The Tools We Use to Manage our Tacoma Rental Properties
We own and manage a handful of rental properties here in Tacoma and over the years we have discovered some incredibly helpful tools to help make managing them a bit easier. We wanted to take a second to share a few of the websites, apps and other tools we use for our rentals. If you’re looking to buy a rental property in Tacoma or if you already own a rental property in Tacoma here are a few of those tools we use to help you in managing your new (or old) rental.
Avail
Avail.co is an all-in-one online landlord software to help you manage your Tacoma rental properties. You can list your rentals online, find and screen tenants with their application, run background and credit check features, get eviction reports, draft digital leases with online signing, setup and collect rent online, and much more.
My Smart Move
Mysmartmove.com is a website by TransUnion. SmartMove is a super convenient online tenant screening service for regular people who don't manage hundreds of properties. They do criminal background checks, credit reports and eviction reports. It’s a seamless and easy to use website that makes tenant screening simple.
Rocket Lawyer
Rocketlawyer.com has a wide variety tools for folks legal needs from construction contracts to will and testaments. The main features we used Rocket Lawyer for were crafting digital leases, which are quick and easy to make with their awesome question and answer lease creation tool. There are also many other helpful landlord and investor tools like eviction notices, real estate contracts, quit claim deeds, etc.
Airbnb
Airbnb.com is known by most travelers at this point but some landlords still have not utilized the website to host guests in their home just yet. We spent some time using Airbnb and it’s a great tool for finding short term renters. In our experience it is generally the most profitable way to rent a room, mother-in-law, ADU / DADU, or traditional home in Tacoma, when compared to a standard unfurnished rentals. Airbnb has excellent features in their well built app and they make the process smooth and easy to manage.
Zillow
Zillow.com is an online real estate company that offers various products targeted at both home buyers, sellers, landlords and renters. While most people are familiar with the website for looking at homes that are for sale or for rent, many people aren’t aware that they offer many great services for landlords and property managers. Zillows best feature is the ability to list your rental on their online marketplace which distributes your listing to several sites like hotpads, trulia, and more. They also have online applications, tenant screening, leases and even online rent payments.
If you’re looking to find a rental property of your own here in Tacoma or you just want more information on how to use these great tools above feel free to reach out to me on the contact page!