Communications With The Tenant

One of the most important duties that a property manager in Dunn Loring performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the property owner to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the renter.

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

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

Renters 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 renter can hound or harass a landlord at odd hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

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