Any protections you are taking to prevent?

We do about 800-900 work orders a month made up of resident work orders, maint prevention, rental license inspections, section 8 inspections, turnovers, and cleaning. 

It allows me to prevent unexpected issues and extends the life of the furnace. with bulk i got the price down to $73. repairs are a lot more expensive at 2am in January.

There are other areas besides Aurora that allow non-owner occ STR and you could Airbnb the other half of a duplex in, like Wheat Ridge, Centennial, Arvada (existing regs which allow), unincorporated Adams county and Westminster (no current restrictions or regulations allowing/preventing).

📝 Below are specific systems & processes I have used for managing my long term rental portfolio in the Omaha, Nebraska market:Zillow & Apartments.com to list properties for rent & receive applicationsPre screening prospects with a few baseline questions before scheduling showings to weed out non qualified parties & tire kickersApartments.com (previously Cozy) for management platform, receiving rental payments, & accountingInputting expenses for each property each month Separate bank account for holding tenant depositsEscrowing insurance & property taxes in monthly paymentLockbox to allow contractors access during rehabHVAC maintenance contract for service twice a yearGutter cleaning company scheduled once a yearLeave on agreements with utility companies for all propertiesAutomatic late fees applied after rent due dateInforming tenants to email all non emergency repair requests & include images if possibleContacting contractor about a needed repair & having them get in touch with the tenant directly for schedulingPaying contractors promptly and thanking them for their good serviceMailing 2 tenant tip letters a year incorporating visuals for various items such as winter preventative maintenance, what not to flush down the toilet, reminder to clean lint trap from dryer, etc.

Any tenant that will be using covid or anything similar to prevent your access to your property must be avoided AT ALL COSTS.

What’s the best way to prevent those pipes from freezing?

While there are no specific Georgia laws regarding mold prevention and remediation, if the tenants are harmed by the presence of mold they very well could take legal action.

But in San Antonio Texas things like a sloping floor (many old houses) that prevents a door from closing all the way means a section 8 issue.A house does not have to be up to section 8 standards to find renters.In San Antonio I have seen old houses rent with sloping floors, missing the glass from 3 windows, fireplaces crumbing onto the ground, birds inside, bugs inside, no screens, roofs that leak like a deluge, backdoor with no handle or lock, porch roof held up by a huge duck taped stack of books, grass 3 feet high, plywood over missing windows, some with a combination of these issues when the renter moved in and when they moved out.That's in San Antonio.Some would call it Slum housing, but there are no Slums in San Antonio, just some older not cared for homes in the older neighborhoods that some people rent mixed in with decent kept up houses.

Does anyone use a preventative maintenance check list or plan on a weekly or monthly basis?