Here in Maine, it routinely gets deep into the negative temperatures in winter, so lack of power/heat/hot water can quickly become a health and safety issue, especially if there are small children/elderly or those with health issues in the building.

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage and use a consistent naming convention for easy sorting - 2024.03.25 Home Depot.- Maintain proper records, such as contracts, settlement statements, and promissory notes.Additionally, you can track income and expenses consistently using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, if bookkeeping isn't fun, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couple hundred bucks per month.

The single digit percentage optimization is not worth balancing on razors edge all the time.

Fellow landlords — how do you balance speed and safety when screening tenants?

I am sure something like this exsists in NYS and no - you don't want to make ANY modifications to a court tested lease.We have case law in Wisconsin where landlords had to pay 6 digit numbers because their lease included what Wi law defines as 10 deadly sins - and they are not super straight forward, so even attorneys' leases got caught. 

@Jesse Scroggins  Is it me or are you off a digit? 

Tech, devices, how a person accesses the internet, photos, all these things have a whole array of digital fingerprints.

"Dept of Community Safety" is a world class spin to the defund police, which Mamdani promoted until it's was hurting him, he then recanted and came up with this wordism that spins it.

Building inbound systems that attract motivated sellers to contact you is critical to long-term success:- Direct mail to targeted lists- PPC / digital marketing to targeted keywords- Content marketing that builds trust (short videos, local proof, education)Then to maximize every lead opportunity:- AI voice agents that instantly answer and pre-qualify every call (so you never miss a deal)- Automated follow-up that nurtures leads until they’re readyHope that helps.

Your concerns about it leading to more serious behavior, such as destruction of property or threat to personal safety to you or family, are reasonable and warranted given their actions.