Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that any property management expert in Northern Virginia performs is providing a level of separation between the tenant and the rental investor. The best practice is for the landlord to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for landlords: avoid sharing your contact information with the renter.

Tenants in Northern Virginia often ask to bend lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. A tenant can ambush an uniformed property owner at a moment of ignorance causing the rental investor to grant a request that is counter to the property owner's own interests.

The consequence of giving into what appears to be simple favor can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will take all matters to the owner, which cost the property owner time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the landlord 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 rental investor at strange hours or with various requests.

 

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