I was in a bad accident and not very ambulatory , hard to get to my post office to collect mail /rent checks. I would like them to forward those to my home for a while, as I'm not sure when or if I will recover enough ,..at the post office it goes to my company's name, I really tenants to know where I live,..sure they could find out if they wanted to but I don't want to make it easy, I don't have my name given to them or my personal phone,for security reasons and the company phone goes to voice mail for my secretary to answer or she directs calls to handymen,contractors,plumbers etc,.

DO you think this can be done,..do you try to keep as private as you can? Its a different world these days, and I try to be fair about things but over the years I have had a few tenants angry at something, Some seem nice buy seem to go a bit crazy, (drugs I think)

Hummm a courier service,..will they go to the post office to retrieve/open my box or do you direct the tenants to send their rent to a courier?

If you are not up to full speed, might it be time to get a property management firm in place? That is my plan for when / if I can no longer shlep the tools, manage repairs, turnovers and all the other day to day.

Potter, maybe go to your bank and ask them to walk you through Zelle, or the other methods of bank to bank transfer. My tenants like the convenience and safety too. No trips to the bank, no having cash left on their kitchen counter for landlord to pick up. My tenants mostly use their phone to do Zelle transfers, so can transfer from anywhere. I use email as my Zelle notification, and I don't have email on my phone ( on purpose-too much anxiety, cannot have phone chiming at me- too prone to panic attacks, anyway...) so I log in on my computer at home to see the emails that tenants paid, or I can log into the bank to check.

Another thing tenants like about Zelle, or other money transfer programs is, they get a receipt, or a record right in their bank.

Others on this forum use other transfer methods; you might find some discussions using the search feature. Once you go to an electronic transfer method of payment, I think you'll be very glad you did.

Move toward easier collections of your funds.

I hated chasing the rents. Maybe you are in the only area where the postal service is perfect. I know I am not in that area.

I moved years ago to tenants stopping at one of the branches for my credit union. They can use the drive thru. They say who they are and where the money needs to go. The get a receipt and I can instantly see the money in my account online. They can use the night drop as well, if need be. I just tell them they must get the money in the night drop at least the night before it is due so it posts when they open.

One tenant uses Venmo. I have to transfer the money to my account, which takes a couple days. I have a few that use Innago. Those funds post in 3 days. My CU doesn't have a way to use Zelle easily.

I know a lot of people use ClearNow.

You can look into all of these while sitting at home recuperating.

My suggestion is to stop chasing the rents. I know it has made a world of difference for me. I have more time to do what I want, instead of checking a PO Box daily in hopes I get what I need.

You guy are great! I'm sure you are busy and taking the time for input is so appreciated,..,..some things sure might work but others are not practical in my area,..

But again,..all are appreciated,..for complex reasons my secretary can't pick up the mail as she was in a separate accident and can't drive,.and The fact she is raising 4 kids w/o a father,..etc.

BTW she is by far the best of maybe 12 others over nearly 50 years,., ,.Sometimes I have to be in her same room working at another desk and I am in total awe of what she does,.I could not run this w/o her,..(its one reason why I want to sell all,.If someting were to happen to her I would be lost,.I could move her to another one of my businesses

but maybe I could hire someone just to do that,..such as a general handy man (I need work at the office coming up, ) trash taken out, outside this building need painting some wood repair, etc.

AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I agree with the advice to consider electronic payments.

To answer the question asked, however: if you want your tenants to continue to send mail to your business P.O. box address, the U.S. Postal Service offers a paid service called Premium Forwarding Service Commercial that would forward the mail received at the box to another address you specify, on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. There’s a fee to set it up, plus a fee for each shipment.

Another vote for Zelle.

1. no clawbacks

2. simple to use