Communications With The Tenant

One of the primary duties that a property manager in Manassas performs is providing a level of separation between the tenant and the property owner. The best practice is for the property owner to deny any direct contact with the renter. Important advice for property owners: avoid sharing your contact information with the renter.

Renters in Manassas may ask to break lease provisions, or make other special requests. The property management expert knows the rules and knows why the rules are there in the first place. A tenant can catch an uniformed landlord at a moment of ignorance causing the owner to grant a request that is counter to the owner's own interests.

The result of acceding to what appears to be simple request can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the tenant will take all matters to the rental investor, which cost the owner time and effort.

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

 

We're paid to be your protect the landlord's interests. It's harder to achieve that goal when the tenant is going to ask the rental investor to second-guess our work.