Often, the landlord tenant relationship in San Francisco is unfortunately an adversarial relationship due to San Francisco’s rent control laws. Most landlords with tenants in place who are paying below market rents really don’t care if those tenants stay, so they don’t have a lot of incentive to treat them well. Tenants who are protected by the rent control ordinance have no incentive to be civil with their landlords, or even with the other tenants living in the building.
Property Management San Francisco: Tenant Relations
As long as tenants pay rent on time, there are really no consequences for bad behavior. So, it is understandable that it’s not always a wonderful relationship.
At Gordon Property Management, we work really hard to treat all our tenants with professionalism and courtesy, regardless of the amount of rent they pay. We want to make sure that we respond to all tenants’ maintenance requests in a timely fashion. If something is broken, it gets fixed. If something can’t be fixed, it gets replaced. We take care of these things regardless of what a tenant pays.
Property Management San Francisco: Professional Responsiveness
Obviously, when a tenant who is paying market rent for a high end apartment has an oven break, that tenant will get a different oven than the tenant who is paying below market rent and has lived in an apartment for 20 or 30 years. But, they’re both going to get a new oven, and they will both be treated with courtesy and professionalism from Gordon Property Management staff.
If you find that working with tenants is a challenge, please contact us at Gordon Property Management. We would be happy to take over the relationship and make sure tenants are treated well.
