Communications With The Tenant

One of the primary duties that a property manager in Gore performs is providing a level of separation between the tenant and the owner. The best practice is for the owner to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Renters in Gore may ask to bend lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed rental investor at a moment of weakness causing the property owner to give into a request that is counter to the landlord's own interests.

The consequence of giving into a seemingly simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the renter will appeal every question to the rental investor, which cost the landlord time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the property owner to build a personal relationship with the owner. 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 property owner at unreasonable hours or with various requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the owner's interests. It's more difficult to do that job when the renter is going to ask the rental investor to overrule our work.