Are you planning on evicting a tenant from your Atlanta Rental Property for the first time? If so, eviction is a problem that every landlord has to deal with at some point.
Once the eviction is finished, are steps that every landlord should follow that will enable them to move past the eviction quickly and efficiently.
Step #1 – Change The Locks On Your Rental Property
The absolute first thing that you must do after evicting a tenant is to change the locks because you don’t want to live an open door for your former tenant to come back and damage your property.
Ideally, you should change the locks no later than 24-48 hours after an eviction because this will also help to give you confidence in knowing that your rental property is protected.
Step #2 – Document Any Damage That’s Been Done To The Rental Property
Once the tenant is gone, take the time to go through your ATL rental property and make sure that everything is working normally.
This step is also essential because some tenants might damage your property when they are moving out so you want to do your part to verify that everything is still in good working condition for your next tenant.
Step #3 – Repair Damage
Let’s say that your former tenant did some damage on the way out of the property, in this case, you should repair those damages immediately just so you can get your property in rent-ready condition for your next tenant.
Step #4 – Clean The Property
After repairing those damages, the next thing that you need to do is clean your Atlanta rental property thoroughly.
If you are not the type of person who likes to clean, the best thing to do is hire a professional cleaning company to take care of this task for you.
Step #5 – Review Your Tenant Screening Procedures
Last of all, but most important, before renting to your next tenant, take the time to review your screening procedures to see if you may have skipped a step with your last tenant that led to you renting to the wrong person.
For example, some landlords may choose to skip the tenant background, rental, or employment check in favor of renting to someone immediately and filling a vacancy. Sadly, what landlords who skip these steps don’t think about is that renting to the wrong person ultimately makes owning rental properties more difficult, especially if that tenant results in eviction.
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