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· Answering questions about the property

· Scheduling a professional real estate photographer

· Selling the property’s features 

· Distributing and accepting applications

· Screening tenants

· Calling former landlords

· Verifying prospective tenants’ income

· Running background and credit checks

· Approving great tenants

· Denying tenants who aren’t great tenant material

· Ensuring compliance with Fair Housing Laws

· Accepting the deposit to hold

· Scheduling a lease signing

· Signing the lease and addendums

· Inspecting the condition of the rental before a tenant moves into the property

· Setting up the payment method for the tenant

· Accepting rent and depositing rent into the bank

· Making sure utilities were properly transferred

· Once rented, remove rental from multiple websites

· Getting copies of the lease to all parties

· Creating a tenant file to house their information

· Accepting phone calls from tenants

· Dealing with maintenance requests

· Settling disputes between tenants

· Raising the rent when appropriate

 · Ensuring tenants comply with their lease

· Ensuring tenants keep the property in good condition

· Scheduling inspections of the property

· Finding and maintaining a list of reputable contractors

· Managing contractors to make sure the work gets done

· Checking the progress on any repairs and ensuring task are completed 

· Paying contractors and dealing with the paperwork

· Collecting late rent 

· Evicting bad tenants

· Making sure the property is always operating up to code

· Preparing a property to rent

· Collecting forms needed for the business

· Placing rental ads on multiple websites 

· Placing signs in the yard

· Determining fair market rent

· Determining the security deposit amount

· Setting minimum qualification standards

· Taking phone calls from prospective tenants

· Scheduling appointments to show properties

· Meeting with prospective tenants

· Firing tenants, if needed

· Accepting notice to vacate and overseeing the transition

· Bookkeeping to keep track of income and expenses

· Keeping a record of tenant communication

· Reconciling accounts each month

· Producing monthly reports on the financials of the property

· Responding to legal threats against the landlord

· Performing a move-out inspection of the property after a tenant vacates

· Handling the repairs or repainting after a tenant moves out

· Getting the tenant’s security deposit returned or applied toward repairs

· Scheduling a carpet cleaner 

· Staying up to date on rental-related local, state, and federal laws

· Keeping the tenants happy as possible

· Keeping owners happy as possible

· Keeping the property running at peak performance

· Starting back at the beginning of this list and doing it all over again for each property