Home Warranties

[Cheryl P.]

I would like to get landlord opinions on whether or not you use home warranties such as American Home Shield, etc for rental properties.  Is this something that landlords utilize to reduce repair costs, 

Do you require the tenants to pay the service call fee or do you just roll those costs into overall annual expense budgets.  If you use professional property manager are they authorized to schedule service calls with your home warranty provider?

 Appreciate any feedback.