Cape Cod Property Manager, Seasonal Property Management. What should you look for in a seasonal property manager?
Here are the top questions that need to be asked:
• What is the weekly management rate? This can be as high as 25% of the weekly rent. Real Property Management Associates rate is lower and has an excellent tenant screening process.
• What does management cost? This should be a low monthly fee. And lower on off season months when there are no tenants.
• How are maintenance issues handled? Good maintenance means happier vacationers. An unrepaired broken refrigerator will mean an unhappy vacationer who may want money back and may not book with you next year. At Real Property Management Associates, we give fast responses. We value you and your vacationing residence.
• How are Emergencies handled? We help you define an emergency and figure out when to troubleshoot over the phone before an expensive call is made. Every residence should have a three-ring binder in the residence with the property managers (not the landlords) 24/7 phone number. Doe the binder have police and fire information?
• Do you have an online portal? Online portals allows the landlord a view as to how transactions are being handed. It shows when the money being dispersed and bills being paid.
• How is the vacationer being managed? Most want to be left alone. Check in at 2 PM and out by 10 AM. If that’s all that happens, you had happy guests. Follow up with an email and ask them to comment on their stay.
• Ask for a copy of the Management Agreement and Schedule of Fees. You need to understand this and ask questions.
• How do you find vacationers? There are a variety of web sites to advertise on. These will have good credit checks and money management.
• The Managers Service:
Do you have enough bedding and towels for your type of service? Airbnb will require you to have more of each than will a weekly rental.
What supplies are there for the vacationer? Did you forget to stock the TP, PT, dish soap, laundry detergent, small size
shampoo, charcoal, and all the other small items that you would expect when renting a house for the week?
Is there a binder with emergency and other local information, maybe some coupons too?
• Seasonal Property Managers also offer:
House open/closing.
House watch, are they really?
Property reviews.
Off season maintenance
Call Real Property Management Associates (508-509-4485) for Cape Cod yearly and Seasonal property management.
www.associatesrpm.com