All Forum Posts by: Blair Russell

@Andrew McConnell I've never heard of this 45 minute rule. What's the reasoning? 

I use Kwikset for my Locks, Radio Thermostat Company of America for my Thermos, and any Alarm.com supplier will give you a lot of options. I even get fire alarm alerts to my cellphone. 

@Blake Brose is right but don't forget Insurance, and the IRS.

I would look into locks incorporated into home control systems, so your thermostats, locks, lights, and security are linked. 

Expensify has Quickbooks integration but I don't use it. I don't really see the need for accounting software yet in my life, things are still relatively simple. 

Vacation Rentals here too, it can be a headache with different bills coming in and supplies and all that. I use Evernote and Expensify to help reduce the strain. 

Evernote - Has a built in scanner you can use on your smartphone that takes excellent clear scans  of receipts from anywhere (No carrying around paper). These can also become searchable text if you need to find and reference them later. You can quickly, scan, label, categorize and tag these. 

Expensify - Automatically imports your credit card or bank account data. It also has a receipt scanner that automatically fills out all the information (Date, time,  store, amount) and then can match it to the data. It also creates an ereceipt if your charges are less than $75 so you don't even have to bother scanning a receipt. (I normally don't use it as I prefer Evernote for my receipt storage as I reference them often and it is much easier to search. But it's personal preference). I can then categorize them (accoriding to IRS rules) and tag with different houses or even send them to separate house expense reports. At the end of the year I can just print these reports with all the attached receipts and send to my accountant, or myself if I'm doing it. 

Once you set your workflows up which is maybe an hours work total, it works really well. On Mondays all I have to do is see what expenses have flown in to Expensify and attach any necessary receipts. Send them to the separate house expense reports, and add in any charges that weren't on my business CC or from my business account. 

@Matt Smith No Idea as I haven't filed a claim yet, but I'm sure it does. I don't really use this for minor breakages or anything like that. Just the cost of doing business really, plus that's what security deposits are for. 

@James Carlson Thank you for the grammar catch too. A lot of posts today...must be fatigued! 

This one is excellent too.

Hi @Christina Morin The beginning is so exciting! There is tons of information here do a search and you will find many similar threads looking for VR strategies. Not to mention the blogs and podcasts. James Carlson has a great response on This Thread.