Q & A: Can a tenant stop me from hiring a property manager?
November 1, 2006
Q: I have a tenant who leases a home from me in Florida that is refusing to let me transfer management of the property to a property manager. I do not have the time or health to continue to manage the property and want to hire a prop¬erty manager as my Agent for the bal¬ance of the lease. The Tenant, who is late on her rent a lot and lies all the time, is threatening to get her attorney involved if I have a property manager take over management of the lease. The lease lists me as the landlord and does not state anything about using an Agent. Can I use a Florida property manager or am I required to complete the manage¬ment for the remainder of the lease.
Thanks in advance, James S.
A: She has no choice in the matter. If you want to hire someone to represent you to manage the property, that is your choice. She can try to hire a lawyer, but she would have difficulty finding one to take the case. It would be frivolous and lawyers are disciplined for bringing cases they know are without merit.
About the Author: Bob Cain
Some 30 years ago Bob Cain went to a no-money-down seminar and got the notion that owning rental property would be just the best idea there is for making money. He bought some. Trouble was, what he learned at the seminar didn’t tell him how to make money on his rental property. He went looking for help in the form of a magazine or newsletter about the business. He couldn't find any.
Always ready to jump at a great idea, he decided he could put his speaking and writing skills to work and perform a valuable service for other investors who needed more information about property management. So Bob ferreted out the secrets, tricks and techniques of property management wherever he found them; then he passed them along to other landlords.
For over 25 years now, Bob has been publishing information, giving speeches, putting on seminars and workshops, and consulting for landlords on how to buy, rent and manage property more effectively.