All Forum Posts by: Reese Newell

 @Jefferson Brown, very interesting stuff.  I stated why I did not want to use properly above, but I do get its functionality.  I am going to try after all of these great responses to set up google forms and implement it with Monday.com to have the same checklists and more functionality for my daily life all in one place instead of the additional apps.

The 3rd party inspector is an interesting concept, as of right now, as I only have 2 properties and am trying to iron out all the wrinkles that will make it difficult to scale, I am going after most turns to point out things, I really like this idea.  Finding the person may be difficult, but it will be a much simpler task once I add a few more properties to my company in the area!

Thanks everyone, great ideas! I will provide my own experience with these, google forms, and Monday.com if I am able to build out a simpler solution that can help everyone.

 @Cliff H, this was the app that I was using and found a few things annoying about it and why I was looking for a simpler solution.  My bank is a small credit union that I am trying to develop a relationship with, and since they don't connect with turnoverbnb for payments, they charge me 5% per turn on top which felt a little high.  I can solve this by opening an account at another account to pay for things like these.  As you stated, properly is the best right now, but does have its bugs which is why I was trying to elevate a little beyond it, I appreciate the response!

 Awesome stuff @Patrick Liska, I am going to be trying this today.  Are you able to have this populate infinite times so the cleaners can do it at each turn and fill it out as in it is a form that can be utilized over and over again.  I am excited to try this out.

@scott kunz that is all great advice and I like it.  I have a few questions with it.  As far as some others have mentioned, has it not been too tedious for the cleaners to take all of these photos? And I have tried getproperly but the photo orientation and having to click in and out to get to screens seemed very intensive for its basic purpose, do you know if they’ve solved this? 

Thanks @John Underwood, I currently have that in our pantry.  I'm just thinking down the line for restocking supplies and such as well if it is all centralized it will make the restocking process easier as well.  I would also like to have my other team members as I grow have oversight to whom is there at what times.

It would also be a space where I can organize other team members tasks as well as my own for what takes priority or needs to be done over the weeks, when construction is going to be done.  

Thanks for the reply @Ken Boone, I certainly do not want to overburden them or make it very complex.  In some ways it may simplify the process.  The only alterations would be these for them: At the end of a turnover they would look at a checklist of the 5-10 things that are most often overlooked and just simply check they did them.  Other than that, they send photos of damage when they arrive and leave and this would then be done through a consolidated app so the information is there instead of via text (This will be the same for them, but simplify for myself as I move in to other markets).  Lastly, the other part that makes this vital is as I grow, so will my team, and having 5-10 team members down the line in one program will make life much simpler than communicating with them all separately.  I prefer to have the communication aspect down now before things grow and I have to scramble to do so.

The other nice aspect would be organizing my own tasks that need to be done in there as well, although a simple google doc or spreadsheet can be a smaller term solution for this.

I currently own 2 rentals and am always conscious of the scalability.  My cleaners have been missing a few small things as of late, and it seems to be sucking up some time and energy.  My initial solution was a checklist in the pantry for the cleaners to follow which worked for a while and then faded.  While trying to find a program online to import my Icals and come up with checklists that the cleaners had to submit at the end of each clean, I realized this is vital as I scale regardless and add more team members.  Is anyone here using a software that integrates icals and team members with tasks? 

So far the top 2 I am trying to learn are monday.com and smartsheets, but they are a little funky for me and I am wondering what everyone uses to manage all the interworking parts of their business as they expand.  Thanks!

I have signs on each piece of trash and most guests bring it with them. My cleaners take the trash that they collect at the property, but I would not ask them to sift around in gross garbage bins. It can definitely be an issue, as others have stated. The neighbors helping is big, although some neighbors don't want STR in the area so that can be tricky. I have yet to have a guest complain about having to take down the trash.

That looks correct with everything for me.  You can apply for a few of them at the same time, but some are prerequisites.  Once you have these as well, you are able to file for collective licenses for a few of them to simply add the next time and not have to do the same steps again.  I do not have time to refer to all my write ups at the moment.  If it is within Wilton Manors, you need extra documents for there as well.

Hey David, I have a few in Fort Lauderdale and the process takes about 1 month if you have everything lined up perfectly.  If not, it may take up to 2 months.  Your neighbor must have messed up quite a bit for it to take 6 months...let me know if you need any help.