Communications With The Tenant

One of the most critical services that a property manager in City of Falls Church performs is providing a level of separation between the tenant and the owner. The best practice is for the landlord to avoid any direct contact with the tenant. Important advice for owners: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Tenants in City of Falls Church will often ask to bend lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions exist. A tenant can ambush an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the owner to grant a request that is counter to the rental investor's own interests.

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

Tenants will use contact with the property owner to build a personal relationship with the property 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 owner at odd hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

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