Managing interactions with a renter in Boston
One of the primary services that any property management expert in Boston performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the owner. The best practice is for the property owner to avoid any direct contact with the tenant. Important tip for landlords: never share your contact information with the renter.
Tenants in Boston often ask to bend lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. A tenant can catch an uniformed property owner at a moment of ignorance causing the property owner to give into a request that is against the rental investor's own interests.
The result of giving into what appears to be simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant knows there is an opportunity to appeal, the tenant will take every question to the landlord, which cost the rental investor time and effort.
Tenants will use contact with the landlord to build a personal relationship with the landlord. Personal feelings can make it much harder for the owner to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a property owner at odd hours or with various requests.
We're paid to be your defend the owner's interests. It's more difficult to do that job when the renter is going to ask the owner to overrule our work.
Landlord Reference
a handy source for property owners in Boston
- Before you lease out your rental in Boston
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the renter
- During tenancy
- End of lease term and what happens when a renter breaks the lease
- How does the property owner get paid?
- How your management company handles the association and your community
- How your management company handles utilities
- How Nesbitt Realty finds tenants
- Insurance matters for owners using our rental management
- How Nesbitt Realty & Management manage keys
- Boston rental investor responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your property in Boston
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your rental investment
- When property owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting renters in Boston