Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that a property manager in Manassas Park performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the property owner. The best practice is for the owner to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for rental investors: never share your contact information with the renter.

Renters in Manassas Park typically ask to bend rules, or make other special requests. The property management professional knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed owner at a moment of ignorance causing the owner to grant a request that is against the landlord's own interests.

The result of acceding to a seemingly simple favor can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will appeal every question to the property owner, which cost the property owner time and effort.

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

 

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