Holidays
~TTC Buddy to ebeneezer~
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Invite tenants over?
We own a duplex and live in the bottom. We have new tenants upstairs as of June. They are super nice and really social, but younger than us. I am 32, DH is 35, and they are just married/graduated from college at age 23.
DH thinks it is a great idea for us to invite them over for appetizers and drinks one night as kind of nice holiday gesture. I get along with them fine, but I have this thing about not wanting to be the creepy "older" neighbors, even though I don't think we're THAT old, haha.
I also don't want them to feel obligated to hang with us.
Is this an OK gesture, or should we get them a gift card (or just give 'em a fricking Christmas card!)
~TTC Buddy to ebeneezer~
Re: Invite tenants over?
I think it'd be really nice. If you're not completely comfortable you could invite a few other people from around the neighborhood also, and make it more of a neighborhood party than a tenant/landlord session.
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe invite over a few other couples to make things more comfortable.
~TTC Buddy to ebeneezer~
No No No. Do not do it.
You don't want to become friends with your tenants. I have experience with this and was a slow learner because it happened more than once. I owned a 4 plex and lived in one unit. I befriended different tenants. Once we were friendly, the lines blurred between business and friendship.
What happens if they can't pay on time? What if they want a dog all of a sudden and ask you and you feel bad saying no because you're friends?
Seriously, I can't caution you enough about this-- do NOT mix friendship and business. It will bite you in the ass.