Communications With The Tenant

One of the important services that any property manager in Alexandria performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the landlord. The best practice is for the property owner to avoid any direct contact with the tenant. Important advice for rental investors: avoid sharing 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 rules are there in the first place. A tenant can ambush an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the owner to grant a request that is counter to the property owner's own interests.

The consequence of giving into 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 rental investor, which cost the landlord time and effort.

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

 

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