tommie gorman

I hope that is not this summers trend! Where is DFW? I do know where BFE is.

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Yeah, clean out cookies and files before each and every test. Missed that one. Also if it still seems high, run two consecative tests. And post the second one.

As to your second question I figured I would spam a little(what). Actually different info. My first influences were from my in-laws(true slumlords). Everytime I would start to spend some $ my wife would start whining. Finally I started to fix them up anyway, and my in-laws started to stop by goinghow nice, how much $. Well pretty soon I just did not care what they thought. Second they thought that a paid for house was the only way to go. Well I differ. In my opinion,(debatable) it is just a right off(interest is a right off) and what do I care if it is paid off. You do not have to make it glamorous, the tenants do not expect this anyway. Just solid and nice. Ceilings, A/C, garbage disposals, no leaks, dry basements, kept up exteriors,nice hardwoods or nice carpet($6 a yard), no cracks in walls, clean, etc... Different, well. One thing I would not change is having them as close as possible without being nextdoor(big no no), Mine are in a 10 block by 12 block area(about 800 homes in area). All built in the 50's. I started out carpeting every room, including bath room. Better yet I will tell you what I do now. Kitchen and bath is vinyl flooring, Bedrooms are maroon carpeting, and the rest is refinished hardwood. The hardwoods are easier to clean, and the carpet is nice to step out of bed onto. Generally the plumbing is replaced including the drains down to the concrete floors. New toilets, shower kits, vanities, and tubs if the old one looks worn. We literally gut the kitchen and bath out up to the ceiling. The floors are pretty well rotted, the drains and water lines are in disrepair, and their is no GFI outlets. We add cheap border. And all new exterior doors. All new interior door knobs. New smoke detectors. New floor vents. Usually new countertops in kitchen. Or cabinets if necessary. New vinyl windows. New water lines and drains. New A/C units(most don't have one) inside of a cage with a padlock. And even removing all tree's. Repair chainlink fencing. Paint inside and exterior. I would have picked a neighborhood that I would not have to move to later. This is my second move. My first one was to get them in the smaller neighborhood. My second one will be to get them closer to my house. And where I won't worry about leaving them to my kids. They will feel safe taking my grand-children in there if they want to, to work. Moving them is time consuming. I have to buy, fix up, rent, and sell others. Would have been done this fall, if I had not changed my mind. Retired at 47. Oh well, 5 more years. I don't take as long, since I now know what I have to do when I first walk in. Gut and rebuild. We make a mess too. But as I said, I do not have to do much later on. Now do not do this if you have a job. Buy better houses. A good one I did was I bought one for $2000 and spent $4000 on it. I rented it out for 5 years to same lady, section 8 for $500. $500 times 12 months is $6000, for 5 years, is $30,000. Another one is I bought one for $5000 and spent $25,000 on it. And when it appraised it brought a $63,000 tag. Borrowed 80% on it. It rents for $721 a month. Makes $200 profit a month, and put $23,000 in the bank. Both very good deals. But don't expect that very often. Really. Difference between me and Carlton Sheets. I will tell you a story, but don't expect it very often.

First of all I chose Section 8 because, after working on new houses, I knew that I could not sleep if I became a slum lord and did not give good housing. A slum lord can make a lot more $ because they literally fix hardly anything. No cost. Rent it cheap and go on. Lower the deposit if they will paint and clean for you. All you have to do is drop off some paint and they are in. But they do not stay long, and they will not take care of your investment. If they even keep up on the rent. But Section 8 subsidizes their rent. In other words they are not expected to pay more than they can afford. I have had renters only pay $1 a month, and I have had them pay $600 as their portion. But the gov't pays the other portion for them. If it is $800 and the tenant pays $1, the gov't will send you a $799 check on the first of the month. The only stipulation is that you have to make the housing livable. Kind of like your own home:would you have broken switch plates, outlet plates, windows, etc... All you have to do is find a poverty stricken area and go and put it in the paper and list it as a section 8 house. To make it easier call your local housing authority and ask for an owners packet. Poverty stricken, because it is for the poverty stricken people. Only a hassle if you do not someone telling you that you have to make this a livable house. They mainly go by city codes. And a few Fed laws. I personally think it is less hassle, but I probably am a little unusual. Really? Seems tough at first, but it did not take long to get used to it.

Well to tell the truth. One short one. I went over to my gandma's one time early in the morning, and was talking to her. And she told me that us teens thought that we had something new with these drugs and such. She said that there was relatively little difference between then and now, except that they did not go around bragging about it. I pretty much think that your powders su*k. If you younger fella's would leave that cr*p alone you would be a lot better off. A little smoke and brew won't hurt you too much. But that other stuff will eat up your cells. I have several somewhat retarded friends like that. Literally! You know what is the biggest killer in any neighborhood, powders! edit...grammar...careful!!

Wow, you would think...Nevermind, they probably have money spread all over in important pockets.

speedie did you just tweak your connection a couple of days ago or something? That is usually what happens. Super nice increase in speed.

AlmostHuman most of my tenents are long term Section 8. They have for the most part taken pretty good care of the property. Since we are in the neighborhood all the time, and keep them up when called, we very seldom have too much problems. We have some that have been with us for over 10 years. People actually wait to get into one of ours. Our quality is very good, and they understand that we intend them to stay that way, and have no problems kicking them out if they do not act right. I guess that I enjoy dealing with lower income families. Since I came from one myself. Actually I was a roofing contractor/installer for 14 years. And one day I bought one, and another, and then one day I decided to aleviate my headaches of roofing. And become a full time landlord. The money was better when roofing than rentals are right now, but when I reach my goal I should be retired in about 5 more years. And making more than when I was roofing. If I had known in the beginning what I know now, I would have been retired 2 years ago. How many people have said that before.

Well if you have the Basic package that is very good speeds. It is just that if it was a much higher pkg. I was going to suggest some ways to improve your speeds. Why don't you find out and post back.

Well personally I would not be without my lawyer! He has saved me a lot of trouble.

I am confused. You are getting 721Kbps and your were getting 200Kbps. And now your slower? Back at home i was getting close to 200 Kbps a second download (when it was the westel moden right into my comp) and now im this... Connection is:: 721 Kbps about 0.72 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 88 kB/s I would assume that you meant the 88kB/s. Have you tried it without the router to see if the router is the problem? What are grandma's advertised speeds? Are you virus and spyware clean? Have you used a registry cleaner? Have you defragged lately? Have you tried to tweak it with cablenut? http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-1013

Welcome to the forum pheoxs. Are you on a router? Have you tried cablenut? http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-1013 Are you spyware and virus clean? Have you tried a registry cleaner? Have you defragged lately?

Welcome to the forum Altoidz My emachines sometimes if I am on for very long, or do a lot on it. Usually 3 or 4 hrs. Don't know why, but like you said it goes away with a reboot. Mine does not show any sign except lack of noise.

Been in the upper 70's, but 63 today.

What did your internet provider say your speeds would be. It should be on your contract with them. 5Mbps, 8Mbps?

is a paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to corpses. The word derives from Ancient Greek: νεκρός (nekros; "corpse," or "dead") + φιλία (philia; "love"). Meaning a relationship to this in what way?

Yeah,a long ride. Enjoy the trip.

Welcome to the forum byenamo What are you advertised speeds?

Watch out there is a new expert in town. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1039 Kbps about 1.04 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 127 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/04/17 - 12:58am Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 8.06 sec Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 95.906 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Looks Great : 6.24 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FSGWITQJ2

Welcome to the forum RDavis What are your advertised speeds?

Welcome to the forum Tolax Nice speeds.

Nice speeds! Wanna trade?

Welcome to the forum lumberjack88 What are your advertised speeds. What provider? Just click and paste next time. 994 Kbps. average. Have you tried cablenuts?

Hey j3grizz, I just had to have mine recharged today. Been 2 years since I had it installed. It was bone dry.My partner said that it would be a pretty hard leak to detect. And he would probably rather wait till fall after the season was over. What do you think? 4 more.