Moving
Change Mailing Address (if have PO Box)
- Credit Cards
- Investment Account(s)
- Mint
- Health Insurance
- Blood Bank
- Timeshare
- Frequent Flyer Programs
- Online Shopping Websites
Change Residence and Mailing Address:
- AAA
- Car Insurance
- Fidelity
- Bank Account
- Pharmacy by Mail
- Registrar of Voters
- County Registrar/Recorder
- DMV - Car Registration + Drivers License
- Social Security
- Home Insurance
- Phone
- Cable/Internet Provider
- USPS
Storage Unit
- need contents insurance
Movers
- rent own truck, and pay for helpers
- pay for helpers+truck
Selling a House
- do necessary maintenance
- clear out what you definitely don't want, especially
- furniture and items in good shape
- donate/get rid
- Goodwill or other drop-off
- electronic and hazardous waste
- large item trash pickup (3x/yr, 5 pieces max each time)
- dump
- sell
- craigslist
- garage sale
- donate/get rid
- furniture and items in good shape
- stage house
- decide on price
- sign broker papers
- put house on market
- have Broker's Open / Caravan
- do individual showings, by request
- have Open House
- offer
- review offers
- counter offer
- price
- escrow period
- what's included/not included
- appliances
- furniture
- agreement
- disclosures
- open escrow
- general inspection
- brokers visual inspections
- inspection report
- request for repairs
- negotiate/agree on any credits/repairs
- pest/termite inspection and remediation
- remove inspection contingency
- appraisal
- remove funding contingency
- finish inspection punch list items by a week before closing
- buyers walk through, 5 days before closing
- move out
- close escrow
Rental Property - Renter Turnover
I was lucky enough to have the same renters stay for 5 years. They took care of the place, let me know if something was broken, minimal management. That's how I like it. I asked if they wanted a fresh coat of paint, etc. Nope, they were fine. So when they decided to leave I decided to spruce up the place. Below is the complete list of stuff I ended up doing, posting for reference in hopefully another 5 years when these new renters move on!
- Yard:
- trim trees & bamboo
- 16 bags of recycled rubber mulch for just the front yard
- treat fruit trees
- remove & replace back yard overhang
- replace cord for sprinkler control
- test and reset sprinkler schedule
- paint front gate
- spray down house and front wall
- spray down windows
- remove/hose/replace screens
- new under-house-access screen
- new security screen door and threshold
- House
- termite treatments - subterranean treated in garage and crawl space (no structural damage, 4 year guarantee)
- re-coat floor (10 year warranty)
- paint house (ceilings=ceiling white; walls=swiss coffee eggshell finish; trim & bath/kitchen ceilings=ultra pure white hi-gloss enamel)
- new toilet
- new kitchen light fixture
- clean and rehang curtains
- serious scrubbing of shower door
- new sick stopper hardware
- new tub stopper
- new garage door opener control
- thorough cleaning
- lamp on a timer
- Less than 6 months ago:
- new hot water heater
- new fridge
- Less than 2 years ago:
- new wall heater