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.