u/Technical_Cell_2567

Hi - I’m a renter. My family and I just got approved for a new rent house but upon approval the property management company stated the owners are “very concerned” about maintenance on the property and set up routine inspections themselves.

Typically I’ve only had to deal with property managers where I’ve lived and while I don’t mind an inspection if we have enough notice, with the owners bypassing them I’m worried there might be some boundaries that could be crossed. Is this normal? We have not paid a deposit yet or seen the lease so I’m hesitant to move forward. I know I don’t own the house, but I would still be paying to live there and don’t want to feel like the owners are hovering over us.

I recently volunteered as a poll worker and had a wonderful, community experience doing it yesterday. I highly recommend volunteering if you can take off work on the minimal days to do it each year. It’s $200 a day and a long day, yes, but it went by quickly and gave a unique perspective into the voting process for our state.

It is mostly retirees that are doing it now and I fear without more able-bodied people signing up for it now it can have a huge impact on our elections as they are only going to get older and unable to do it. There were several I talked to yesterday who said this was their last year doing it and there is already a huge shortage with the amount of new precincts opening up each year. Just food for thought!

Here is the email for Oklahoma County to sign up to volunteer:

OklahomaCounty@elections.ok.gov