Communications With The Tenant

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

Tenants in Northern Virginia typically ask to bend rules, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions exist. A tenant can catch an uniformed property owner at a moment of ignorance causing the landlord to give into a request that is against the property owner's own interests.

The consequence of giving into a seemingly simple request can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the renter will take all matters to the owner, which cost the owner time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the rental investor to build a personal relationship with the rental investor. 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 rental investor at strange hours or with crazy requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the property owner's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the renter is going to ask the property owner to overrule our work.