Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that any property management expert in Mount Vernon performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the owner. 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 renter.

Renters in Mount Vernon will often ask to break lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property manager knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there in the first place. A tenant can catch an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the owner to give into a request that is counter to the rental investor's own interests.

The result of acceding to what appears to be simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the tenant will take every question to the landlord, which cost the landlord time and effort.

Renters will use contact with the landlord to build a personal relationship with the landlord. 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 unreasonable hours or with crazy requests.

 

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