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3 Important Ways Technology Can Improve Your Rental Property Business  

3 Important Ways Technology Can Improve Your Rental Property Business  

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Mar 30, 2020 By Tim Dugan

Regardless of the type of property you are renting out, there’s a lot to think about when you are a landlord, especially now. Luckily, there are a number of technological advances that are here to help. Rather than attempting to do everything alone and risking something being missed, you can rely on technology to help streamline things.

Here are three of the key ways you can boost your rental property business with the help of modern technology.

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By Going Paperless

There’s no denying that paperwork takes up a lot of space and there’s a fair amount of paperwork that comes with a rental property. Not only do you need to store the hard copies but you also need to find time to file, organize, and locate the paperwork when the time comes. That’s not including the likelihood of irreplaceable paperwork going missing, something that all landlords dread.

This is why a lot of landlords are choosing to go paperless. There’s also the major benefit that by going paperless, you immediately reduce the costs that come with paperwork. Don’t forget, the cost of paper and printing ink soon adds up. You are likely to find that going paperless is a budget-friendly option. There are a number of other benefits that come with going paperless as a rental landlord, for example:

  • There is no need to worry about storing paperwork.
  • There is no need to worry about paperwork becoming accidentally damaged. For example, a leak or fire may occur at any time.
  • When documents are cloud-based, they can be accessed from anywhere.
  • You won’t find yourself faced with hard to read handwriting and illegible applications from tenants.
  •  It’s very easy to send paperless documents to tenants.

By Handling Maintenance Requests Online

As a landlord, you are sure to have a fair amount of tenant maintenance requests to deal with. These can be hard to manage if they are done via telephone or in person. To avoid forgetting about an important request, everything can be handled online. There are online systems that allow tenants to log maintenance requests with ease, while also allowing you to track and manage them.

As a landlord, it’s a lot easier to prioritize the importance of requests when they are all in an easy to manage system. Urgent ones can be handled first, with others being dealt with a little later. It’s also very helpful when it comes to deciding whether or not to renew someone’s lease.

If the tenant has made a lot of complaints and required a lot of maintenance, are they someone you want to continue renting to? Not only does it simplify the way you handle requests as a landlord, it simplifies the way tenants make them. Tenants are able to log a request at any time and from the convenience of their own home. That is a huge selling point when it comes to marketing a rental property.

By Offering Online Payments to Tenants

When it comes to property management, there are certainly a number of benefits that come with technology. One of the main benefits is online payments for tenants. There’s no need for tenants to worry about sending a check on time or worrying about late payment fees if the office closes. Paying online is hugely convenient and can be done at any time.

You could make it even easier by putting an app into place, allowing tenants to pay from their smartphones wherever they are. There are few things more convenient for tenants than allowing them to pay their rent online. It’s also a major convenience for you. Think about the time and money that comes with managing rent and accounting. A lot of these are reduced when you take things online. There’s also the benefit of being able to quickly check to see who has paid and when, making handling payment disputes a lot simpler. Landlords and tenants are all privy to the same information, meaning that arguments are unlikely.

Thanks to technology, you can improve your rental property business by boosting production and efficiency. This will save you time and money in the long run, while also reducing stress.

Filed Under: Property Investment Tagged With: investment property, online payment

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Tim Dugan has a genuine passion to help business owners succeed in the ever-changing world of SEO through effective, timely, honest SEO strategies. He founded Web Services CT in 2011 which specializes in SEO for small and midsized businesses and is Director of Natural Search at Zero Gravity Marketing in Madison, Connecticut. Follow @webservicesct on Facebook and Twitter.

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