Handling utilities before a tenant moves in
Before you give a tenant keys to move in, it is good practice to make sure that all the preliminary steps have been taken:
- Application completed and approved
- Lease signed
- Deposit and first month’s rent collected
- Utilities transferred into their name
- Etc.
In this short video, we share a hard lesson learned when we let a tenant move in BEFORE they transferred the utilities into their name. Watch and learn.