All Forum Posts by: Travis Bohling

Congratulations! I look forward to the updates on this adventure.

Congratulations on your recent investment.

Moving new residents is a perfect opportunity to form rapport and set the stage for how your landlord/tenant relationship will proceed.

We love to meet them at the property on or before move-in day to go over a couple critical items:

We walk the home together and address any existing cosmetic issues and any open maintenance items. We also point out air filter locations, main water shutoff, electric panel, GFI's, sprinkler timers, and other mechanical systems. 

We then talk about logistics for our upcoming relationship; how to pay rent, how to submit maintenance requests, emergency maintenance request process, HOA restrictions and violations, confirm they have switched utility accounts over, and other pertinent facts about how we manage homes.

Finally we collect move-in funds and exchange keys.

Welcome to the game!

What market are you in? There are habitability standards specific to each location that you as the landlord would be responsible for. 

Stout Roofing has been great for us. Ask for Chad. 480-999-3525

Spencer Dickson is terrific. 480-964-3505

You should speak to Matt Martin or Chris Littleton. They are expect property managers in Atlanta and can help you navigate this chaos. https://www.pmigeorgia.com/about

Hi John, here is a link to the GIS maps. https://gis-cochise.opendata.arcgis.com/

Landlords and Property Managers should stop inspecting occupied rentals.
For residents, an inspection feels like a prison shakedown without the cavity search.
For owners, negative goodwill with the residents and some photos. No thanks!

There is a better way.
Preventative Maintenance

Once a year complete some or all of these tasks:
🛠 Repair drips instead of floods
🛠Change the air filter
🛠Flush the water heater
🛠Recaulk where necessary
🛠Rinse HVAC coils
🛠Test smoke detectors
🛠Add missing doorstops
🛠Adjust sticky doors/locks
❄ Winterization
📷 Snap a few photos

Flip the script on inspections and deliver value instead.

Why?
Residents feel valued rather than distrusted
Owners/landlords increase renewal rates and reduce maintenance/turn costs
Managers save time with 1 work order and invoice instead of many

What other value could we create in this 1 visit?

This is exciting news. Great point about water @Noah Corwick Cities that encourage density increase their tax base with the same infrastructure. 

Hi Christiane,

Great question and example of the issues we deal with as residential landlords. Do they qualify for the home individually in terms of income?

You have 3 options; 

1. Let them work it out and then adjust the lease/deposit with an addendum.

2. Keep them both on the lease and refund the deposit made payable to both of them at lease expiration. This gets more complicated if they want to renew.

3. If neither qualifies to rent the home individually, offer to release them both from the lease.