Changing appliance policy

[Aaron Peterson]

If I have a tenant who is month to month, can I send an addendum for them to sign that says owner is no longer responsible for repairing or replacing appliances? I am managing 15 doors from out of state and I’m learning that replacing appliances is not the easiest thing.

[Bill B.]

Please do that in my market. Then tenants will move out the second the appliance breaks. Then I’ll have a new tenant and you’ll have a vacancy and a broken appliance. 

Is it really that hard to call Lowe’s, Home Depot, Sears, or any other big box store in the country and say I need a need a new appliance delivered to this address, here’s the contact info? I usually do it online. It MIGHT take 10 minutes the first time.