Communications With The Tenant

Handling interactions with a tenant in Gainesville

One of the important duties that a property manager in Gainesville performs is providing a level of separation between the renter and the property owner. The best practice is for the rental investor to avoid any direct contact with the tenant. Important advice for owners: never share your contact information with the tenant.

Tenants in Gainesville typically ask to bend rules, or ask for other special requests. The property manager knows the lease and knows why the lease provisions are there. A tenant can ambush an uniformed rental investor at a moment of weakness causing the owner to give into a request that is counter to the landlord's own interests.

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

Tenants will use contact with the property owner to build a personal relationship with the rental investor. 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 rental investor at strange hours or with crazy requests.

 

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