In his second volume of amusing short stories, Thorbecke tells us about his struggle to make a living during his first years in the USA. After coming to St Petersburg, FL. during the late seventies, to join a small sailboat builder as marketing manager, he and his wife try their luck as owners of rental properties.   The properties they buy are of the NO-Money-Down type. They soon find providing rental property to lower income clients can be very rewarding, if not financially so. His stories about their experience with a wide variety of tenants, some smart, some conniving and others funny, are very amusing.   After some years of ‘Slum lording’ they finally gave up and started something totally different. He and his wife Lea open a daycare center that prospers into a small private school. The second part of this book should perhaps be called ‘How to Succeed at Running a Private School’.   With tongue in cheek Thorbecke relates about their experiences with children, parents and ‘regulating authorities’.  Final the final section of this book adds a few additional experiences from additional times in the author's life.

How to Fail as a Slumlord

Unknown, Author

Zephyr Publishing Inc

A blend of suspense, mystery, political intrigue and romance, FIREBIRD explores the universal themes of love, loss, courage and redemption. At its heart, FIREBIRD is the story of a woman mourning the death of her estranged sister, and a man who has sacrificed everything for love of his country. Dr. Alexandra Marik, a single mother and art gallery curator, is haunted by her past and the sudden, inexplicable death of her older sister. Ivan is a lonely, secretive Russian spy who has been “forgotten” since the chaos of Glasnost. Their lives are about to collide. It is October, just weeks before the Presidential election. A controversial Senator has replaced an ailing Vice President on the Republican ticket… Just miles from the White House, the funeral of Alexandra’s sister, Eve, is about to begin, while, in a forest far to the north, the man called Ivan is mourning Eve’s death as well. Alexandra’s quest for the truth behind her sister’s death will expose a decades old political secret that must be protected to allow Ivan to complete his mission. Her search will test her courage, challenge her concepts of family, surprise her with unexpected romance, and propel her to risk her own life to protect the children she loves.

Firebird: a novel of suspense

Mario, Helaine

Literature & Fiction

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How to Fail as a Slumlord

Firebird: a novel of suspense