Thursday, 7 July 2011

What is Commercial Property Management?

By Amber Williams


Buying your own house and lot is expensive. Buying your own lot to build a store is expensive too. These two instances are the reason why most properties are held for rent and for lease. Renting and leasing is not that expensive especially now that there is a big growth of commercial and residential property industries. Together with this hype comes a business service that would help property owner manage their real estates and other assets.

This business service being told above is called commercial property management. This service is created to aid property owners in the supervision of their commercial properties. The head of the commercial property management service is the property manager and is usually a property management professional. The manager then now is responsible in taking good care of all property details including the upkeep of the buildings, potential tenants, overseeing property sections for lease and collecting rentals in behalf of the owner.

Hiring a commercial property management service company means that you are authorizing that company to make major decisions that would give a big impact to your business. But the major reason why mostly companies hire a property management firm is because they want the day to day particulars of their company taken care of competently.

Processes that involves in commercial property management are background checking of possible renters, Accepting applications from clients and preparing lease between tenants who are already cleared with the screening and the property owner. On the side of the tenant the commercial property management company ensures that the tenant is provided with the benefits it needs and has knowledge on his responsibility as the renter of the property.

The effectiveness of a commercial property management firm is being seen through turnover rates of tenants and the involvement of the firm of tenant eviction who does not comply with the agreed contract. Low turnover tenant rate means that your property does not change tenants often and this is a good sign because this means that your tenants are happy and comfortable staying in your property. Involvement in an eviction process is not as harsh as you think. A tenant who does not comply with the contract is only the ones who are forced out and this goes with the proper policy in taking tenants out from your property.

As the competition increases, this is the right time for you to engage with a property management company and have the edge over your competitor.




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