Communications With The Tenant

One of the important services that your property manager in Timberville performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the owner. The best practice is for the rental investor to avoid any direct contact with the tenant. Important advice for landlords: avoid sharing your contact information with the renter.

Renters in Timberville often ask to break lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property management professional knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there in the first place. A renter can ambush an uniformed owner at a moment of weakness causing the landlord to give into 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 knows there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will appeal every question to the property owner, which cost the rental investor time and effort.

Tenants 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 tenant can hound or harass a landlord at unreasonable hours or with various requests.

 

We're paid to be your defend the property owner's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the tenant is going to ask the landlord to second-guess our work.