Move In Condition Report

[Chalie Krautkramer]

I stumbled into being a landlord when my father passed away and needed to get renters to keep paying his mortgage. I had no idea how to be a landlord half a year ago and I’m still trying to figure it out. I have wonderful tenants renting out his house now, just lucked out by picking the best applicants even with minimal screening. I started renting to them in January. Did a basic lease I found online(I know not the smartest way to go, but I was in a panic trying not to loose my daddy’s house) I’ve just read the Turners book, The Book on Managing Rental Properties. Oh how I wish I had read it before. I didn’t do a Move in Condition Report and wanted to know if I should do some sort of report on the condition of the house now, six months into the two year lease. I plan on doing an inspection at the end of the month using the property inspection checklist. While I’m there should I take pictures of the Condition it is in now? Am I allowed to do that while they’re already moved in? I’m not particularly worried about them, they always pay on time and I’ve never had any major issues with them. I just worry about the move out process and how I would verify any damages done if there are any. Thanks for reading.