All Forum Posts by: Chris O.

Wondering how you handle consumable supplies that you don't cover yourself. I'll be covering soap (dish, laundry, hand, dishwasher), toilet paper, paper towels, kitchen/small garbage bags coffee filters, scouring pads/dish pad.

The ones I can think of that I won't be covering  - Kitchen/cooking (tinfoil, parchment, saran wrap, baggies), shampoo/conditioner, Food (coffee, tea, sugar, salt/pepper, spices), dryer sheets/fabric softener, general cleaner (like a Lysol spray), Kleenex.

Any differences for you between what you do cover/what you don't? Anything I'm missing?

How do you replace the goods you don't cover - just like replacing a broken toaster, you pay and pass the charge through and fill up yourself? Do your cleaners fill up just as they would toiler paper etc? 

Specifically regarding Shampoo/Conditioner - do you refill each visit so the bottles are always full, or replace with a fresh each time (seems expensive)

Are you going to a grocery store to buy salt, spices etc? Filling up each one? 

Lots of great responses here - but to answer this specific question - yes and often on the bed with them. As long as you have a good cleaner, you should have a problem renting a dog friendly home to non dog owners 95% of the time (there is a small group that will never rent pet friendly regardless of how clean - allergies).

I'd likely draw the line at dogs, not sure I'd want cats

One caveat I'll throw in there about management companies - some of the 30% (or whatever it is) directly covers costs you'd be responsible for - i.e. merchant fees, supplies. Doesn't really skew the equation - but I'd say it drops whatever the fee is by at least 5% (i.e. 25% net instead of 30%, not 5% of 30%).

I was more referring to the irrational exuberance in the market right now - IPO's are catnip for RH's. 

Im managing a couple properties for others and looking to expand that 

 This was to be my recommendation as well 

Timing couldn't be worse? I have you seen the stock market? 

Looking for a CDN company that provides PMS for vacation rental management. Or a US company - just really trying to stay in $CDN funds

Thanks, I should probably take some pics of the scratches on the floor etc. I'm wondering if I gave the tenant the idea more scratches are ok 

Tenant and I walked through. I’m a little over whelmed (as is he) what to fill out. The hardwood has light scratches in lots of places, and the walls have some holes from last tenant painting etc - but there was no major damage. Are we supposed to document every minor scratch on the floor and nail home in the wall?