In order to comply with both internal and state rental housing requirements, every property must meet the below list in order to be fully advertised and be ‘Rent-Ready’.

Rental Property Requirements:

1. Vital utilities are connected and active (water & electricity). 
2. Professionally cleaned to ‘Hotel Room Clean'
3. Carpet professionally cleaned and looking fresh
4. All painted surfaces fresh with no mis-match touch-up areas and repainting must be done corner to corner.
5. All property entry keys cut to match 
6. All windows should have blinds.
7. All windows should have screens.
8. No draperies on windows
9. No lawn equipment including mowers, tools, etc.
10. Garage floor swept
11. No exterior debris
12. Lawn cut and trimmed
13. Landscaping fresh and clean
14. Smoke detector on each floor
15. Smoke detector in each bedroom
16. Back sliding door must have blinds
17. All light bulbs working
18. Doors open & close smoothly and doorstops installed on all doors
19. Bathroom caulking must be fresh and free of any mildew
20. Safety railings secure
21. All mechanical components working as designed. Includes HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, kitchen appliances, laundry appliances, water softeners, sprinkler systems, gas fireplaces, water filtration systems, etc.
22. Wood-burning fireplace(s), if operational, shall be clean of any debris and have a fireplace screen or heat-proof glass doors installed. If non-operational, the fireplace opening on the interior of the home shall be permanently sealed with an aesthetically pleasing material.
23. No personal property or items in the unit. This includes furniture, knickknacks, toiletries, shower curtains, Kleenex boxes, kitchen or bathroom items, soap dispenser, pictures, etc. (*exception for Turnkey Furnished properties)

This list is not meant to cover each make-ready required item, but it does list some of the most important and often overlooked.