Virtual receptionist services for property management companies

AssistBPO's virtual receptionist services for property management companies put a named receptionist on your tenant, owner and prospect line in your company name, in your hours, so a leaking water heater is logged as a work order in minutes rather than sitting in voicemail.

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How does a virtual receptionist work for property management?

Tenants calling about maintenance are taken through your triage sheet: what, where, since when, photos requested by text, entry permission recorded, then the work order is created in AppFolio or Buildium and the caller is told what happens next. Rent questions are answered from the ledger. Prospects asking about a vacancy get the same script every time: rent, deposit, availability, criteria, how to apply, and a self-showing or in-person slot booked. Owners are recognized by name, given a status on their property from the system, and transferred to their manager when a decision is needed. Vendors calling for access or approval reach the coordinator. Every call ends in a note, a work order or a lead, and the end-of-day log shows call volume by type. The receptionist is an employee with a backup and a team lead, never a call center queue.

What tasks does a virtual receptionist cover for property management companies?

  • Answer tenant, owner, prospect and vendor calls in your company name
  • Take maintenance requests through your triage sheet and create the work order
  • Request photos by text and record entry permission and pet warnings
  • Answer rent balance and payment questions from the ledger
  • Give prospects the same availability and criteria script and book showings
  • Recognize owners, give a property status and transfer decisions to the manager
  • Route vendor access and approval calls to the coordinator
  • Send an end-of-day call log by type with callbacks owed

The KPI that matters here

Calls answered live and work orders created during the call rather than from voicemail. The weekly review shows both against call volume by hour.

What rules does a virtual receptionist follow for property management?

  1. Fair Housing in leasing. Every prospect gets the same information and the same screening criteria under the Fair Housing Act enforced by HUD and your state's equivalent. Assistants use a written script for availability, criteria and accommodation requests, and never steer or comment on neighborhoods or households.
  2. FCRA and adverse action. Tenant screening runs through your provider under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, enforced by the FTC and CFPB. Assistants order reports only with the applicant's authorization, apply your written criteria, and send adverse action notices with the required disclosures on your decision.
  3. State landlord-tenant rules. Notice periods for entry, rent increases, non-renewal and late fees vary by state and city. We keep a rules sheet per jurisdiction you manage and follow it for every notice, and anything that looks like a legal question goes to you or your attorney.
  4. TCPA for prospect and tenant texts. Showing confirmations, maintenance updates and renewal reminders go by text only with lawful consent and do-not-call scrubbing under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforced by the FCC, with opt-out wording on every message.

Property management software we work in

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  • Rent Manager
  • Propertyware
  • Property Meld

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Frequently asked questions

Can the receptionist create work orders in our system?

Yes. The receptionist works under your user account in AppFolio, Buildium, Rent Manager or Propertyware, creates the work order with the tenant's description, location, urgency from your triage sheet, entry permission and any pet warning, attaches photos received by text, and assigns it to the queue or vendor you specify for that category. The tenant receives a confirmation with the work order number.

How do you decide what is an emergency?

Your triage sheet does. During onboarding we agree the emergency list, typically no heat in cold weather, no water, active flooding, sewage backup, gas smell, fire damage, lockout and security failures, and the dispatch rule for each. Emergencies are dispatched from your approved list while the tenant is still on the call and your on-call manager is notified. Everything else is logged with the expected response window.

Will prospects get consistent Fair Housing-safe answers?

Yes. Every prospect call follows one script: address, rent, deposit, availability date, screening criteria, pet policy, application link and showing options. The receptionist does not describe the neighborhood, comment on other residents or answer questions about schools beyond pointing to public sources. Accommodation requests are logged and routed to you. Calls are scored monthly on the QA scorecard for script adherence.

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