Property Maintenance Checklists/Documentation

[Hilary Hageman]

Hey all, 

We just purchased our first rental (woohoo!). It's a small SFH with practically nothing to do to make it ready for rent. We're in the process of tenant screening right now (we've had like 40 bites!)

My question is, how do you guys keep track of yearly maintenance tasks done to your rental?  I read the BP book on Rental Properties and they suggested doing certain tasks yearly to keep the place ship-shape.

Is there a software available for this?  Does Quickbooks let you do it?  We bought Quicken for managing the financial side of things since we only have one property at this point.

Also, how do you keep track of which repairs have been done to a property and which ones need to be done?  I'm big on organization so I'm curious to see what y'all have come up with.  Thanks!!