3 Tasks A Professional Property Manager Will Handle For Your Rental Unit
Posted on: 20 April 2018
Being the owner of a rental property can be a great deal of work if you choose to handle all the management of the property by yourself. A good option to help free up your time with the property is to hire a residential property management professional who can handle most, if not all, of the management tasks. Here are three jobs a property manager will handle for you.
Cleaning Your Rental Unit
After a tenant moves out of your property, the unit may not be in its best condition. Many renters move out of a rental home without fully cleaning every area of the interior that needs cleaning. Even the cleanest tenant will miss cleaning vital areas in the property, such as the oven's interior, baseboards, window blinds, window ledges and frames, and ceiling fans.
Having a professional property manager will ensure your property gets cleaned thoroughly to show for the next potential renters. They will hire a professional cleaning crew to clean the unit in a timely manner, something if you were to do yourself could take you much longer. Carpets in your unit will likely get quite dirty, especially if there have been pets living in the unit. A professional carpet cleaning service will treat and clean carpet stains, remove odors, and remove the buildup from everyday use of the carpets.
Arranging for Interior Painting
Even the best renter will leave behind evidence of their having lived there on the walls and doors, and hiring a professional painter to handle the job is another important task your property manager will handle. Making your rental unit look move-in ready with a new coat of paint or even touching up the existing paint will make all the difference in appearance to a prospective tenant.
A professional painter hired to do this will fill in any holes in the wall, whether from moving damage or pictures on the wall, to prepare them for painting. Any accent walls painted for the prior tenants can also be painted a neutral color to match the rest of the home.
Managing Rent Payments
Once a new renter moves into your property, a property manager will make sure they pay their rent on time for the full amount. If your tenant is ever late on paying their rent, the legal process for notifying them of late rent payment, and ultimately beginning the eviction process, can be handled by your proper manager and their attorney.
Dealing with late rent payments or handling an eviction can be stressful and require a great deal of time, but your property manager will complete the entire process for you when necessary.
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