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A reminder for whoever has rental properties - use your permanent address or a PO Box for all of your mail related to rental property... it’s dangerous to rely on tenants to pass mail to you - they may simply forget.

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You want to use a commercial mail processor who will scan all incoming mail and electronically deliver it to you. As a landlord, you will also want to set calendar reminders to follow up with any government agency where recurring monies are due to confirm receipt. You want those confirmations in writing whenever possible (ie paper trail).

Disclaimer: Landlord, business owner, automate all the things, all that jazz.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.acti...

Only gets you the front scans of the pieces, not the contents. Also only shows in transit (doesn't enumerate the facility where the scan was taken or the data/time of the capture), not delivery confirmation if the sender did not pay for and request that service. Great start though, I hope USPS expands on it for contents. I'd rather give them my money instead of a third party processor.

I'd love to hear who you use for your mail processor. I have tried a couple of them over the years, but haven't always had the best results.

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