61 Painting a Picture December 1, 2025

My apologies for missing my last blog post. I did not even realize that I missed it until I started writing this one. Earlier this year, we had a disagreement with our tenant and had to ask them to leave. It took nearly five months to evict them and we still have some legal matters unsettled. It sucks being a landlord, which is why we decided to not rent out that space but use it in production. It was pretty clear that the best use for it would be as a paint bay. Currently they are working out of a 1,500 square foot bay and spilling over into the staging area. The new paint bay is 4,500 square feet and is isolated from the rest of the factory. We have had to do a lot of cleaning up and repairs. The ex-tenants left it a mess with block walls and holes in the floors. Those have been removed or repaired. Tomorrow, the electrician is coming to install a dozen high bay LED lights and do additional wiring for the new 26 x 14 side-down draft, dual filtered, $30,000 paint booth. With any luck, we should be up and running by the end of the year. I will keep you updated.