Being the home manager, I have a lot more to do than just making sure all the apartments were filled, and the rent was coming in.
I had to make sure empty apartments were wiped and repaired before modern occupants moved in.
I had a family living in the same condo for almost ten years, when they planned to move into a house. I was going to miss them because they were wonderful people, however I had a job to do. There is a lot of normal wear and tear when the family lives there for such a long time! Carpets need to be updated. Walls need to be repaired and repainted. Some of the appliances are worn after that amount of time, and need to be updated. My wonderful friend and I had to inspect the heating and A/C system, the plumbing, and the electrical. I had to hire a supplier to do condo remodel services. It was an enormous expense, however it wasn’t anything the occupant had done. It was normal wear and tear, and I could not rent it out before my buddy and I made the repairs. If the occupant had damaged walls deliberately, broken doors or windows, I would hold them liable for those repairs, however these were those kinds of occupants. They were living in the condo until they could afford to buy a home. Apartment remodel services are one thing the home manager deals with, however normally, my buddy and I would have condo remodel services as part of our team, however the condo remodel services my buddy and I used to use went out of supplier during the pandemic. I now had to find another condo remodel service that would be ready to labor when my buddy and I called, and do the job at a price my home owner would accept, and it had to be done well.
Rental property maintenance