Property managers are those people who serve as the buffer between a renter and a معرفی پروژه زاگرس owner. A property manager is usually hired by an investor who has properties he or she wants to be rented out but isn’t willing to spend the time looking for and interviewing renters,
collecting rental payments and especially addressing complaints from renters.
These are basically the services that property owners expect from property management experts. A property manager is someone who is paid to manage or supervise commercial or residential rental property.
Typically, a property manager is the one who finds and screens potential renters, collects payment from renters, handle evictions and even arrange for repairs to the property being rented. In most cases, property managers are real estate professionals as well.
In cases where the property manager is a real estate agent by profession, they are usually under a broker. In terms of the collected rents, renters may either issue the payment straight to the property owner, or may also deposit the money to the trust account of the broker.
A trust account is a particular bank account opened by the broker. The money in this account can never be comingled with the personal money of the broker. All the rents, cleaning deposits and security deposits are put into this trust account, from which payments are also given to the property manager, the property owner as well as for any repairs to the property.
Property owners who wish to hire a property manager typically need to sign a property management contract. As for the payment for the property manager, it is often based on the percentage of the total monthly rents. Property managers are the ones to collect the cleaning or security deposits, which he should deposit into the trust account of the broker.
For late rental fees, the rental contract should identify who they should be collected by. In case the property being rented is sold during the rental contract duration, the property manager should still receive the real estate fees from the property owner.
A property manager may specialize either in residential or commercial properties. There are some other specialties within such categories. For instance, residential property managers may focus on seasonal rentals or full-time rentals. On the other hand, commercial property managers could choose to specialize in a certain kind of commercial property, including retail space or warehouses.
There are Federal Fair Housing guidelines as well as policies on state rental that should be observed by property managers. For instance, there are Federal Fair Housing laws that prohibit any form of discrimination based on the race, color, religion, nationality or gender of the renter.
A very important point with any of these type of properties – you must have your financial arrangements taken care of before even bothering to look at any. In all cases that I have seen so far, an offer won’t even be accepted in a short sale or bank-owned situation unless you submit a preapproval letter for financing or proof that you have the cash to buy it.
I only recommend short sales at this time for investors who are cash buyers and will have no problem with waiting an average of 60-90 days for the whole process, or if they have been recently been approved by the lender.
In most cases, your best bet is finding a property that suits your needs and is a good value where the owner can sell for a good price without being in a short sale situation. Many of my clients have found this to be the best thing for them (and the least stressful and frustrating).