Anyone else spend way too much time chasing paperwork?

[Dominic Mazzarella]

This might just be me, but I feel like an unreasonable amount of my time gets eaten up chasing documents.

Leases that need signatures, background checks, insurance COIs, W-9s from vendors, stuff from brokers or attorneys that was “sent already” but somehow never arrives.

It's not even hard work, it's just repetitive and annoying. Follow up once, follow up again, wait, follow up again, then finally get the doc weeks later. Granted, my VA does 80% of this, but it's still annoying for us both.

I’m trying to tighten up my own ops this year and I’m curious:

- What documents do you find yourself chasing the most?
- Who are you usually chasing them from (tenants, brokers, lawyers, counties, vendors)?
- Does it actually cause delays or problems for you, or is it just an annoyance?

Genuinely curious how other people handle this or if everyone just deals with it.