Home Inspections Are Crucial!

January 27, 2010

Golba Group Property Management has a separate division that specifically focuses on the home inspection. We know that it is imperative that a ‘real’ inspection occur every quarter to insure the home is being cared for. During our inspections, the inspector does a nice write-up on the property and its condition. While doing the inspection, photos of the property are taken of both the interior and exterior. If needed, the inspector will also change out the A/C filter to make sure the HVAC is being taken care of. Once he is done with his inspection, all the information along with the photos are passed to the Property Manager where the information is closely reviewed and then sent to the owner via e-mail so he will be kept up to date regarding the home. It is a wonderful service and we HIGHLY encourage the owners to allow us to do an inspection every quarter. In the management agreement, the owner chooses how many inspections they want done every year. The first inspection is free and each inspection thereafter is $65.00 – Unfortunately, most owners only choose to have their property inspected twice a year, which is a mistake. We have clearly seen a financial savings to the owners that have their properties inspected every quarter. The financial savings is at the time of move-out; the properties are cleaner and have less damage then those that were only inspected once or twice a year. WARNING: Be aware of property management companies that say they do inspections, but don’t have it in their management agreement. They don’t put it in their management agreement because they don’t want to be held liable for not doing one. I am not aware of ANY management company in the Valley that does what we do every quarter and has it in the management agreement to back it up.

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