Renting your second home got you stressed? 4 tips to be stress-free!

AZ Property Management Tips for a hassle-free Rental

Securing a hassle-free rental contract for your home means you’ll need a crash course from a Scottsdale property management company. Maintenance requests are the largest source of stress in every rental contract — they take away your from your profits, your time and can damage even the best tenant relationship. Every landlord has to deal with maintenance requests and tenant concerns, but how many you get depends on you. Here are four great management tips that will take the headache out of renting your property.

1. Get down to basics!

Features like soft water heaters, landscaping, pool pumps and appliances all require scheduled maintenance. Removing easily damaged and high maintenance items will prevent careless tenants from damaging them. However, some upgrades can’t be removed like pools, gardens and landscaping – that’s why we provide excellent landscaping and pool services for many of our KRK Realty and Management rental homes. We hire the best service providers at the lowest prices to provide monthly upkeep for our clients’ valuable homes.

1. Set boundaries!

Is the tenant responsible for light bulbs? What about replacement filters? You obviously don’t want your lease to be fifty pages long, but if ground rules about maintenance requests are not established, tenants will take it upon themselves to make them. Seek help from a professional to draft a lease that respects both the tenant and you. At KRK Realty, we use a specific move-in form and move-out process to set the right expectations with tenants so everyone is happy and satisfied.

1. Keep your receipts!

Made a recent upgrade to your house? Not only are upgrades tax-deductible, they’ll serve as evidence if disputes arise. You know you upgraded the fridge two years ago, but if your tenant damages it they may try to claim the fridge was decades old. Save yourself the hassle of small claims court and keep all your receipts with a dated picture of the upgrade. This process is streamlined at KRK Realty with our detailed, transparent accounting process for all transactions for your home.

1. Avoid Pitfalls!

First-time landlords make a lot of mistakes, but by far their biggest is thinking once the lease is signed the house is rented as-is. That’s simply not true– broken items, bad painting, cracked walls and torn carpet can turn into maintenance requests. Additionally, failing to respond to these requests means the tenant may deduct the amount of making the repairs themselves from the rent! Since managing properties is an ongoing process, many homeowners elect for the easiest method—letting a property management company do the hard work for them. Contact KRK Realty the foremost Scottsdale property managers, to discuss how convenient our services can be!