Coffee & Do-nots...

My problem with giving holdovers the benefit of a doubt falls into several categories, namely:

1.. Everything is great until it's not! This is the wake up and smell the coffee part of my subject line

2. While there are lots of very nice people who have lost their homes thru foreclosure, it never fails to surprise me how bitter and angry people can become when something enters their minds that they've gotten the short end of the stick, despite my bending over backwards to accommodate them.

3. I like to remind people that in actuality, they did not lose their home (as it is still in place on its foundation) but they lost OWNERSHIP!

4. I've done much better by developing policies in advance and not creating them case-by-case. There's always someone or some situation that tempts me to bipass my own policy, but most every time I come to regret it and then I'm disappointed at myself (who knows better).

5. If you do decide to be a nice guy, I'd make sure they already had made irreversible arrangements to move into a specific place on a specific date, and get it in writing. Do I come across as distrustful? Doubtful? You betcha.

6. BTW...I'd considering having one of those remote starter switches installed on my cars after telling former ownersfact #3.