Time Busters For The Property Inspector
The following are key areas that will waste time and put you behind schedule quickly.
- Keys that don’t work
- Waiting for keys to be made
- Owners not moving out on time call before you go to verify
- Doing FWT or Finals on owner move-outs or owners doing their own work on Mondays
- Vendor not 100% complete and not sending in a “Final” fax
- Making more than 2 trips per rehab
- No AC to charge Tablet or Laptop in Vehicle
- Not having lock box to install in van
- Not working up your job estimate the same day you do a FWT
- Not having the light for the proper camera operation
- Not having owners sign maintenance agreements when they do their own work
- Not sending out a memo the first day you do a FWT if you do not personally talk to the owner.
- Not calling every day to reach the owner for approvals after 3 work day bring up to management
- Letting owners send in funds by regular mail instead of fax check, e-mail, credit card or FedEx.
Note: Average time to complete a rehab from A-Z is approximately 3.5 hours. This includes driving time, FWT, Final, Working up Job Estimate, paperwork, calling owners, etc.