Communications With The Tenant

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

Tenants in Occoquan often ask to break lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property manager knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there in the first place. A renter can ambush an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the rental investor to give into a request that is counter to the owner's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to what appears to be simple favor can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the renter believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will appeal every question to the landlord, which cost the owner time and effort.

Tenants 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 rental investor to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the renter can hound or harass a property owner at strange hours or with crazy requests.

 

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