Tenant Management — Vetting, Tenancy & Renewals

Need someone to find, vet and manage the tenant on your Accra property — properly? Africa Property Managers vets tenants, drafts a compliant tenancy under the Rent Act 1963 (Act 220), handles issues, arrears and renewals, and acts as the single point of contact — for resident and diaspora landlords. A named manager, an enforceable contract, honest on the law. Since 1991. Request a management proposal.

A let is only as good as the tenant in it — and the tenant is only managed if someone is actually answering them, keeping the agreement compliant, and acting on your behalf. Africa Property Managers finds and vets the tenant, drafts a compliant tenancy under the Rent Act 1963 (Act 220), and handles issues, arrears and renewals, for resident and diaspora landlords, since 1991. Request a management proposal: +233 27 011 3728.

What Tenant Management Actually Does

Finds and Vets the Tenant

We market the property, screen applicants, and verify identity, employment, and references — so the tenant who moves in is one we have actually checked, not just the first to call. Getting this right at the start prevents most problems later.

Drafts a Compliant Tenancy

We draft a tenancy that is correct under Ghana’s Rent Act 1963 (Act 220), handle the deposit and advance properly, and start the let on a sound legal footing.

Is the Tenant’s Point of Contact

We are the single point of contact for the tenant — fielding requests, coordinating repairs through vetted trades — so you are not fielding calls at midnight from another time zone.

Handles Issues, Arrears & Renewals

When something goes wrong, we deal with it and keep a record. Ahead of the term ending, we advise on renewal or manage a clean exit and re-let — so the property is not sitting empty by default.

The Tenant Point of Contact

The reason a managed property is calmer than a self-managed one is simple: there is one named person the tenant calls, and it is not you. A repair, a complaint, a question about the bill — it comes to us, gets actioned through vetted trades, and gets recorded. You hear what you need to hear, when you need to hear it, with the option to approve anything above an agreed threshold. For an owner abroad, that is the difference between a property and a problem.

What Tenant Management Covers

| What you get | What we do | |---|---| | Vetting | Identity, employment, and references verified before move-in | | Compliant tenancy | Drafted correctly under the Rent Act 1963 (Act 220) | | Point of contact | One named manager handling the tenant on your behalf | | Issues & arrears | Repairs coordinated, late payments chased and recorded | | Renewals & exits | Renewal advised, or a clean exit and re-let managed |

How It Works

1. Find and vet the tenant — marketed, screened, identity and references verified.
2. Draft a compliant tenancy — correct under Act 220, deposit and advance handled.
3. Be the tenant’s point of contact — one named manager, you out of midnight calls.
4. Handle issues and arrears — actioned, recorded, advised on under Act 220.
5. Manage renewals and exits — renewal advised or a clean exit and re-let.

Honest About the 6-Month Advance Cap

Ghana’s Rent Act 1963 (Act 220) caps advance rent at six months. The market routinely ignores this — one widely cited study found the average advance demanded was around 1.93 years, well beyond the legal limit. We do not pretend the gap is not there. We structure the tenancy lawfully, tell you honestly where the law and common practice differ, and advise on the trade-offs — so you go in informed rather than surprised.

What It Costs — Honestly

Tenant management sits within full management, normally a percentage of the rent collected, agreed up front — indicatively around 8–12%, though no honest manager quotes a fixed figure before seeing the property. Letting-only (finding and placing a tenant) is a separate one-off fee of about a month’s rent; a sale is a different commission again (typically 3–5%). These are three different fees and we never quote them as one. Your management proposal shows the fee plainly.

Honest About the Law

• We draft and run every tenancy to Ghana’s Rent Act 1963 (Act 220), including the six-month advance cap, and tell you where the law and common practice diverge
• The Real Estate Agency Act 2020 (Act 1047) licenses agents and brokers (letting as a transaction) — ongoing tenant and property management is not a separately licensed activity in Ghana, so we never claim a “licensed manager” badge we cannot hold
• GREDA is the developers’ association, not a manager’s licence — we are precise about what credentials actually mean
• Established 1991 — a real manager with a portfolio, verified tenants, and an enforceable contract

Tenant Management Across Greater Accra

We find, vet, and manage tenants on residential and investment property across East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Ridge, Trasacco, Labone, Spintex, and Tema — plus Kumasi, Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo. Diaspora landlords in the UK, US, and Europe rely on us to keep a good tenant in place, the agreement compliant, and the property earning.

Areas We Serve

Africa Property Managers finds, vets, and manages tenants across Greater Accra — East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Ridge, Trasacco, Labone, Spintex, Tema — plus Kumasi, Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo.

Related Services

• Property Management in Accra — rent, tenants & maintenance, managed
• Diaspora Property Management — manage your Ghana property from abroad
• Rent Collection Service — collected, accounted, paid to you
• Property Management Fees — what management actually costs

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you vet a tenant in Ghana? We market to the right audience, screen applicants, and verify identity, employment or income, and references before anyone is presented to you — so you get a reliable tenant, not just the first or highest offer. Getting this right at the start prevents most problems later.

How much advance rent can a landlord ask for in Ghana? The Rent Act 1963 (Act 220) caps it at six months, though the market often asks for far more — one study put the average demanded at roughly 1.93 years. We structure the tenancy lawfully and tell you honestly where the law and practice differ.

What does tenant management actually include? Finding and vetting the tenant, a compliant tenancy under Act 220, being the tenant’s single point of contact, handling issues, repairs and arrears, and managing renewals and exits — the difference between a property that is let and one that is managed.

Are letting agents or property managers regulated in Ghana? Act 1047 licenses agents and brokers (letting as a transaction), not ongoing management — so we never claim a “licensed manager” badge we cannot hold. GREDA is the developers’ body, not a manager’s licence. What you can rely on is a real record, a compliant tenancy under Act 220, and an enforceable contract.