All Forum Posts by: Jennifer L.

Which bills are increasing?  If you are providing water in your lease, that would be the compromise I'd suggest: switch the water bill to your tenant.  Otherwise, your tenant has no incentive to conserve water.

@Joseph Sherer  I think the issue is that I'm frugal, so if I get a service and end up paying less in repairs and upkeep with that service, then I would do it.  If I'm just paying for the convenience of it, then I wouldn't.  But that is just me.  

@Joseph Sherer  I have one property that I oversee.  My husband has two others, but he runs his separately (one is managed by a property manager, the other he handles himself.)  I actually enjoyed showing my property and had no problems renting it quickly, so I wouldn't pay for that.  If I were inclined to hire someone to deal with maintenance issues, I'd just got ahead and hire a property manager to deal with everything.  But to me, the maintenance stuff comes up so infrequently that it doesn't justify the expense.  

My elf would take care of all maintenance issues.  I actually really enjoyed showing my rental property and finding a new tenant.  My previous tenant lived in the property for 15 years, so I was most apprehensive about this process.  Luckily, it was a breeze.  But taking care of repairs that come up is a major pain for me.  

I use Cozy.co and I really like their website.  This was the first month I collected and it was a bit slow especially because of the July 4th holiday.  It really doesn't make much of a difference to me, I just need the funds before the mortgage is due.  If immediacy of fund availability is critical to you, then this wouldn't be the site for you. 

What I like about the site is the ability for potential tenants to apply online.  The one thing that was tedious when I rented out this house in June was the length of time it took for my potential tenants to fill out the application (I held an open house and had people apply there.)  At any rate, it is a pretty slick website and they seem to be continually working to improve it.