Management Services
We manage all types of residential properties including homes, apartment complexes, town homes, condos, and multi-plexes.
Our Salt Lake Property Management System protects your investment, increases your income, and gives you the control you want and the information you need. Our owners prefer our management services so much that we maintain over 95 percent retention rate.
Protecting Your Investment and You
- Full property inspections are performed twice a year
- Regular drive-by inspections
- Full inspection performed on every move-out and tenants held responsible to return the property to the condition in which they received it
- Extensive tenant screening on all residents over 18 years old, including: national and state background checks, sex offender and terrorist screening, full credit report with payment history on all accounts, verified employment and income, and rental history check with interview of previous landlord.
- In the event of an emergency, someone on our staff is always on call 24/7
- We remain current on local, state, and federal landlord/tenant laws
Reduce Vacancy Rates and Increase Income
- VERY aggressive marketing on vacant units (search for a property to rent in our area and you will quickly find us)
- Properties are advertised on over 15 popular paid and free rental websites.
- We show vacancies evenings and weekends (when people with jobs are looking)
- Our tenant application process is simple and available anytime
- Tenants enjoy our easy rent payment options. They can pay online with a credit card, check, or set up automatic EFT from their bank account.
- We know the market. We track call volume, showings, and applications on our vacant properties so we are able to make necessary price adjustments to maximize your income and fill vacancies quickly
Investor Friendly Management System
- Simple flat rate management based only on the rent collected
- No leasing fees, set-up fees, hidden or other "junk" fees
- No restrictive terms or costly termination clauses
- Access to your account 24/7 through our secure website
- Real-time customizable accounting, vacancy, and lease reports.
- AVAILABILITY: One of the complaints we hear most often from customers switching to our system is they could never get a hold of their previous property manager. Our owners have direct access to their property manager by telephone, email, fax, text, and personal appointments.
- NO SURPRISES: Owners are notified every time a move-out notice is received and a lease is signed.
- CONVENIENCE: Check on rent payments, review accounting statements, and set-up automatic payments online anytime.
What to ask when shopping for a property manager?
Is the company or property manager a member of NARPM?
The National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) is an association of real estate professionals who know first-hand the unique problems and challenges of managing single-family and small residential properties. Professional Members of NARPM are individuals who must be engaged in the management of residential properties as agents for others, licensed in those states that require licensing. NARPM continues to be the premier professional association of residential property managers, currently representing over 2,500 members comprised of real estate agents, brokers, managers and their employees.
- NARPM promotes a high standard of business ethics, professionalism and fair housing practice. The Association also certifies its members in the standards and practices of the residential property management industry and promotes continuing professional education.
- NARPM is an association of real estate professionals who know first-hand the unique problems and challenges of managing single-family and small residential properties.
- NARPM members know that education and communication raise the level of our profession, so that we may better represent our clients.
- NARPM is here to represent the interest of property managers.
- Better renter selection, background checks, and pre-screening.
- Maintenance contracts save you money.
- Rental listings are taken care of, and usually reach a larger audience.
- Property Management fees are usually considered a tax deduction.
Does the company charge extra fees for leasing and maintenance?
Turnovers and vacancies are a property owners' biggest expenses. As an investor you do not want your property manager making money on turnovers and vacancies through maintenance and leasing fees. If a property manager charges a 50 percent leasing fee and a mark-up on maintenance then what is their incentive to get good long-term tenants? They are making money when you are losing, instead of making money with you!
Our system is set up so that your goals and income sources are in-line with your property manager's. We make money when you make money. We want good tenants who pay on time and take care of your property NOT tenants who create maintenance and turnover costing both of us time and money.
How long does the company lock you into a management agreement?
We do not make our owners commit to a binding one-year contract. Our owners are happy with us. We want them to use our services because it works for them NOT because they are tied to a contract.
We offer owners who are currently unhappy with their professional property manager the opportunity to try us out for one month at no cost and we handle all the details of the transition.
Where and how do they market your vacancies?
The more exposure your vacant property gets the better. You can get a higher rent rate, better tenants, and sit empty for less time when more people see your vacant property.
The most common complaints we hear about property managers from owners who are switching to our system are "We could never get a hold of them," and "My property was vacant for a long time. I don't know if they were doing anything." If they don't answer your calls or emails then you have a good idea of how they are responding to potential tenants inquiring about your vacant property . . .
A great test when looking for a property manger is to act like a potential tenant and look for a property to rent in the same area as yours. Do a Google search for rental properties in that area and check craigslist or Hotpads. Look for pictures, maps, and detailed information. Call or email and see if someone answers the phone or quickly responds. You will quickly identify the property management companies that are actively marketing their vacancies.
Due to gas prices and the convenience of the Internet, the days of just sticking a "For Rent" sign in the yard are gone. Over 60 percent of potential tenants are searching for properties online. Less than 10 percent are finding properties from a sign in the yard.
Our marketing system advertises you property on over 15 paid and free popular, online rental websites. Look around, and if you find someone marketing better than us in our area let us know, we are always looking to increase exposure. And just to catch that extra 10 percent, we still put a nice "For Rent" sign in the yard.
