You’re not still living in the 20th Century, are you?
When you run a letting agency, you have many responsibilities. You have to check that a landlord’s property is in reasonable condition to let and advise the landlord if there is anything which needs to be done to bring the property up to scratch before advertising for tenants.
You should also have contacts with builders, electricians, plumbers, roofers, and so on, whom you can ask to carry out any work which may be required if the landlord does not want to use their own tradespeople, or if they do not have any contacts: perhaps, they are a new landlord. They may have inherited a property and want to let it, or they may be setting out to invest in properties and as this is their first one, they have no trade contacts.
Ideally, you should also be able to be contacted by a tenant if there is an emergency such as a plumbing leak in the night, which needs urgent attention.
Then, of course, you have to advertise for tenants, interview them, and carry out a credit check to check out their payment history. You don’t want to advise your landlord to take on an inappropriate tenant. You also have to know how to handle eviction proceedings if they do become necessary.
Of course, you need to carry out an inventory report at check-in and carry out interim inventories and a check-out report at the end of the tenancy. If you have a lot of properties on your books, then carrying out inventory is going to be one of your biggest ongoing tasks. You may have to sub-contract it out. Even so, mid-term inspections will still be something you have to do.
Property reports are a task that really is an essential part of letting a property. The problem that virtually every letting agent has is that inventory is so very time-consuming. Your landlords can have properties anywhere. Very likely, most of them will be relatively local, but even so they could be across a 30-mile radius or even more.
If you have a lot of landlords, which, as a letting agent is what you want (the more the merrier!) it also means a lot of property report work. Not only do you have the check-in and check-out reports, but there are all the interim inspections. The result is that you are carrying out inventory inspections on a non-stop basis.
Furthermore, you can’t just carry out inventory based on popping your head around the door and telling the tenant that everything looks OK. You need to carry out a thorough inspection if you are going to provide the proper service to your clients, who are the landlords, and that means looking under the sink and checking for leaks, checking the garden, and a whole lot more. It takes time.
The faster you can do a Property Report, the better
Therefore, the faster that you can get through an inventory inspection, the better it is for your business, and ultimately your profits.
Now it is a fact that today we are in the 21st century. It is also a sad fact that many letting agents are still, to all intents and purposes, firmly entrenched in the 20th century. Would you believe that they are still using a clipboard and pen to take their notes with? Yes, some of them are.
But things have come on in leaps and bounds. We have people like Bezos and Musk taking their mates into space for a ride for heaven’s sake!
And you’re still using a CLIPBOARD??
Uuuurrrggghh!
Today you should be using the Reports2Go inventory app. It’s FREE!
If you don’t know how our inventory app works, here’s the deal. You download it from the App Store or Google Play to your mobile or tablet. You can use it in one of two modes, the first of which is text mode. As you go through the property you simply type up your notes and then when you are done you upload to your portal on our server. They will be ready to download within a few minutes.
Faster still is to use it in audio mode. You dictate your notes. You upload to the server. Then they will be ready for you to type up when you get back to the office.
Gary, 26 November 2021
Post Titles
- Career Spotlight: Be a Property Inventory Clerk
- What tenants can expect from a Mid-Tenancy Report
- What are Periodic Inspections and what do they entail?
- Landlords - What to Do at the End of Tenancy
- What is a Check-In report?
- How inventory clerk software can help your business
- Property Inventory App? What can I expect for my money?
- The advantages of using Voice Technology for Property Reports
- What goes into a Condition Report?
- Things to consider when compiling a Property Inventory
- Do I Need a Property Inventory?
- The Importance of Check-In and Check-Out Reports
- Our App makes creating a Schedule of Condition so much faster and more Accurate
- Our Dictation Software makes creating Inventory Reports so much faster
- Why you need to carry out Interim Inspections of your BTL
- Creating an Inventory is a critical task for a Managing Agent
- An Inventory Guide for Tenants
- Some tips for Landlords carrying out Property Inspections
- Creating an Inventory is one of the most Important Tasks for a Managing Agent
- What should you check for when Inspecting your Rental Property?
- How to Hire an Inventory Clerk
- Is an Inventory Report needed for Unfurnished Properties?
- The Reasons why you should carry out a Mid-Tenancy Inspection
- The Perfect Inventory App for Landlords
- Check-In and Check-Out reports: What you need to know as a Tenant
- Carrying out Mid-Tenancy checks: What you Need to Know
- You’re not still living in the 20th Century, are you?
- What to check for when doing an Inventory Report
- Use Speech Recognition tools to reduce time doing Reports
- Our Dictation App saves you a Huge Amount of Time
- Mid-Tenancy Reports are Critical when Letting a Property
- There may be Errors in the Inventory Report
- Reports2Go: the 21st Century way of creating Property Reports
- How to do a Condition Report for your BTL
- The work of an Inventory Clerk can be exceedingly varied
- What should you check for when inspecting your Lettings Property?
- Some things you need to know about Mid-term inspections as a Landlord
- The Reports2Go App makes Property Reports simple
- Why you should carry out Interim Inspections as a Landlord
- Why Check-In and Check-Out Reports are important for Tenants
- Some things to consider if you are thinking of buying a BTL
- The clever way for Letting Agents to create Property Reports
- Our FREE app makes Inventory Reports so much easier
- What to do if your Tenant has Damaged your Property?
- Inventory Reports and Check-Ins – are both really necessary?
- Who should pay for Property Cleaning - Tenants or Landlords?
- Is a Check-in Report Really Necessary?
- New plans and improved resolution for images
- Overheads of being a Landlord
- It is Critical that Inventory Reports are Accurate
- Mid-term Inspections of your BTL are Essential
- Minimising risks with proper tenant checks
- Making a Claim on a Tenant’s Deposit: What you need to consider
- The Importance of an Inventory for Tenants
- Things to note when conducting Check-In/Check-Out reports
- Our App saves a huge amount of time carrying out Inventories
- 5 Handy Screening Topics for New Tenants
- Busting Property Management Myths
- Six Money-Saving Tips for Landlords
- Rules for Tenants and Pets in 2021 - What are the Changes?
- As a Landlord you need to carry out Interim inspections
- Giving your Feedback on an Inventory as a Tenant
- Inventories made easy with Reports2Go
- New to Letting? What you should know about Property Reports
- Three Pillars of Good Property Management
- How can PropTech reduce your Property Inventory burden?
- Choosing the right Rental Management Strategy
- Some Tips for Promoting your Letting Agency Business
- The Importance of an Inventory to you as a Tenant
- Some Ideas to Consider in Order to Reduce your Overheads
- Legislation Concerning Landlords and Tenants is Constantly Changing
- What’s your Property Management approach?
- How to maintain a Positive Relationship with your Tenant
- How important is a Condition Report?
- Tools for New Landlords and Property Managers
- The Check-in Process in the Reports Cycle
- Doing an Inventory: Part 5 - Enhancing the Report
- Doing an Inventory: Part 4 - Finishing Up
- Doing an Inventory: Part 3 - Describing Items
- Doing an Inventory: Part 2 - At the Property
- How to do an Inventory: Part 1 - Preparation
- All you need to know about Property Reports as a Tenant
- Use the FREE Reports2Go App to Speed-up Inventories
- Using on-board Dictation Software for Reports
- A guide to Inventory, Check-In, and Check-Out reports
- Reasons for Landlords to carry out Mid-term Inspections
- How to Carry out an Inventory Quickly, Accurately, and Easily
- What does an Inventory Clerk do, and should I hire one?
- Inventory – A Guide for Tenants
- Things to keep in mind when conducting a Check-in Report
- Free Schedule of Condition - Why You Need it
- End-of-Tenancy clean? All you need to know
- Reports During Covid - 19 Restrictions
- Mid-term inspections as a Landlord
- How to avoid Deposit Angst with the Reports2Go app
- The Importance of the Reports2Go App for Inventories
- All about the Reports2Go App
- The Importance of an Inventory for a Tenant
- Dictation makes for a much faster and more Accurate Inventory
- How the Reports2Go app works
- Free Property App
- Completely Free App
- Tenant Fees Act and Inventories
- When you have a lot of Inventories, Reports2Go will save you time
- Periodic Inspections and why they are good idea
- Inventory meets the 21st century with Reports2Go
- Our App saves you a lot of time on Mid-Term inspections
- What is an inventory and why have one?
- Text Mode
- Audio Mode
- Our Inventory App
- Inventory Associations
- The life cycle of a Report