Appointing an "acting-landlord"...tenants refuse to acknowledge

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I'm a landlord of a multi-unit property and all of my leases are between myself and the tenants. However, im moving out of state soon and have a friend willing to take care of rent collection, evictions, and everything else. I'd like to officially appoint him as an agent on my behalf. The problem im having is a few of my tenants are opposed to dealing w anyone except me. their argument is since they signed the lease with me, i'm bound to deal directly with them. Seems like a plausible argument....Looking for advice on this one.

Thanks ahead of time

[Michaela G.]

Check your state laws and see if there's licensing required for managing. 

I would suggest to set up some different form of rent payment, so that it goes directly to you. Have them deposit into a bank account that you can monitor online, cozy or whatever other forms there are. Don't have your friend chase after them for the funds. I would also not suggest for them to mail it, because 'the check is in the mail' is a common excuse. If they deposit into your account, then they can't argue about the date or being late. 

I actually handled my Georgia rentals that way, when I was in California. I was still the landlord and was managing. Rents were deposited into my account. I'd pay my friend $ 25 for any 3-day notice she's have to post. I'd pay $ 100 for her time for filing and going to court for eviction. And she's show properties and would get 1st month's rent, if I checked and approved tenant. I had various subs that I could call, text them the tenant's name/contact and they'd set up appointment to fix things and then I'd pay them via credit card or paypal or similar. 

She was never a manager (In Georgia only licensed PM or Real Estate agents or fulltime employees of owner can manage properties), but only a friend that helped me out.