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First Serve Property Management · 30+ properties

People spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and still ask “any issues?”

These are the questions every buyer should ask before closing.

Written from years of owning properties and managing more than 30 of them with First Serve Property Management, located in Idaho. Write down where the water shuts off, what freezes in a cold snap, and which filters the seller never puts on the listing. Open the brief on an iPad at the showing and type the answers in.

Not another list of outlets and door locks. The questions a property manager asks so what keeps the place running doesn’t walk out with the seller.

Why this exists

First Serve Property Management · 30+ properties · the hard way

Unlabeled panels. Frozen lines. 2 a.m. calls. That is how these questions got written.

Properties managed
30+
How we learned it
The hard way
The company
First Serve Property Management

We owned the properties. We managed more than 30 of them with First Serve Property Management. Freeze points and the work that repeats only live in someone’s head until you write them down. That working document is what you are buying — not a checklist of outlets.

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Pick the deal in front of you

A house, a building, a rental. Same operator instinct. Different packet.

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Primary homes and second homes

$29

The Home Buyer Brief
For the house you are about to live in.

A field guide of questions to ask the seller, the listing agent, and anyone who has actually kept this house alive. Built from years of taking over properties and discovering what nobody mentioned.

37 questions · Instant PDF

Small apartment buildings and complexes

$49

The Apartment Complex Brief
For buildings with units, residents, and a lot that has to get plowed.

The questions to ask before you buy a building full of other people’s lives. Staff, snow, shutoffs, resident complaints, and the maintenance that repeats whether or not the rent roll looks pretty.

37 questions · Instant PDF

Rental houses and investment buildings

$39

The Investment Property Brief
For rentals, small multifamily, and anything you will not live in yourself.

Due diligence for buyers who will not be there every day. The quirks, the freeze points, the vendor relationships, and the stories tenants already know.

37 questions · Instant PDF

Not sure yet? Start with the Walkthrough Inspection Card — $19. What to look at with your own eyes before you trust the brochure.

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Best value

The Owner’s Complete Library

Every brief, the inspection card, and the after-closing list.

What this is

Fillable interview briefs for the seller, the listing agent, and anyone who’s kept the place alive. Each question says why it matters. Check it off and type the answer on an iPad at the showing.

What this isn’t

Not a substitute for a licensed home inspection. Not a mortgage or closing-docs checklist. Not a generic house-hunting scorecard.