@Michael Noto they aren't very good tenants, they left garbage in the middle of the yard one week, were late on rent last month, smoke inside, and play loud music from their cars outside.

Profit margins arent as great as the competition building garbage homes that will absolutely have issues shortly after being built but I do sleep well at night knowing the homes we build are great and will be here long after I'm dead.We have been working on a website recently that allows us to have contractors and sub contractors login and view new jobs for home builds, view prints, permits, and accept/decline jobs as well as get paid automatically after inspections for their job are complete and passed.

The calculator creation is not the problem, the issue always falls with garbage in = garbage out.

Please let me know what you all think.I recently paid $3850 for this:Garbage removal- Minor garbage removal can be done by techAlarms- 1 combo needed- 1 combo needed in basement- 1 smoke alarm neededMaintenance- Check all doors for proper closure and catch- Complete punch list- Remove blinds and hardware- Remove old alarms and brackets- Install door stops as needed- Remove old cables from walls- Remove plastic and tape from windows and doors- Remove shelving from back of hallway closet door- Install sliding closet doors in back left bedroom (one door in kitchen)- Replace back left bedroom door 30” (hole)- Remove storage rack above toilet- Scrape and caulk bathtubPlumbing- Install aerator on kitchen faucet- Install shower headElectrical- Replace lightbulbs as needed- Install light cover in kitchen- Install light cover in front bedroom- Install missing outlet cover in front bedroom- Install light cover in back left bedroom- Attach light cover in hallway- Install GFCI outlet in bathroom- Attach light cover in back right bedroom- Install blank handle on back right bedroomPainting- Remove all unused hardware from walls and trim- Remove old door bell box from hallway- Remove security box from wall in back right bedroom- Paint all walls (Amazing grey)Flooring- Carpet worn and stained (618 Sq Ft.)

The zillow estimates are garbage because they are based on the amount the listing is not on what they actually rent for.

In fact I would probably drop rent $50 and have tenant pay garbage too.

Neglected exteriors, garbage outside, dead trees, broken driveways, DNS citations... and our local media picks up on it and they give landlords a bad name, which shapes public opinion and is starting to impact policy..

but let's face it, it's garbage.  

If they don't or try to put one over on you again ("we're having money trouble, please let us pay the deposit over a few months..." ), that gives you an out ( unless your rental contract is complete garbage) and you hopefully can avoid giving them the keys and having to evict them shortly after.

The interface is garbage.