Communications With The Tenant

One of the primary services that any property management professional in East Falls Church performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the landlord to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for landlords: never share your contact information with the renter.

Tenants in East Falls Church will often ask to change lease provisions, or ask for 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 catch an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the landlord to grant a request that is counter to the landlord's own interests.

The result of giving into what appears to be simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will appeal all matters to the landlord, 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 landlord to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a rental investor at odd hours or with crazy requests.

 

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