# What part of the rental process do you absolutely hate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Landlord Questions\ **Created:** [June 11, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146 "2019-06-11T15:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Judith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Judith](https://community.avail.com/u/Judith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146/1 "2019-06-11T15:17:55Z")
I find myself spending so much time on the accounting side of my business and I wanna know what part of the rental process do you other landlords out there absolutely hate? ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/ryan/32/143_2.png) [@ryan](https://community.avail.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146/2 "2019-06-17T16:04:12Z")
Hi @Judith ! My least favorite part of the rental process are the (sometimes) confrontational parts about being a landlord. By nature, I don’t want to cause anyone stress or disappointment. At the same time, I’m running a business. Specific examples of situations that I dislike are notifying renters that I’m increasing their rent, especially when I know they may not be able to afford it. Another example is communicating that a maintenance ticket isn’t going to be solved as quickly as tenants would like. Although I dislike these, I’ve found that being upfront and over-communicating help. ---
**Author:** ![DaveTheLandlord](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/davethelandlord/32/57_2.png) [@DaveTheLandlord](https://community.avail.com/u/DaveTheLandlord)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146/3 "2019-07-16T19:08:15Z")
Judith, My least favorite part of being a landlord is finding a new tenant when the old tenants decide not to renew. Specifically the showings. I live about 25 miles away from my property so it can be a pain to go back and forth on the weekends to accommodate all of the people who want to see the property. To help weed out people who aren’t very serious, I have learned to have them complete some pre-screening questions ahead of time so that I can be sure it will be worth my time to come out to the property to show them. I don’t mind most of the other tasks because I can do them all with technology as long as I have an internet connection, except the showings. ---
**Author:** ![community.manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/community.manager/32/1080_2.png) [@community.manager](https://community.avail.com/u/community.manager)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146/4 "2019-08-26T21:36:34Z")
Easily would have to be tenant turnover, during the off-season. Usually the pool of tenants on the market for a new rental is lower and as you head into winter months can be a real challenge trying to find a tenant who is moving during this part of the year. That’s why its a good idea to exercise your ability to implement a month-to-month lease or 6 month lease to get your rental back on-season. But yes, this is easily the worst part and thankfully there are a lot of tools Avail offers to help get the property listed and rented within a short timespan. @Judith ---
**Author:** ![DSAWLandlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DSAWLandlord](https://community.avail.com/u/DSAWLandlord)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-part-of-the-rental-process-do-you-absolutely-hate/146/5 "2019-09-01T22:19:22Z")
By far is the move-out process when dealing with deductions of the security deposit. I’ve had to go through extra lengths to document the before and after. Move-In checklists are very thorough as are the move-out, however I find that there is always confrontation when dealing with the deductions.