Communications With The Tenant

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

Tenants in Shirlington will often ask to break rules, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the rules are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed landlord at a moment of weakness causing the rental investor to give into a request that is against the rental investor's own interests.

The consequence of giving into what appears to be simple request can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the tenant knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the renter will take every question to the property owner, which cost the rental investor time and effort.

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

 

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