Communications With The Tenant

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

Tenants in The_arlington will often ask to break rules, or make other special requests. The property management professional knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed property owner at a moment of ignorance causing the rental investor to give into a request that is against the owner's own interests.

The consequence of giving into what appears to be simple favor can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will take all matters to the owner, which cost the property owner time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the landlord to build a personal relationship with the 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 unreasonable hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

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