Don Olson

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• My MIL just turned 103 and reads 2-3 books per week. She is a celebrity at our local library, and they set aside the new books they think she will like.

  Post: Still Learning

  Link to comment from August 24, 2024

• I have owned two Florida vacation rental properties for 14 years. VRBO & Homeaway worked great when we started but they were bought out by Expedia and now are bad for both the owner and the guest. The costs are way up and they prevent owners and guests from talking on the phone until after the reservation has been made. I rented a vacation property last year from VRBO that was managed by Vacasa, which is a national company. The unit had suffered flood damage and all the furniture in the lower level was gone but it was still shown on the listing. I spent many hours on the phone with VRBO and Vacasa and finally was promised a partial refund which never happened. I wish I had simply called the credit card company. It is much better to deal directly with the owner or a local property manager that knows the property and the area. The Vacasa rep had never seen the property they were managing and were useless.

  Post: Headache for Rent

  Link to comment from April 17, 2024

• Bill & Hillary Clinton are still remembered for their used clothing donations to the Salvation Army that were overvalued by several hundred percent. Bill even itemized his used underwear on his handwritten list!

  Post: Exposing Themselves

  Link to comment from May 22, 2023

• I enjoyed your article as I had an Aunt we called "Ana Lou" who would have been 95 this year but she passed away in 2017. She was a retired schoolteacher who never had kids but had over 20 nieces and nephews she stayed in touch with. Most had elderly parents they were helping so it was easy to not focus on their aunt. Luckily, she also had great neighbors who helped her out as she aged. She moved fairly willingly when she needed assisted living, but it was a huge job for my brother and I to clean out her house of 60 years and sort through her financials. She passed away in a nursing home the same month her savings ran out.

  Post: Talk While You Can

  Link to comment from December 21, 2022