Communications With The Tenant

One of the most critical services that your property management professional in Manassas Park performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the property owner to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the renter.

Tenants in Manassas Park will often ask to bend rules, or make other special requests. The property manager knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. A tenant can ambush an uniformed property owner at a moment of weakness causing the landlord to give into a request that is counter to the property 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 renter will take all matters to the landlord, which cost the property owner time and effort.

Renters will use contact with the rental investor to build a personal relationship with the property owner. Personal feelings can make it much harder for the property owner to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a landlord at unreasonable hours or with various requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the landlord's interests. It's harder to do that job when the renter is going to ask the rental investor to second-guess our work.