Communications With The Tenant

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

Tenants in Annandale Acres will often ask to bend lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property manager knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. A tenant can catch an uniformed owner at a moment of ignorance causing the landlord to grant a request that is against the landlord's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to a seemingly simple favor can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will take every question to the property owner, which cost the landlord time and effort.

Renters will use contact with the property owner to build a personal relationship with the landlord. Personal feelings can make it much harder for the rental investor to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a landlord at unreasonable hours or with various requests.

 

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