I Paid My Father $250 in Rent Every Month for Five Years. After His Funeral, His Best Friend Gave Me a Key and a Box.
PART 9
Two weeks after the funeral, the first practical problem arrived.
The studio’s heating unit failed during a cold rainstorm, and the repair estimate was almost the equivalent of four months’ rent at my old bedroom.
Pete knew a contractor who gave us a fair quote, but the experience frightened me.
I could not keep a sophisticated studio running on wishful thinking and the savings Dad had collected from me.
I made a spreadsheet.
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