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Woman on the phone to a plumber about a leaking sink
Small Projects + DIY
Here's what I learned to get our absentee landlord to fix things fast

… about some problem in our Brooklyn townhouse rental Messages prefaced by timid timewasting phrases like sorry to … reduced our typical email discussions about repairs to two messages One from me in which I state the problem and … plainly in the subject line or at the very top of your text message Everyone is overwhelmed with communication these …

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