Taking care of landlords’ investment properties is a must for rental agents – it’s why they hire you.
But staying on top of inspections and maintenance is difficult, time-consuming, and comes with a long list of compliance obligations. Put it this way: there’s a good reason why agents put it as one of their top three challenges for 2024 in the latest PayProp State of the Rental Industry survey.
PayProp has partnered with home inspection specialists Property Inspect to address these issues by integrating inspections and maintenance into the country’s leading rental payment platform.
Getting inspections and maintenance management right
Getting inspections right is crucial: detailed incoming and outgoing inspection reports are necessary to protect your landlords under the terms of the Rental Housing Act. Unless the state of repair of the property is thoroughly documented and a detailed report signed by the tenant, tenants can’t be charged for necessary repairs.
The Property Inspect platform enables agents to cut the time they spend on inspections by up to 50% while still gathering all the evidence they need to make claims against the tenant’s damage deposit. Agents carrying out inspections can easily compile professionally branded reports with high-quality photos and share them with landlords and tenants. All parties can then view, share, download, comment on and sign the report from a convenient online web portal.
And when inspections are carried out or maintenance issues are logged, the new integration plugs into PayProp’s maintenance tracking module, so you don’t have to run two systems – helping you solve issues faster and keep the properties you’re entrusted with in tip-top condition.
Here’s how the integration works:
- Instantly publish inspection reports from Property Inspect to PayProp, simplifying your reporting and records.
- Sync maintenance issues and actions from Property Inspect to the PayProp maintenance hub, helping you track outstanding work and monitor costs.
- Instantly sync your property and tenant data between the two systems, ensuring it is always accessible and up to date on both platforms.
- Customise your notifications settings to suit your needs, ensuring that your team stays informed and responsive.
Property Inspect also comes with a host of other powerful features for rental agents, from material and labour cost uploads to interactive Web reports and powerful analytics to track performance.
The integration between PayProp and Property Inspect is live and available for all users now. Plus, PayProp users who sign up for Property Inspect before the end of 2024 will get 50% off their first month.
