Communications With The Tenant

Managing interactions with a renter in Crosswoods

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

Renters in Crosswoods will often ask to bend lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed rental investor at a moment of weakness causing the rental investor to give into a request that is against the owner's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to a seemingly simple favor can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the tenant knows there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will take all matters to the owner, which cost the rental investor time and effort.

Tenants will use contact with the rental investor 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 owner at strange hours or with crazy requests.

 

We're paid to be your defend the landlord's interests. It's more difficult to do that job when the tenant is going to ask the property owner to second-guess our work.