Move furniture before lease start date?

[Edward Roe]

Hello good people, long time listener/reader first time poster. My wife and I have recently purchased our first small Multifamily and have signed a lease with our first tenant. The lease is signed and first and security is in our possession, however the lease doesn’t officially start until Aug 1. The tenant has asked if she can have furniture delivered before Aug 1.
How should we go about this? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! 

[Theresa Harris]

Tell her you can modify the lease, so she gets possession before the 1st and charge her prorated rent.  It gives her more time to move her stuff in and avoid the end/start of the month moving blitz with moving vans.  Make sure all utilities are in her name before you give her the keys.