Communications With The Tenant

One of the primary services that any property manager in Fairfax Station performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the rental investor to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for landlords: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Renters in Fairfax Station will often ask to change rules, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there in the first place. A renter can ambush an uniformed property owner at a moment of ignorance causing the landlord to grant a request that is against the rental investor's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to what appears to be simple favor can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will take every question to the rental investor, which cost the owner 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 rental investor to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a landlord at unreasonable hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

We're paid to be your defend the owner's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the tenant is going to ask the property owner to overrule our work.