Communications With The Tenant

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

Renters in Fairfax Station will often ask to bend rules, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the rules are there. A tenant can catch an uniformed landlord at a moment of weakness causing the owner to grant a request that is counter to the landlord's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to what appears to be simple favor can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will appeal every question to the property owner, which cost the landlord time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the landlord 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 renter can hound or harass a landlord at strange hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the landlord's interests. It's more difficult to do that job when the renter is going to ask the landlord to overrule our work.