Communications With The Tenant

One of the most important duties that your property manager in Flint Hill performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the rental investor to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Renters in Flint Hill typically ask to bend lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions exist. A tenant can ambush an uniformed property owner at a moment of weakness causing the rental investor to grant a request that is against the rental investor's own interests.

The result of acceding to a seemingly simple request can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will take every question to the rental investor, which cost the property owner time and effort.

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

 

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