Flow of Funds with Property Management Companies

[Nikhil Agarwal]

QQ on how property management companies work! 

Typically, do the tenants make payments to the property management company (and then the property management company forwards the funds to us (owner of the unit)? Or does the check from the tenant directly go to the owner and the property management company is just responsible for collecting the check and depositing it into the owner's bank account.

[Scott Trench]

For me, the tenants pay the property manager, and then the funds move to me. The funds are held in escrow by my property manager, and disbursed later in the month to my bank account.