First-time using property management?

What do rental property managers in Northern Virginia do?

If this is your first-time hiring a property management company, you might want to know more about what exactly rental property managers do.  If this quick reference doesn't answer all your questions, we're always happy to help.

Collect Rents

Nesbitt Realty deposits rents into an escrow account and from that account we disburse funds to pay bills, income to the landlord and fees to the property manager.

Keep Records

Nesbitt Realty keeps an accounting of all money and payables. We send monthly statements to the landlord and at the end of the year we prepare a 1099 tax document and an annual statement for tax preparation. These records are also available electronically if you prefer.

Deal with the Association

When required, your manager will deal with homeowner's association (or condo association). If your renter has violated homeowner's association (or condo association) covenants, we give written notice to the renter and take steps to put your tenant in compliance.  We keep you apprised of notices and required actions.

Legal Compliance

Nesbitt Realty ensures that your rental property complies with state laws, local Northern Virginia ordinances, licensing requirements, association rules, Fair Housing laws, insurance requirements, IRS requirements.

Manage Upkeep

Nesbitt Realty manages and dispatches handymen as needed. We try to have work done in a prompt fashion at a price and quality satisfactory to the real estate investor.

Inspections

Nesbitt Realty inspects the rental at the time of move-in at the time of move-out and from time-to-time during tenancy.

Provide a Level of Separation

This is the one duty that no property owner can perform. A level of separation ensures professionalism is always maintained and personal feelings do not enter into the equation. Nesbitt Realty manages tenant relations including maintenance requests, late fee notices. We deal with a laundry list of tenant problems:

  • unauthorized guests, unauthorized pets,
  • parking issues,
  • tenant cleanliness,
  • noise violations,
  • neighbor complaints, etc.

If necessary, we manage the process of prosecuting actions to evict Tenants.

Our Differentiators

Northern Virginia Property Management Resources

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Do you want understand more about our area?

Our Guide to Real Estate is a handy tool for anyone who needs to find out more about Northern Virginia and neighboring areas.  The Guide to Real Estate has facts about what has sold and what is for sale, and a couple of surprising facts that you might not be aware of.  In addition, our Guide features many of the fundamentals of residing in Northern Virginia.  Definitely, all of this is helpful for purchasers and sellers, but real estate investors and renters will also find the facts to be quite informative.

More Information

If you've never contracted with a rental property manager in Northern Virginia before, you may want to learn as much as possible about the process and what property management companies really do. Feel free to call and discuss specific questions.

Money in general does not flow from the landlord to the property manager. Money flows from the tenant to the property manager to the landlord.  Fees and commissions are withheld from collected rents. The next step is to learn a little more about what differentiates us from other property managers.

 

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