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Landlord hacks ( what do you do make your life easier)
As you scroll through fackbook or other sites you see various life hacks about cooking, landscaping, etc. I want this post to be about landlord hacks( what are some simple tricks you use to make your life easier as a landlord).
1. I only use deadbolt locks on doors ( and non locking handle) because it prevents tenants from locking themselves out.
2. I buy a years worth of air filter for a property because the tenant will forget to buy the air filters and change them.
3. I only buy 2br/1ba houses to lower the chance of hoarding and stairs.
I'm interested in what you
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Here it goes!
- Open a 'rent' checking account and allow tenants to deposit into it (but set up transfers so the account always has a $0 balance). This allows tenants to pay with cash or check at any of the bank locations without having them (or yourself) incur any transaction fees.
- Use quarterly air filter changes as an excuse to inspect all of your properties. (best $4 investment possible)
- Give tenants a standard repair cost sheet during the lease signing. This way they will not be surprised by what they get charged when they move out.
- Don't get in a rush to rent out a unit... wait for the best qualified tenant.
- It is cheaper, and quicker, to pay someone to leave a unit than try to evict them.
- Get a few Google Voice numbers (they are free) to use for different tenant purposes.. emergency, general questions, general maintenance. That way you can block out all after hour calls/texts that are not to the emergency line and set up the numbers to forward depending on your schedule.