Move In

Overview of Move In Flow

Most of our Move Ins are self move in, please kindly following the chart below. If there is any question, please reach out to care@gpsrenting.com.

Before Your Move In

Please make sure three things are taken care of:

• Lease is signed, deposit, and rent are paid (through your portal)
• Renter insurance is set up (detailed in your lease agreement)
• Utility is set up. Here is general information Everything Utilities. (detailed in your lease agreement)

Welcome Home Letter

Greetings from GPS Renting! We are so excited that you are moving into your new home! We understand that moving can be stressful. We just want to provide a list of information to help to smooth the process.

1) Move-in Inspection Confirmation: We have sent you the move-in inspection report to sign off. Kindly login to your portal and check the shared documents and sign within 48 hours of the move-in date. All signatories (tenants and co-signers) need to sign the report, otherwise, there is a penalty fee per the lease agreement. There is also a 48-hour grace period from your move-in date to submit any additional photos. Please use the portal Maintenance request function to submit a request that you want to be addressed. In case some condition is not documented in the report, please fill up this form: https://forms.gle/hkBUNvyTT8XFk3eWA. Thank you!

2) Code for Self Move-In: You will receive the lockbox code before your move in date. Please access the lockbox on the date your lease starts. Please keep the contractor box until the move out date. Here is a video of how to remove the lockbox: https://youtu.be/OBL61EEGMKU. On the move out date, please put the contractor box back to your front door lock and put one front door key in it with the remaining key on kitchen countertop. Please take care of the contractor box during your tenancy. There is a $50 charge for losing the contractor box. We care about your home safety. At move in, locks at your home should have been rekeyed. During your move out, there will be a $179 rekey charge during the security deposit return (not applicable to the city of Seattle).

3) Communication: All the communication, maintenance request, and rent payment are all done through our GPS Renting website (https://gpsrenting.appfolio.com/connect/users/sign_in). Please ensure that you have received the login information. If not, please reach out to your leasing manager.

4) Utilities and Renter Insurance: Per the lease agreement, you need to switch some utilities (electricity, gas, and maybe garbage, please refer to your lease for more info) to your name, please make sure it is done. There is a penalty for failure to switch before lease start date. Water and sewer normally cannot transfer to your name. It will be under the owners name. You will receive the bill from the utility company directly or from us. Residents will receive the water, sewer, and in some case the garbage bill via email although they are in the owner's name. Please pay directly to the utility company. In case there is late payment for the utility bill, there will be a $50 late charge. Per the lease agreement, a renter insurance is also required. Please make sure you have either chose the one provided by AppFolio or sent us your own renter insurance proof and added GPS Renting as an interested party.

5) Post Move In Repair: After the move in inspection, as you start settling in your new home, it is normal to find items that need to be addressed in your house. If you can not address them yourself, please submit issues through our online portal. Our maintenance team will schedule a post move in repair appointment after that to address the issues and concerns. Bundling all the issues together and trying to solve them at once reduce the time that we will bother you and also make it effective. Additionally, when you are submitting the request, please record appliance model, serial number, photos and videos of the issue. Please submit them on the online portal too! This can help us to buy the right parts and solve the issues in the shortest way possible!

6) Previous Resident/Owner Mail: You may receive other's mail in your mailbox. If it is a utility bill, please open them, take care of them. Alternatively, you can mark them for return to the sender. If you continue to receive an abundant amount of mail for previous residents or owners, please let us know. We will ask them to set up a forwarding address.

7) HOA: If your home has HOA, please make sure you read through the rules of HOA and CC&R. If you don’t have the rule, please reach out to us on your portal. You will be responsible for the fines resulting from breaking HOA rules if that happens.

8) Familiar your home and read through: Everything Maintenance

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