Handling interactions with a renter in Merrifield
One of the primary duties that your property management expert in Merrifield performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the landlord. The best practice is for the owner to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.
Renters in Merrifield typically ask to bend rules, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed owner at a moment of weakness causing the landlord to give into a request that is against the landlord's own interests.
The consequence of giving into what appears to be simple request can be a disaster in the long run. Furthermore, once the tenant believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the renter will appeal all matters to the rental investor, which cost the property owner time and effort.
Tenants will use contact with the property owner to build a personal relationship with the owner. Personal feelings can make it much harder for the owner to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the renter can hound or harass a owner at unreasonable hours or with crazy requests.
We're paid to be your defend the landlord's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the renter is going to ask the owner to second-guess our work.
Landlord Reference
a good archive for property owners in Merrifield
- Before you put a renter in your property in Merrifield
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the tenant
- During the lease term
- End of tenancy and what happens when a renter breaks the lease
- How does the owner get paid?
- How your management company handles the association and your community
- How your property management company handles utilities
- How Nesbitt Realty finds tenants
- Insurance matters for rental investors using our rental management
- How Nesbitt Realty & Management manage keys
- Merrifield rental investor responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your rental investment in Merrifield
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your property
- When property owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in Merrifield