IS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY RIGHT FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT?

Property management – also known as real estate management or rental management – is best for owners of real estate who want professional help overseeing the financial, marketing, and maintenance of a property.

The property manager shoulders the responsibility of handling the day to day tasks of finding and screening qualified tenants, executing leasing or rental agreements, collecting rents, handling tenant complaints or legal issues such as evictions, building maintenance and repair, as well as a complete financial accounting and reporting to the property owner.

3 Signs You Might Need a Property Manager

• You have a general lack of experience or knowledge of all the aspects related to managing a property
• You’re concerned about the amount of time you have to invest in managing, marketing and maintaining the property
• You can’t personally oversee the property due to the distance between the rental property and your personal home

Property owners who place a premium on their time are the one’s who often see the greatest return on their investment in a property manager. The key is to choose a property manager who specializes in your specific type of property, and offers management services to fit your unique needs. Property managers specialize in one or more the following property types listed below. If you’re curious how else a property manager can help keep your house(s) rented:

If you’ve owned income property for any length of time, you know that managing a rental can be financially rewarding. At the same time, you’ve also likely discovered that property management requires a large commitment of time and effort.

While it may make sense to take the do-it-yourself approach if you’re a handy person, live close to your property, and don’t mind devoting several hours per month to the task, in many cases this just isn’t practical—especially if you hope to expand your business. With this in mind, here are some critical tasks a property manager can help you with:

1. Setting the right rental rates: While looking through the classifieds to see what other landlords are charging for similar properties is a fine way to ballpark your rent price, a good property management company will conduct a thorough market study in order to set a rental price for your property, ensuring that you achieve the perfect balance between maximizing monthly income and maintaining a low vacancy rate.
2. Collecting and depositing monthly rent payments on time: If you’ve ever worked in a billing department, you know that securing payment from clients can be difficult, not to mention awkward. Property management companies have efficient, tried-and-true systems in place to effectively collect rent and maintain on-time payments. You’ll find this particularly important if you have a limited number of properties, and collecting payments on time is crucial to maintaining your cash flow.
3. Marketing and advertising your property: Through long experience, a property manager will know exactly where to market your property and how to craft compelling advertising materials—a significant advantage when it comes to filling your properties quickly and avoiding long vacancies.
4. Finding the right tenants: Experienced property managers are experts at finding good tenants, and will take care of all the details, including the securing all criminal background and security checks, running credit reports, verifying employment, and collecting previous landlord references.
5. Managing tenants: In addition to finding good tenants, a property management company will manage all aspects of the tenant-landlord relationship. The property manager will handle both routine and emergency maintenance, take care of routine inspections, and manage any situations where conflict resolution is required.
6. Managing vendor relationships: Property management companies have relationships with maintenance workers, tradesmen, contractors, suppliers, and vendors that it’s almost impossible for an independent landlord to duplicate. Not only will your property manager get you the best work for the best price, they’ll oversee any necessary maintenance projects.
7. Ensuring that you’re in compliance with housing regulations and property laws: There is a multitude of applicable laws and regulations to abide by when renting and maintaining your rental property. These include local, state and federal regulations, as well as fair housing regulations (such as the ADA). A property manager can help you avoid lawsuits by keeping your property up-to-date and in compliance with these regulations.
8. Enabling you to invest in geographically distant properties: If you manage your own properties, you’re pretty much limited to investment opportunities within a tight radius of your own home. By hiring a property manager, you can take advantage of investment deals in any location you wish.
9. Maximizing the profitability of your time: By having a property manager take care of the day-to-day aspects of running your income property, your free to spend your time identifying further investment opportunities or otherwise furthering your career.
10. Maximizing the profitability of your money: Most property managers charge a percentage of your property’s monthly rental rate in exchange for their services. The rate typically runs anywhere from 6-10%, which is generally less than the money you save by hiring a professional to take care of your property.

 

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MARKETING

• Competitive market analysis
• Professional photos of your property
• Effective marketing strategy
• Advertising your unit with a strong online presence
• Weekly email updates regarding prospects response on your advertised units
• Thorough prospect screening supported by the latest online software

SERVICE

• All maintenance requests, repairs and cleaning services
• Restorations and renovations
• Optional Annual Preventative Maintenance Program
• 24/hr emergency line for tenants
• A 10% fee applies for all service requests

2. Advertising fee $50

3 Monthly management fee is 10% of gross rental income or a minimum of $120