Your conversation(s) should be with your PM, not the tenant.They may need to screen better.They may need to take more effective action and sooner.Travis hit the nail on the head - another phone call from someone won't get tenants to pay faster.

To get it done faster , you will pay more . 

The more properties you do the easier it will likely be to get contractors to show up faster.

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I will take those that project 8-10% all day (as some say the boring investments / those that hit singles and doubles).The analogy when investing in real estate (VC type investments are very different), is I will stay at 65 MPH in the middle lane with my investments, as those that travel in the left hand lane at 75 MPH at times go faster then go slower, and at the end of the day they may get there a little faster, but it typically is not very noticeable to the person in the middle lane (and sometimes they do not get there faster).

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So assuming they pay retail for the unit (they won’t), plus lets say conservatively $1000 for parts to install it (they won’t cost nearly that much), and it will take 10 man hours to install (they should be able to do much faster), that’s an imputed hourly labor cost $1120.

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I know that sometimes that will be LESS than the market rents are increasing and occasionally faster than market rents increase.

Unfortunately Theresa that’s the expectation“I want the best deal”“I want the best price”“ I want the best area”“I want the best service”“I, I, I”And some folks seem to be satisfied deep down inside if they get all of the above and the other suffers financially and pulls out the shorter stick per se.Many don’t know the concept of “Win/win”Many don’t know that if “I” win also and make money also, “I” can hire more people, invest in tech, make things faster, cheaper and better.Making them win even more then they would have in the first place.