My family has a a few residential rental real estate and with that comes a lot of responsibility. In the past, my father would do a lot of the repairs and maintenance, but since he has fallen ill, the responsibilities has befallen upon me the youngest single daughter. I am handy. I like to fix stuff if I can. I probably own more tools than some of the boys I dated. However when I am ask to do stuff, often times I either go by google, YouTube, intuition, or helpful guys I come across at Home Depot.
Sometimes I get assigned to do repairs and I ask myself what is the time, effort, and cost that I should attempt, before I give up and hire a pro or someone who knows more than me.
I swear, sometimes the only thing that entices me to try dating again is the possibility of find a guy who can be an extra hand and brain to help me with these DIY/ home improvement/maintenance stuff. Does the feeling of inadequacy ever go away?
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What’s wrong with going by Google, YT, intuition, or helpful strangers? Those all sound like reasonable ways to feel your way through something as long as you’re conscious of the fact not all advice is good advice.
The only way to feel better about it is to do it. But also, sometimes knowing when to call in a pro means that you know a lot more than you think you do.
After solving many of the problems more than once you get comfortable! We have owned two rentals and had to fix Many things! Now we hire plumbers and Handy people to fix the problems
Yeah, especially if you make a big difference in some area. Keep going. Be safe. YouTube everything twice at least. Keep going. Keep learning. Make that house yours.