tenant move-in issues

[Daniel Miller]

I have just rented my father's home to a new tenant (Thank You all, very much, for all your advice and comments!! I checked them out thoroughly, and they look like excellent tenants).

The tenants would like to start moving in a couple of weeks before the lease actually starts. Since the house is currently sitting empty, I don't see any problem with that, and they are giving a generous security deposit anyway, they are going to hand me security deposit and first-month rent this weekend, well before they would be moving in.

What issues should I be aware of, if they are moving stuff into the house before the lease is in effect? I'm going to write to my insurance agent to make sure that the property insurance will be in effect, but I'm pretty sure it is in effect now anyway. They have a renter's policy for their own goods. Are there any traps here that I should be aware of?