PO Boxes for rent collection

[Jerome Kaidor]

Hello all,

   USPS is becoming annoying with their PO Box security protocols.  I just went to pick up my July rents - there was nothing in it but a notice from the post office - it seems somebody had had the temerity to send a check with my nickname.  So they not only did not deliver THAT letter - they removed ALL my letters, including all the July rents for one of my buildings.  To add insult to injury, the customer window is closed on Saturdays.

  The form says I need to supply photo ID for each PO box recipient - well, I cannot supply a photo ID for my nickname.  This is ridiculous.

I have been receiving rents at that PO box since 2012 - and before that, to another PO Box.  Maybe it's time for a change.  Has anybody used one of those virtual PO box services?  Or maybe an on-line rent collection service?  I am reluctant to go electronic with rent collections because...

...If I am evicting somebody - serve them the three-day, file an eviction, and then they pay me ten bucks through the service and spoil the eviction....?   For that reason, I need to have control over whether checks get cashed.

   Also, if I go with electronic rents collection, what if the rent collecting service goes belly-up, and my rents disappear into the void?