Property Manager Agreement Law and Legal Definition
Property manager agreement (“Agreement”) is an agreement entered between owner of a property and manager of the property. The owner employs the services of manager to manage, operate, control, rent and lease the particular property. Responsibilities of manager under this Agreement are as follows:
1. Collection and Disbursement. Manager agrees to collect all rents as they become due; to render to Owner a monthly accounting of rents received and expenses paid; and to remit to Owner all income, less any sums paid out.
2.Maintenance and Labor. Manager agrees to decorate, to maintain, and to repair the property and to hire and to supervise all employees and other needed labor.
3. Advertisement and Legal Proceedings. Manager agrees to advertise for tenants, screen tenants and select tenants of suitable credit worthiness. Manager will set rents that in the opinion of the Manager at the time of the rent negotiations with the tenant, reflect the market conditions of that time and approximate rents of comparable rental properties, unless expressly instructed in writing by the Owner to the Manager to the contrary, as to the amount of the initial rent and any subsequent increases as may from time to time be appropriate.
