All Forum Posts by: Lionel Quiambao

 Ooh, okay, thank you for the heads up!

I'm a new MTR host, looking to implement systems, and I really like this idea!

Is the cost of maintaining this responsibility baked into the cleaning fee, or do you pay them extra on top of materials each time for having gone to the store?

 Hi Scott! Just sent you a Connection request. Look forward to chatting soon. Let's set up a time for a call over DM? Thanks again!

 Thank you Alan! Curious how you mean utilizing Sacramento's heavy union presence? Do you mean like housing union workers? or like reaching out to unions that may do housing arrangements?

Hi everyone, I'm currently undergoing renovations for a rental I just purchased here in Sacramento where I live. And I just wanted to see if anyone knew of any experienced MTR investors who'd be open to structuring some kind of partnership to help turn this into a successful MTR.

There were two demographics I was mainly interested in servicing:

1. Traveling nurses: the house is next to two hospitals and about a 15 min drive from another.

2. Remote workers: with the trend of remote work on the rise, we'll see more ppl moving from tech hubs like Silicon Valley to more affordable areas like Sac. I also feel like my background in tech could help me serve remote workers better.

I know there are other demos we should also look into, so I'm hoping for some insight on that.

If anyone is interested or knows of anyone who might be interested, please let me know. Thank you!

Hi everyone, I'm currently under contract for my first house hack in Sacramento, and am in need of a contractor. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Nvm, ignore. My contractor is good to go again!

Hi everyone! So I'm currently under contractor for my first house hack in Sacramento, but my contractor fell through due to an issue with renewing Worker's Comp. Would anyone be willing to share an investor-friendly contractor that I could work with here in Sac?

Thanks everyone so far for the awesome tips!

@Noah Laker

Yikes! Sorry that happened. What did you do about the guest that would refuse to take the trash to the curb? It might be easy enough to put it out yourself, but what if this were a property you weren't living in?

And yes, I'll definitely keep you updated, and let you know when I'm ready to buy the next one!

@Julien Jeannot

Could you provide some examples of penalties you would implement?

@Andrew Bosco

"Come up with positive incentives. Negative ones breed bad results."

I love this advice! And yes, I plan to section off the fridge and cabinets for each tenant, but now I might take it even further, and buy different colored plates, bowls, and cups for each tenant. My thought process is that this could incentivize tenants to not leave their dishes out, and also prevents tenants from not having their own set of dishes in case the other two somehow use them all (and don't clean). Is this a good idea?

@Laura Shinkle

What are some examples of set standards? Do you mean like acceptable credit score, required income, etc?

@Matthew Paul

Haha thank you for the reality check and words of wisdom

@Joey Banasihan

Thank you for the very actionable questions I didn't even think to ask.

As for an SOP for receiving and facilitating complaints, do you mean like specifying a time range of when complaints will get handled, communication through what platform, and what resources to be directing them to (I've heard of other landlords giving tenants access to their handymen/cleaners)?

Thanks for the encouragement!

Last, but not least!

@Ryan Thomson

Thanks for your kind words, I'll keep them in mind when I'm servicing my future tenants.

For your kitchen, rather than completely sectioning off your fridge, what would the common shelf be used for?

I love the fun negative consequence of having to buy everyone a beer. In your experience, have people abided by the whole "buying everyone a beer" and/or "Doing everyone's chores for the week", and if they didn't, how did you handle that?

As for bathrooms, I'm working to have each bedroom have their own designated bathroom, where the downstairs bathroom will belong to the downstairs bedroom, but be available for guests and the like.

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Also, weird question, but do you guys offer bidets in your bathrooms? It's kind of something I need in my bathroom nowadays haha, but I haven't seen many apartments or landlords that offer it.

Hi everyone!

So I'm closing on my first property next month, which I will be renting by the room on a medium-term lease, and I would just like to know: Do you ever receive complaints about tenants leaving the shared spaces less desirable than it was before (such as a tenant habitually not cleaning their dishes), and how would you handle that?

Also, how would you delegate which tenant is responsible for bringing the trash, recycling, and/or green waste out before Trash Day, and bringing them back in the day of Trash Day? Would I just need to find a system to keep the tenants on an automated scheduler and send reminders the day before and/or day of? What if a tenant forgets (causing the property to sit with near full bins for another week)? Do I need to set up any positive incentives or negative consequences if this responsibility goes forgotten?

Also, what are some other interpersonal complaints (common or less common) that you've experienced between tenants and how did you handle them?

Thank you in advance for reading and any tips are greatly appreciated! I'm worried I may be overthinking some of this and that it won't be that much of an issue, but I'm curious about your thoughts.