American Real Estate Journal

Tenant move-in checklist

Signed lease to keys in hand, with nothing missed. Built on dates relative to the move-in day so it works for every lease.

Small move-in misses, such as a utility not transferred, a disclosure not signed or an inspection skipped, can turn into deposit disputes and bad reviews months later. Every task below is tied to a date relative to move-in, so the same checklist works whether the lease starts in 5 days or 45.

Lease signed
7 days before
1 day before
Move-in day
3 to 14 days after

Want this to run without a spreadsheet?

Workflow software can create the tasks in a checklist like this, assign them and set due dates from the lease. Walk through what that would look like for your company with Julian.

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Related: Owner onboarding, Move-out and turnover, Lease renewals, Delinquency, Owner lead follow-up.