Property Management Intake Assessment

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name: property-management-intake-assessment
description: |
  Run a structured intake and initial assessment for landlords, tenants and leaseholders in managed properties and management offices.
  TRIGGERS - Use when a property manager needs a intake & initial assessment for landlords, tenants and leaseholders in managed properties and management offices.
category: Property Management
license: MIT
version: 1.0
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# Intake & Initial Assessment — Property Management

Run a structured intake and initial assessment for landlords, tenants and leaseholders in managed properties and management offices. The deliverable is a completed intake record and initial assessment summary.
This skill is written for a property manager working with landlords, tenants and leaseholders in managed properties and management offices.

## When to use
- You are a property manager preparing, delivering or reviewing this part of your work in managed properties and management offices.
- You need a defensible, repeatable approach that produces a completed intake record and initial assessment summary.
- A colleague, auditor or client asks how this was done and what evidence supports it.

## Key Concepts
| Term | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| Service charge | leaseholders' contribution to shared building costs |
| Arrears | rent or charges unpaid after the due date |
| Section notice | a formal legal notice used in property matters in some jurisdictions |

## Workflow
1. **Step 1** - Confirm identity, consent and the reason for referral or engagement, and open the record that will hold tenancy agreements
2. **Step 2** - Gather history and current circumstances from landlords, tenants and leaseholders, using the standard intake structure for managed properties and management offices
3. **Step 3** - Record baseline observations and measurements relevant to rent collection rates, noting anything that changes the priority of the case
4. **Step 4** - Flag immediate concerns — especially safety certificates expired — and escalate or fast-track anything urgent before proceeding
5. **Step 5** - Summarise findings for landlords, tenants and leaseholders in plain language, agree the next step, and file the intake section of tenancy agreements

## Profession-Specific Components
| Component | Details for Property Management |
|-----------|-------------------------------|
| Core documentation | tenancy agreements; inspection reports; maintenance requests; service charge accounts |
| Core tools & equipment | property management systems; contractor networks; payment platforms; communication apps |
| People involved | landlords, tenants and leaseholders; the property manager; colleagues and other services in managed properties and management offices |
| Primary record | tenancy agreements — keep it current, dated and attributable |

## Output Format
**Context:** [Situation in managed properties and management offices] | **Objective:** [What this must achieve] | **Audience:** [landlords, tenants and leaseholders and other stakeholders]

The finished output is a completed intake record and initial assessment summary, structured as:
1. Summary of position and evidence
2. Detail, following the workflow above
3. Decisions, actions, owners and dates
4. Review point and escalation route

### Action Plan
1. **Immediate:** Confirm scope, consent and the evidence available in tenancy agreements.
2. **Short-term:** Complete the workflow steps and record outcomes against rent collection rates.
3. **Medium-term:** Review results, close actions, and update local procedures in managed properties and management offices.

## Success Metrics
| Metric | Target | Method |
|--------|--------|--------|
| rent collection rates | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from tenancy agreements and reviewed on a set cycle |
| repair completion times | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from tenancy agreements and reviewed on a set cycle |
| tenant satisfaction | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from tenancy agreements and reviewed on a set cycle |
| compliance certificate currency | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from tenancy agreements and reviewed on a set cycle |

## Guardrails & Quality Checks
- Never let this happen: safety certificates expired.
- Never let this happen: deposit disputes.
- Never let this happen: unresponsive repairs.
- Work only within the competence and authority of a property manager; escalate or refer anything beyond it.
- Record facts and observations, not speculation, and keep records confidential to managed properties and management offices's rules.
- Verify names, dates, figures and measurements twice before anything is issued or signed off.
- Use only real, verified information from the case in hand — never invent results, credentials or evidence.

## Example (illustrative)
A property manager in managed properties and management offices applies this workflow for landlords, tenants and leaseholders: they open
tenancy agreements, work through the five steps using property management systems, and close by recording
the outcome against rent collection rates and agreeing the next review date. (Illustrative example only —
replace with the real details of the case in hand.)