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Maintenance is more than just fixing something that’s broken. A comprehensive maintenance approach also includes inspections of all safety items before renting your property to make sure that they’re in place and working as intended. Although you’ll routinely handle basic repairs, you should also look for opportunities to perform preventive maintenance to improve the performance and life span of your building systems. You also need to evaluate whether renovations and upgrades are cost-effective.

The following sections help you figure out which safety items you need to check and which maintenance tasks require a closer look. They also help you determine whether renovating or upgrading your property is worthwhile and, if so, what direction you should go in with your changes.

Inspecting everything in your rental property while it’s vacant is important. Completing this inspection properly doesn’t mean that you need to be a certified repair technician or a licensed professional contractor who’s fluent in all building systems; you just need to ensure that the interior unit systems are operational for the standard day-to-day use you expect from your new tenants. If you aren’t certain what to look for or if anything seems awry, be sure to contact a repair professional who’s qualified for the building system that needs inspecting, and have them provide documentation showing their completed work.