I have an odd relationship with one of my best clients. I have never met him face-to-face. He lives in San Diego.

About 4 or 5 years ago I did some work on a house he owned in the Oakland hills. Worked out pretty well, he paid me with Venmo.

Three years ago he contacted me about an Airbnb house he was managing in Palo Alto. It was closer to where I lived. When I first saw it I had a feeling there might be a lot of work there for me, I was right.

It’s an older house, maybe 80 years old, you can tell by the old, old framing style and material you can see in the basement and attic. Not a grand old palace, but not bad either, and a really great neighborhood, right next to Stanford, incredibly quiet at night. But not well maintained for a long time. Numerous problems.

I’ve spoken to him on the phone maybe three times, all the rest of the time it’s text. Payment is always Venmo. Quick and easy.

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