Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that any property manager in West McLean performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the landlord. The best practice is for the landlord to deny any direct contact with the tenant. Important tip for rental investors: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Renters in West McLean typically ask to break lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there in the first place. A tenant can catch an uniformed rental investor at a moment of weakness causing the owner to give into a request that is counter to the rental investor's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to what appears to be simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the renter believes there is an opportunity to appeal, the tenant will take all matters to the rental investor, which cost the landlord time and effort.

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

 

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