All Forum Posts by: Jami Morash

Does anyone have a move out cleaning checklist they would be willing to share?

We are interested in buying a house with a pool in southwest Florida to use as a STR. What are some areas you like for those investors that have done this?

Thank you everyone for all of your responses it feels good to have somebody to ask advice to.

Question has anybody had a tenant that won’t allow you entry because their dog could bite you and isn’t willing to meet you except on Sundays or after 5 PM because they work such long hours? I have a tenant that does both of these so when something needs to be fixed like a furnace he forces me to have people come after hours which costs me 1 1/2 times as much since I have to pay after our fees do they have the right to do this? If I don’t meet his demands he says he’s going to have it fixed himself and send me the bill or not pay rent Or that I will have to pay for him missing work.

So the other day I had a tenant call me and let me know that their furnace was out their name was Beth and I have another tenant named Beth as well so all morning I was texting back-and-forth with Beth about getting to her house and getting her furnace going asking her permission to enter since she wasn’t going to be there etc. I get to the house and the furnace is on the repair man said well let’s just take a look and we spent a good half hour to 45 minutes going over things cleaning things out till he felt satisfied then we left and I texted the tenant again letting her know that everything was fixed then I quickly realized that I was texting the wrong tenant no wait I was texting the right tenant oh no I had gone to the wrong house and entered without my tenants knowledge I was absolutely horrified and embarrassed I quickly called the tenant that I went in their house without them knowing and apologize profusely thank goodness they were very kind and thought it was funny then I started my journey of fixing the furnace all over again for the actual correct tenant what a nightmare. It’s funny to me now but not then.

I’m curious what software you used to manage your rental properties? I want to be able to log rent and expenses and print reports For my accountant at the end of the year and also calculate profit. I have 10 Properties so I need some thing but I don’t wanna spend a fortune.