Real Music & Real Estate . . .

Yiddishe Cup’s bandleader, Bert Stratton, is Klezmer Guy.
 

He knows about the band biz and – check this out – the real estate biz, too.
 

You may not care about the real estate biz. Hey, you may not care about the band biz. (See you.)
 

This is a blog with a gamy twist. It features tenants with snakes and skunks, and musicians with smoked fish in their pockets.
 

Stratton has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.


 
 

SHE KNEW SHE OWED ME

by Bert Stratton

Gilbert, a tenant, said the plumber stole a roll of dimes from her apartment. Next, it was a jar of pennies. “I want to call the police,” she said. “I know he took it. Everything in my place has its place and it doesn’t deviate. Even the spices on top of my microwave have a place. I don’t have clutter.”

claw foot tubWhy would a plumber steal a jar of pennies?

Gilbert has to go. Or not. She’s been a tenant for seven years. Last year she caused a $800 leak and only partially covered the damages. She overflowed her tub. Cost me some bucks with the tenant below. Gilbert had said, “Take the rest of out of my security deposit when I move.” She owes about $400, still. I wonder when she’ll move.

Hey, she just moved! No forwarding address. She knew she owed.

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3 comments

1 Ken Goldberg { 05.02.18 at 9:08 am }

Was the “he” who “took the coins” another tenant? There would be a legal way to pursue her but I suppose it’s not worth it.

2 Irwin M Weinberger { 05.02.18 at 11:59 am }

I just realized that some of your short stories remind me of the work of Shalom Aleichem. This one leaves me thinking about who is innocent and what is ethical.

3 Dave Rowe { 05.05.18 at 8:41 pm }

Wonder where her pennies and nickels are sitting now.

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