Managing the Small Things Remotely

[Rob Anteau]

Hello - I'm looking to remote manage a STR property myself and was wondering if anyone has experience and advice how to manage the little tasks (e.g. take the garbage cans out/in, replace the air filters, cleanout the mailbox, etc.) I have three properties in Charlotte and its easy for me to do these small tasks myself, but not sure how to manage those remotely. I was thinking of using an app like Task Rabbit for these type of jobs.

Appreciate any insight on this! 

[Ryan DuBroc]

We use a combination of our handyman and an errand runner for small tasks.

We do not have Task Rabbit in the area our rental is located. We connected with our errand runner over Instagram. She's been great and to our surprise, she has a hospitality background so that has been a great fit. You could Google search "errand service Charlotte, NC" and locate someone. 

Trash - Usually, our cleaners are coming in the day before trash pickup so we have them bring the cans out to the curb. Then we schedule our errand runner to bring trash cans in and perform a quality check on the property the next day, after cleaning. This has worked out very well for us and quality control.

Our cleaning fee is $200. 

$160 goes to the cleaning service and $40 goes to the Errand Runner.