All Forum Posts by: Robert Leitner

They seem to be going through some changes. One of them is the addition of another aggregator, which solved one of my connections. The other one has probably only been connected 3-4 months of the last 2 years. It looked like the new aggregator worked initially, but now won't sync though fails to report there's a connection issue. I use Monarch for personal purposes, they use 3 aggregators, and I've had no problems staying connected to all my accounts. I've tried many other personal finance tools and consistently had problems staying connected, so they're the exception. This area of banking could do with some standards. For the most Service has been responsive, they're adding more functionality, though wish I could track maintenance/repair requests and service fees for rent, but the cash management is what's keeping me here for now. With rate changes happening, not sure how much longer that will be an advantage. 

 I have a similar situation, did you have anything luck with Beacon, or anything else?

Thanks @Patrick O'Sullivan, not looking to switch, just need a simple maintenance solution for now

Thanks @Michael Smythe, but don’t plan on growing that quickly and Stessa plans to add the functionality so I’m looking for something to tie me over for now. Even a spreadsheet or notion template would be ok. 

I have a couple properties and use Stessa as my property management app but they don’t yet have maintenance and issue tracking. I’d prefer not to switch so I’m trying to figure out hire to track this stuff, any recommendations?

 Thanks @Steve K., I believe the PM's lawyer sent a note to the tenant that it will go to collections but they haven't responded. I had hoped that they would respond to that as well. 

 Thanks @Kyle, appreciate wanting to help, and yes I've read the book. I'm aware of the different processes you outlined, but I don't have experience with them, and I don't know if there are other things out there that people have done with success. I'm looking for people that have that experience and may either offer new options, or speak to the effectiveness of collections vs small claims, as negotiating hasn't worked.

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 Thanks Edward, not sure I'd qualify for any services but certainly worth looking into it

Hey BP, 

I had a tenant that decided they weren't going to finish out the lease, and they didn't pay the last month of rent claiming that the security deposit will cover even though the lease clearly states that's not allowed. They also left the place in very poor condition where I had about $5k worth of repairs. I do have a property manager, and they added up all the repairs, last month of rent, time spend off market fixing the place, and send them a final statement once deposit was subtracted. The tenant has ignored it and refuses to pay. It has been 30 days and the property manager's process is to now send to a collection agency. My concern is the collection agency will take 40% of what they recover, which means the best case scenario is I'd recover 60%, and that only if they get all of the money. This is my first time dealing with this situation, what other options do I have to recover my costs?