Communications With The Tenant

One of the important services that your 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 deny any direct contact with the tenant. Important tip for landlords: never share your contact information with the renter.

Tenants in Alexandria will often ask to bend rules, or make other special requests. The property management professional knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. 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 property owner's own interests.

The result of acceding to a seemingly simple request can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the renter believes there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will appeal every question to the landlord, which cost the rental investor time and effort.

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

 

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