dumped my property mgmt company-now what?

Good luck. It's not easy, but not completely impossible.

Most of the cleaning professionals replenish TP, put a roll of paper towels, bath soaps, a small dishwasher tab, one for laundry, and one trash bag for each container. You can also opt for linen service. Downside is cleaners mixing your things up with other homes. Had this happen to me twice even though they were marked by house #, and I provided carting bags and all. It was a real hassle, but fortunately my cleaning co. made good.

Some tips:
1) Change lightbulbs frequently, and keep spares available
2) Oil your locks and other general maintenance.
3) Keep it simple- white towels, no colors
4) Provide detailed arrival instructions and rules to your guests
5) Post the rules in your house
6) Leave an accessible telephone # for your guests to reach you or of a handy person

Also, don't forget to pay your taxes monthly and quarterly. ;-)

Most Cleaning Services Furnish This In There Price

Barbara's Cleaning And Painting
Red Bay ,fl 836-8809

Swantree is incredibly helpful and offers alacarte services.

www.swantree.com

I am managing my house from out of town. http://www.emeraldcoasttours.com/101shinglelane/ I have an "owners closet" where I store soap, tp, paper towels, etc. My housekeeper washes all sheets while there and takes the towels home with her to wash. So I have twice as many towels and beach towels as needed each week. I sewed nametags in all towels and beach towels.

I purchased Cascade dishwasher detergent from Sam's in the "capsule" form. I leave seven in a container on the kitchen counter. Also leave liquid dish detergent and enough laundry detergent for several loads.

You can buy individually wrapped tp and paper towels at Sams. I ordered the little soaps on line. You can also get the tp and paper towels on line. Check hotel supply companies. I leave one unopened roll of tp in each bath and one unopened roll of paper towels in kitchen. I also send an info sheet to each renter telling them exactly what is supplied. (I even tell them what type filter the coffee maker takes.)

The key to managing it yourself, from out of town, is a very good, very dependable housekeeper. Feel free to message me if you would like more info.

And I also have an Oracle 660 keypad on the door. This allows me to generate entry codes from home on my computer. I highly recommend this! http://www.destinlocksmithing.com/

And I also have an Oracle 660 keypad on the door. This allows me to generate entry codes from home on my computer. I highly recommend this! http://www.destinlocksmithing.com/

Now that is a pretty neat lock. Put you in some web-enabled appliances and sit back and enjoy.

Suma have you ever considered one of the reusable gold filters? They seem to work well.

Thanks for all of the replies. That really helps, and I guess the next question is who is a reliable cleaning service who would provide same-day turnaround? I do have the name of someone who does cleaning, but I'd like to get more than one recommendation.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for all of the replies. That really helps, and I guess the next question is who is a reliable cleaning service who would provide same-day turnaround? I do have the name of someone who does cleaning, but I'd like to get more than one recommendation.

Thanks in advance!

Call Kim @ 598-6921. She has been doing it for years and is the most reliable I know of. Plus, she is my sister!😀

Call Kim @ 598-6921. She has been doing it for years and is the most reliable I know of. Plus, she is my sister!😀

I second that emotion! She does a grayt job and is always reliable and trustworthy. She has been doing our house for 7 years now.

Call Kim @ 598-6921. She has been doing it for years and is the most reliable I know of. Plus, she is my sister!😀

I second that emotion! She does a grayt job and is always reliable and trustworthy. She has been doing our house for 7 years now.

I went through a few housekeepers before Kim and I third that motion.

llsnd98,

Sounds like you have got a good recommendation for housekeeping. The tricky part is getting someone who can come in between 11:00 and 4:00 (or whatever your checkin time is) on Sat. or Sun. and get everything done. Unless a housekeeper has a crew they really can't do more than one or possibly two rental houses. My housekeeper brings one or two people with her but there still isn't time to wash and dry the towels. She has to plan carefully just to get all the sheets done in the time she has. (Three king beds, one queen sleeper, four bunks.)

Be sure to have Kurt do your pictures. Pictures sell your rental so you want the best you can get.

Sowalgayboi,
I don't like those gold filters. They just don't seem to work as well as paper. And there is also the issue of people rinsing all those grounds down the drain. However, having one there for people to use if they like is a good idea. And at least, if they don't have paper filters, they can still make coffee. Thanks for the idea.

For one of our rental properties out west, we bought stuff from here:

http://www.minimus.biz.

I think the cleaning issue is solved! I think I'll call Kim this week while we are here. Hopefully she'll work out and be able to do the quick turnarounds too if necessary.

Appreciate all of the info, and, by the way Suma, I looked up your house and decided I'd just rent ours out and come stay in yours!:floor: It's really gorgeous! Ours isn't quite as luxurious, but I did get Kurt to do my pictures last year and they turned out beautifully! Hopefully it will all work out!

Thanks!

Thanks. Glad you like the house. You can stay anytime! One more thing. Don't forget about collecting and paying your sales tax.