When we rented our house last August, we happened to noticed the sign in the yard just minutes after it was placed there. While we were insided getting a tour, a young couple walked up onto the porch and yelled, “If they aren’t sure about this house, then we’ll sign a lease right now!” I thought to myself, “Either this house is the coolest rental in Fayetteville or the landlord has paid this couple to run up here and push us into signing a lease.” So we signed a lease on the spot, partially because we were getting desperate and partially because I am a sucker.
This year was just as exciting. At 8am on Monday, I dropped off the last month’s rent with a note explaining that we wouldn’t be renewing our lease. Exactly one hour later, the landlord called and asked if she could show it at 10am the next day. WHAT?! I wanted to ask her how in the hell she found a potential renter in under an hour but instead, I said, “Sure.” Shorty after showing the house, the landlord called and said she wouldn’t be showing it anymore because the potential renter was now the definite renter. Wow.
Take a close look at that “For Lease” sign in the front yard. It’s a very rare species that only emerges once a year for about 24 hours. I was very fortunate to get as close as I did and even more so that I was able to snap this photo…
August 4th, 2005 at 9:35 am
Wow! I’ve only seen those signs on the Discovery channel. Does it look smaller in person?
lucky bastard.