Communications With The Tenant

One of the primary duties that a property manager in Alexandria performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the landlord to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for rental investors: never share your contact information with the tenant.

Tenants in Alexandria may ask to break lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property manager knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions exist. A tenant can catch an uniformed owner at a moment of weakness causing the owner to give into a request that is counter to the owner's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to a seemingly simple favor can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the tenant knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will take all matters to the rental investor, which cost the rental investor time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the rental investor to build a personal relationship with the rental investor. Personal feelings can make it much harder for the rental investor to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the renter can hound or harass a owner at strange hours or with crazy requests.

 

We're paid to be your defend the landlord's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the renter is going to ask the owner to overrule our work.