What to do when having an "in house" maintenance guy for 18 units

[Dhanush Kondoth]

Hello Fellow BP-ians

One of the tenants I inherited with the property is supposed to be a handy man/maintenance guy. I am in talks with him to see if he could be a full time maintenance guy living on the property. I know many of you will have their hair rising when you hear this strategy, but this is one of the options I am trying to see if it will work.

My question is have any any of you gentlemen/ladies have done this before? if so, what pit falls should I be looking for? I scanned through the forums and could not really find an answer to this question.

Here are my plan of action.

• Background check
• Get references from previous maintenance related job
• Make him take an insurance? or do I take it for him?
• Provide him with one of the apartment units with half the rent
• Set out a price chart for each type of work order and then pay him monthly based on the work orders my management team receives. 

The job description would include

• All "non-license" based maintenance work which includes, changing bulbs, paint, cleaning, toilet clogs etc.
• Landscape maintenance (May be snow removal, not sure yet)
• On site human security camera (just look out for any unusual stuff and report).

What am I missing? or would most advice me from staying away from such setup? Please advice.

Thanks for your time

Dhanush