Communications With The Tenant

One of the important duties that a property management professional in Ridgefield Crossing performs is providing a level of separation between the tenant and the landlord. The best practice is for the rental investor to avoid any direct contact with the renter. Important tip for rental investors: never share your contact information with the renter.

Tenants in Ridgefield Crossing may ask to break lease provisions, or ask for other special requests. The property management professional knows the rules and knows why the rules are there. A renter can ambush an uniformed landlord at a moment of weakness causing the owner to grant a request that is counter to the landlord's own interests.

The consequence of acceding to a seemingly simple favor can be disastrous. Furthermore, once the renter knows there is a higher authority to appeal to, the renter will take every question to the property owner, which cost the landlord time and effort.

Renters will use contact with the 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 owner at odd hours or with various requests.

 

We're paid to be your protect the property owner's interests. It's more difficult to achieve that goal when the renter is going to ask the rental investor to overrule our work.