Update: Thank you all for your suggestions! 🙏 I’ve made a list for myself to look into the various resources and have already bookmarked Ad Apple on YouTube. I greatly appreciate your advice! Best of luck to everyone in a similar boat!