DoneTrace Research Team

The DoneTrace research team writes and maintains the inspection checklists and guides published on this site. Each checklist is built from the documentation workflows DoneTrace supports in the field — move-in and move-out condition records, turnovers, damage reports, and insurance evidence — and is written to reflect how landlords, property managers, and inspectors actually run them on site. Checklists are reviewed on a recurring basis and every page shows the date it was last reviewed.

How we build these checklists

• Each checklist covers a documentation workflow DoneTrace supports directly, written in the order the work is actually walked on site.
• Every page carries a visible last-reviewed date, and pages touching deposits, landlord-tenant law, insurance, or HOA enforcement carry a plain not-legal-advice notice.
• Checklists are documentation guidance. They do not replace a licensed home inspection, and they are not a substitute for legal advice in your jurisdiction.