At what point does "I'll just deal with it when it breaks" stop working?

At what point does "I'll just deal with it when it breaks" stop working?

online · Member since 2026 · 99 posts · 44 votes

With one property, a lot of landlords can genuinely wing it, know the place well enough, handle things as they come. Curious where that stops working for people. Was it a specific number of units? A specific bad year? Managing remotely instead of locally? What was the moment you realized you needed an actual system instead of just memory and instinct?

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  • Honolulu, HI · Member since 2008 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    1mo

    It is a poor choice regardless. Prevention is less costly than remediation. Making repairs on your schedule is usually more convenient, and cheaper, than making them on an urgent basis with a tenant in crisis mode.

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