In the last few years, property management has emerged to be a prosperous job, and one of the reasons is people keep shifting to new properties either for work or personal reasons throughout the year. This is where property managers come into action as they make sure that the property is good enough to be presented to a tenant. In this process, a huge responsibility of property managers is to conduct inspections in regard to properties. Property inspection is a process that takes place throughout the year. If you, being a property manager, think that you will just walk up to a property once, get into it, inspect throughout the day, get a list of the do-s and dont-s, your job will still not be over.

Property inspection is something that cannot be overstated because a lot of things keep popping up during the vacancy period and even when the property is occupied. So, it’s not something that can be done for just once. Moreover, property inspections matter a lot as it later determines the relationship between the tenants and the landlord. Therefore, the companies dealing in property management ensure that the property is in good state or otherwise, they do not take the risk of calling up a tenant. This is a reason why they prefer conducting various types of investigations over a property just to ensure that the tenants later on leave no question.

Now, let’s find out those different investigations conducted by property managers:

• Inspection for Cleanliness and Safety

  – Clean and well-maintained properties always tend to attract tenants. Therefore, it is very important to keep inspecting a property every three months. The cleaner it looks, the better it would be for sale. So, quarterly maintenance would be quite fair to keep your rental property in control. Apart from cleanliness comes the safety of the tenants. The one who shifts to a new property would first ensure whether it would be safer to stay here with family. So once you come across anything that needs to be repaired or fixed, get it done immediately, be it lighting, plumbing or anything related to the property.

• Inspection from an external viewpoint

  – Once the tenants occupy the property, property managers must still keep their inspections on. Well, you are not required to inform your tenants about the inspection you are conducting. But you can always drive past the property and have a look at it in order to spot any type of issue. If you come across any type of issue, make sure to let your tenants know in the form of a written format. Once you inform, you need to schedule an inspection session within a feasible time period.

• Inspection for move-in

  – Once the tenant steps into the rental home, they will expect the landlord or property manager to allow them to conduct a move-in inspection. After the inspection, the property manager will take all each and every aspect of the inspection made by the tenant. There might be a huge list of issues that must be sorted. Thereafter, the tenant will start investigating thoroughly as to what issues need to be corrected within a fair time period. In this way, you will make the tenant aware of the property condition so that they do not hold you responsible for making them enter a disputed property.

• Inspection for move-out

  – This is another phase of inspection that is conducted to check the condition of the property just while the tenant is moving out. So, it would be wiser for a property manager to meet the tenant for handing over the keys. It is then that the manager or the landlord would inspect every nook and corner of the property to ensure that nothing has been damaged. Just make sure that you don’t get the keys back before the inspection, or otherwise, everything will be denied by the tenant even if he has done it. Keep in mind that the inspection will bring in best results only in presence of the tenants. Once they move, they will not be liable for any sort of mistreatment with the property.

 

So, if you have been assigned the role of a property manager, make sure that you are aware of these types of investigations and also ensure to conduct them in the long-run. Remember, you need to impress your tenants, and the best way to do so is to present them a well-inspected, clean property.