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Atlanta Property Managers Tips on Tenants Performing Maintenance
Many times tenants offer to perform maintenance on properties. While tenants performing maintenance may seem to be an excellent idea at the time, promoting visions of saving money, and an easy repair - it can lead to many problems. Most Atlanta Property Management Companies won't allow tenants to perform their own maintenance.
Landlords need to ask themselves why the tenant is offering to absorb the time and expense of the work. There are tenants who are honest and capable, but often there are underlying motives that property owners should question. Atlanta property managers always ask themselves the following questions:
A prospective tenant wants to entice the owner to accept their application They are looking for a reduction in rent and have financial problems. They wish to avoid having someone check the property because of their upkeep. As they say, “there is no free lunch,” and there are questions you should ask and answer before accepting a tenant’s offer to do maintenance. Do you really know if the tenant is capable of the work? Is it a simple maintenance item or a job for a professional?
The easiest way to approach tenants performing maintenance is to treat it entirely as a business matter, not a personal or emotional one. ... more

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