Communications With The Tenant

One of the important services that a property management expert in Northern Virginia performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the landlord to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for property owners: never share your contact information with the tenant.

Renters in Northern Virginia often ask to break lease provisions, 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 tenant can catch an uniformed owner at a moment of weakness causing the property owner to give into a request that is counter to the owner's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to 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 every question to the property owner, which cost the property owner time and effort.

Renters will use contact with the owner 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 renter can hound or harass a owner at odd hours or with crazy requests.

 

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