last night i came home from work to find a business card stuck in the front door, with a handwritten "Please call us" on the back. the business name indicated that it was an auto repossession company, there were little pictures of cars being towed, and the person on the card was listed as an "investigator".

my gut reaction was that it was for the previous tenant, who never bothered to change his address when he moved out nearly a year ago. we're still getting his bills, including several "final notices" and even a court summons indicating he was being charged by the city for operating a business without a license.

i tried to call, but got no answer. i didn't sleep at all last night, fearing that they were instead coming for us, or a customer car or something.

first thing this morning i called them to get it straightened out and my gut was right. it was the other guy. i told them he moved out almost a year ago, gave them the name of the property management and agent, and hopefully that's the last we hear of that.