call center to handle maintenance requests

[Jennifer Minge]

Hello Everyone,

My number of rental units has increased to the point that I am at 24+. I am thinking of using a call center to handle maintenance requests instead of having tenants call me directly. Anyone got suggestions on reasonably priced call centers that charge based on the calls taken? I am in Georgia and would need a local phone number but call center can be anywhere in the US except India. Thanks for the leads.

Jennifer

[Mitch Kronowit]

Originally posted by Jennifer Minge:

... or banks that foreclosed on properties that let me buy and they finance with only $1k down.

Wow, what does it take to get a bank to agree to those terms? Were the homes real dogs (needed major rehab) that the bank couldn't otherwise sell?

It seems the banks could unload their huge inventories if they adopted this practice (basically REO seller-financing) rather than the asinine approach they're taking now. Wouldn't it be better to sell these homes with easy terms to an investor who will get a renter in there and start generating some income instead of sitting on it for years, while it falls into disrepair, waiting for a retail buyer that will NEVER come because all their fellow banks are as TIGHT WITH THE FUNDS AS THEY ARE?!?!? :badwords:

Off soapbox now.