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It seems that Mainstreet does not like the Landlord Tenancy Act. A key example is the 24 hour notice to enter rule. I've had to have a bunch of repairs done on my property, and each time I was asked by the office if I needed 24 hours notice. Of course I do, it's a law! However, in saying that yes I did, I have ALWAYS been responded to with a sigh and "Fine, well, you know it will take longer then right?". Well, jeez, let's just punish the tenant for following the rules.
I've also had the maintenance guy call me, after requesting repairs, and asking again if I needed 24 hours notice. It's great that you've found the time in your day, but I'm not going to let you roam free in my apartment.
So you think the rent is cheap right? Well, double check that you don't have an "incentive" worked into your lease. Mainstreet often offers incentives for auto-withdrawal of rent, but keep in mind that they can eliminate that incentive without any notice.
Case in point:
I moved into my suite in July of 2011. We asked the current property manager if the existing incentives would continue to a new lease once this one was completed. Her response was that, yes, if I signed another one year lease it would be. So, come early May 2012, I contacted my new resident manager (yet another post) and requested a copy of a new one year lease. I had to request this from her at least four times, and contacted head office. I didn't get a copy until June 12, 2012 (less than a month before my current lease ended). It was then that I saw that they were cutting my incentive in half, bringing my rent up $75 per month. I asked why, and it was based on market values, and they made sure to tell me that they could do it, because it was the incentive being decreased, and not the rent being increased. I was then told I could choose not to sign the lease, but I would have to give a months notice, and would have to pay for all of July, at full market rate. All because they couldn't get me a new lease in time. I may also add that I had to request a new copy, as it was dated incorrectly, and once I signed a properly dated lease, it took them 2 weeks to get me a copy....which I had to threaten that it wouldn't be valid if they didn't get it to me in time.
Ultimately, I was screwed, strapped over the barrel so to say. I wasn't given the opportunity to find a new home, and no apologies were made.
Regardless of where you rent, ensure you know your rights. All of them, in detail, and if they even push a little, remind your property manager of the landlord tenancy act.
All night we have suffered from an intense increase in a horrid smell that I have experienced since switching suites.
ReplyDeleteMainstreet, who took 2 weeks to replace our oven frost our bathroom window, deal with the dog pooping outside the back step, change landlords every week, fixed our ceiling AFTER residing in the place for months, and so on, has not done anything to remedy this issue.
I cannot wait to finally put the tenancy act to effect!
For centuries, people have recognized the power of luck and have done whatever they could to try seizing it. Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan rituals aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods. So why do we pass this and other superstitions down from generation to generation? The answer lies in the power of luck.
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To investigate scientifically why some people are consistently lucky and others aren’t, I advertised in national periodicals for volunteers of both varieties. Four hundred men and women from all walks of life — ages 18 to 84 — responded.
Over a ten-year period, I interviewed these volunteers, asked them to complete diaries, personality questionnaires and IQ tests, and invited them to my laboratory for experiments. Lucky people, I found, get that way via some basic principles — seizing chance opportunities; creating self-fulfilling prophecies through positive expectations; and adopting a resilient attitude that turns bad luck around.
Open Your Mind
Consider chance opportunities: Lucky people regularly have them; unlucky people don’t. To determine why, I gave lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to tell me how many photos were inside. On average, unlucky people spent about two minutes on this exercise; lucky people spent seconds. Why? Because on the paper’s second page — in big type — was the message “Stop counting: There are 43 photographs in this newspaper.” Lucky people tended to spot the message.
Unlucky ones didn’t. I put a second one halfway through the paper: “Stop counting, tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $250.” Again, the unlucky people missed it.
The lesson: Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they’re too busy looking for something else. Lucky people see what is there rather than just what they’re looking for.
This is only part of the story. Many of my lucky participants tried hard to add variety to their lives. Before making important decisions, one altered his route to work. Another described a way of meeting people. He noticed that at parties he usually talked to the same type of person. To change this, he thought of a color and then spoke only to guests wearing that color — women in red, say, or men in black.
Roxy Finn*, 47, first noticed her hair body was thinning in her 20s, but it's gotten worse in the past few years. "It's one of the most devastating things I've ever had to face," she says. "Women are supposed to have thick, sexy hair, so it's a big chunk of your sexiness down the drain—literally!" Initially, Finn thought the thinning might have been due to perming her hair, but after consulting her primary care doctor, gynecologist, and dermatologist, she learned that the real problem is a genetic predisposition to hair loss in women. Put simply, her hair is no longer growing in as thick or as long as it did when she was younger.
ReplyDeleteFinn is not alone, as 50% of women experience some kind of hair loss by age 50. "It's far more common than people realize," says Robert Leonard, DO, founder of Leonard Hair Transplant Associates in Cranston, RI. But even though the problem is widespread, it's only now that help is more readily available.
"More women in my practice are addressing this condition," says Mary Gail Mercurio, MD, an associate professor of dermatology and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester. "That's encouraging, because the sooner hair loss is diagnosed, the better the chances of finding its cause and successfully treating it."
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The root cause of hair loss in women
"We all shed around one hundred to one hundred fifty hairs per day," says Paradi Mirmirani, MD, a dermatologist in Vallejo, CA, who specializes in hair disorders. But if you're losing more than that (you can tell if you see clumps of hair in the shower drain), your part is getting wider, or your hair has become significantly finer, you may be dealing with female pattern hair loss, a genetic condition that affects 30 million American women. Although FPHL (also called androgenetic alopecia) can begin as early as your 20s, it's most common after menopause. "Multiple genes play a role, and they have an equal probability of being inherited from your mother's or father's side," explains Dr. Mercurio.
Although this type of hair loss doesn't necessarily indicate a medical issue, you should consult your GP to rule out a thyroid problem, iron deficiency anemia, or an excessive level of male hormones (common when you have polycystic ovarian syndrome or when estrogen levels drop off around menopause); these conditions may cause a different type of hair loss or aggravate FPHL if left untreated.
If your doctor determines that you don't have these other, more serious health issues, or resolving them doesn't minimize symptoms, your next stop is the dermatologist's office. She will perform a scalp exam and take a detailed medical and family history to determine why your hair is thinning and help you develop a treatment plan.
Does stress, anger, or sadness drive you to eat? Do you turn to food for comfort, or when you're bored? Many people do. If you often eat for emotional reasons instead of because you're physically hungry, that can be a problem.
ReplyDeleteObeying the urge to eat more than you need is a sure-fire way to gain weight. It’s an even bigger problem if you already have health conditions like diabetes, obesity, or high blood pressure.
You can get back in control of your emotional eating. The surprising part is, it's not really about food at all.
You might not even realize you're doing it. One of the biggest clues: “Eating until you are uncomfortable and stuffed is a sure sign something is going on," psychologist Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD, says.
Another clue: You're gaining weight and you don't know why. Don’t assume that it’s just that you’re getting older or slacking on the treadmill. Consider how you're doing emotionally, and whether that might be affecting your eating.
Be Kind to Yourself
Once you’ve realized this is happening, the first thing you should do is give yourself a break.
“Greater self-compassion is the first step toward learning to comfort yourself in other ways,” Becker-Phelps says. Beating yourself up over it only adds to your stress, which can lead to more emotional eating.
Next, pay attention to the thoughts and feelings you have before you eat. “The more aware you are of your inner experiences, the more you can choose how to cope with them,” Becker-Phelps says.
Seek Solutions
The solution to emotional eating is less about eating than it is about emotions.
You can start with a simple step. “Make a list of what is stressing you, and make a plan to take control of the situation,” New York psychologist Patricia Farrell, PhD, says.
If you can change the situation, go for it. If the problem is out of your control, you can manage the way you think about it. If you can notice your stress in the moment, you can choose how you respond, rather than reacting the way you have in the past.
Consider talking with a counselor so you can better understand what's going on with you and the best ways to handle it. Even a few sessions may help.
If you search online for "natural hair loss treatments," a long list of tonics, creams, and supplements appears.
ReplyDeleteBut do they work? Paradi Mirmirani, MD, a dermatologist for Permanente Medical Group in Vallejo, Calif., spends a lot of time steering patients away from products recommended by their friends and family members. Most of those products are costly and have little to no benefit.
"Most natural hair treatments are bunk," Mirmirani says.
Though few natural treatments have been well-studied for hair loss, there are a handful that may help you hold onto your mane longer if it's starting to disappear.
Depends on the Cause
You may be seeing more hair in your brush than normal for several reasons. Vitamin deficiencies, thyroid problems, and menopause are all culprits of hair loss.
If a medical condition is causing your hair loss, it may need to be treated.
"If something needs our attention, you fix that and the hair takes care of itself," says Molly Roberts, MD, president of the American Holistic Medical Association.
Sometimes medication is needed, Roberts says, but she often tries more general methods first -- such as the following:
Nutrition
Sally Kravich, CNHP, a nutritionist and author, finds in her practice that "vanity is a good way to inspire people (to eat better) -- we all want shiny eyes and radiant hair and skin."
She encourages her patients to get nutrients and minerals from the food they eat. Unfortunately, many people don't have the best diets.
Protein is important to strengthen hair and promote growth. The recommended daily amount is about two to three 3-ounce servings of meat or a combination of four to five servings of dairy and beans.
Kravich tells patients dealing with hair loss to include nuts and seeds, eggs, and fish in their diets. All are important sources of omega-3 fatty acids, which help lower inflammation and create a healthier scalp.
It's best to avoid a rut; eat a variety of foods every day. Kravich recommends eating six to 10 servings of various vegetables daily, two to four fruits, and an assortment of grains and legumes and lean meat products.
There's no magic bullet for losing weight. The most effective way to lose weight and keep it off is through lifestyle changes. Eat a healthy low-calorie diet with lots of fruits and vegetables and be physically active.
ReplyDeleteWeight-loss pills — prescription medicines, nonprescription drugs, herbal medicines or other dietary supplements — are all, at best, tools that may help with weight loss. But there is relatively little research about these products, and the best studied of these are prescription weight-loss drugs.
There are people you meet who, for no reason you can explain, you share a connection with on a deeper level than anyone else you've ever known. Whether you believe in the kind of a soul mate born from fiction and fairy tales, or simply hope that there is someone out there who is meant just for you, there are some sure signs to tell if you're on the right track to finding them. And if you've found the one who truly understands and knows you (and loves you still), don't let go — they only come around once in a lifetime!
ReplyDeleteThis may seem like basic advice, but you’d be surprised how many people actually think they have an edge over the House. Regardless of how good you are, or how much experience you have, or what technique you use, the casinos have been at this for a lot longer than you have. The odds are stacked in their favor, and while you may win in the short term, you will eventually lose. Knowing this can keep help keep your head clear.
ReplyDeleteYou'll pay 30 times that rate just to go to a movie! Bet $22 (to win $20) and most casinos will "comp" you a cocktail. Now you're paying an expected loss of $1 for three hours of action and a drink. Sports betting isn't just the best bang-for-your-buck gambling play-- it's one of the best entertainment values in the world.
ReplyDeleteMainstreet apartment is horrible. Heavily infestes with cockroaches leaks neess repairs all the time.The place is unlivable. Property managers calls exterminators once in a while which does absolutely nothing and infestationkeeps getting worse and worse.would never rent with them nor recomend. They ar crap.
ReplyDeleteMainstreet apartment is horrible. Heavily infestes with cockroaches leaks neess repairs all the time.The place is unlivable. Property managers calls exterminators once in a while which does absolutely nothing and infestationkeeps getting worse and worse.would never rent with them nor recomend. They ar crap.
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