Earlier this year, I realized I was wasting a lot of time going out to the building to see what was wrong when a problem occurred. Normally, what would occur is that a tenant would send me a text saying there was some sort of issue. Next, I would go out to investigate it and then I would try to figure out how to fix the problem. But, unless I could fix the issue right then and there, I was wasting everyone’s time. Most importantly, I was wasting my own time. So, this week I had some challenges: the front lock was broken; I needed to cement the area around the boiler; and I needed to set up appointments for some repairs. What did I do? I had to go to the building on Saturday so I set up two appointments. One appointment was for a locksmith and the other was for a plumber for the boiler. Setting up an appointment with the locksmith let me avoid an emergency fee which likely have been outrageous. The plumber was already in the works so I killed two birds with one stone. Now, my postman needed the key to the front door too. So, I called him at the post office and gave him the combination to the lockbox outside which had the new key. For the cement job, I called one of my tenants and offered him a credit on his rent if he ran to Home Depot for me and bought the materials. I have some other repairs to be done. But, I decided to schedule them all on the same day and take the afternoon off to handle them. I bought this lockbox that fits around my gate and is inconspicuous so contractors can get in when I need them to. So, will get my boiler repaired and let the guy use the key to get into the basement. All this reduces a lot of stress for me. I do have to schedule things but that is not so bad as opposed to running out to the building all the way from work or home. I will be looking at task rabbit to outsource more chores.