All Forum Posts by: Edgar Silva

Seeing that this is a “New” property, I would lean towards self managing as there really shouldn’t be any big mechanical issues. 

To screen tenants, I use mysmartmove.com. This is super easy to use and you can run your background checks through there.

To collect rent, you can easily set up Zillow monthly payments that are free for tenants when they link their bank account.

For maintenance requests, again assuming this is a new property, I would lean on just using text messages between you and the tenant. No need for fancy software for 1 property.

Excel will be your friend to track costs/expenses.

I’ve recently started moving towards using my own PowerApp for managing my rentals now that I’ve increased my portfolio where tenants can submit requests and I can track expenses with dashboarding capabilities on PowerBi.

Good luck and hope this helps!

I also use Zillow to collect rent. Super easy to set up. Free if tenant links bank account. I also use Zelle for other tenants 

Zillow has a great way of collecting rent at no cost if the tenant links to their bank account.