Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that a property manager in City Of Fairfax performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the rental investor. The best practice is for the property owner to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for landlords: avoid sharing your contact information with the tenant.

Tenants in City Of Fairfax will often ask to change lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property manager knows the rules and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can catch an uniformed rental investor at a moment of ignorance causing the landlord to grant a request that is counter to the rental investor'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 a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will take every question to the landlord, which cost the rental investor 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 rental investor to make objective business decisions in a impersonal manner. Additionally, the tenant can hound or harass a property owner at unreasonable hours or with unreasonable requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the rental investor's interests. It's harder to do that job when the renter is going to ask the rental investor to overrule our work.