[nolasmom]

A realty company can represent a rental property as its property manager or as facilitator for a landlord. We are renting a house with a very strange landlord situation. The owner lives in London and bought the house sight unseen with his parents (local residents) bidding on it at auction. The house was shown by a realtor who processed our tenant application. When we have problems with the house (there have been many), we call the owner's parents.

The reason I relate this story is to let you know to ask questions as to who handles what. I misunderstood the situation and thought we would be dealing with a professional property manger who would handle any issues. Instead, we have an uncommunicative absentee landlord and his often uncooperative parents.