Owner FAQs

One of the first questions potential clients often ask is what our property management fees are. Our property management fee is a percentage of collected rent. The percentage ranges typically from between 7% - 10% depending on the rent range of the property. Properties that rent in the higher end of the range, will have a lower percentage fee. There is also a leasing fee. The leasing fee is only applied when a vacant unit is rented. The leasing fee is half of one month’s rent, not to exceed $795. Our leasing fee is guaranteed for one year. If a tenant vacated within that time, we would not charge to re-rent the property. If a tenant renews their lease after one year, we charge a $150 lease renewal fee. Please feel free to contact us for a consultation and or for a quote to manager your rental.

Our own website and sjcmanagement.com gets between 7,000 and 12,000 hits per month on our homes and apartments for rent section, which shows we are a local source many prospective tenants use, to see what's available. We also use over 31 other top-rated websites to advertise your property and with that advertising we get impressive results.

What we're averaging right now is 14 days in between the tenants. We actually started the process of advertising the property before the current tenants move out. Not all property management companies do that; because it's quite frankly a lot more work. But we take on that extra work in order to mitigate your costs on vacancy.

If you're renting out a house in this area and you say no pets, you're actually cutting off about 80 percent of your available market of potential tenants. So having a pet policy that's right for your property and fits your property's needs, and you as an owner, it is critical to be able to get your property rented quickly. In order to make sure that your property doesn't get damage from pets, we have a very comprehensive pet screening policy.

Through petscreening.com we actually screen all applicants' pets. We have the applicant upload photos and descriptions of the pets along with veterinarian information which is verified by petscreening.com. If an applicant has a service animal, petscreening.com does not charge for the screening, but does verify that this is a service animal meeting ADA requirements. I'd love to show you more about this great tool that we use to help property owners.

Absolutely. Once a year we will do an interior walk through, and we will send you a comprehensive report. This allows us to check for unknown issues and help ensure your investment is being well maintained.

You should expect some maintenance costs. If you have zero maintenance costs, you most likely have deferred maintenance and ultimately that's affecting the value of the asset itself. In order to keep your real estate rental property in good condition, and therefore worth more if you chose to sell it, you need to keep up on the maintenance. You should expect some maintenance costs. However, there's not one standard amount that you should expect. It does depend upon the age of your property, its current condition, and some other factors. If you'd like to talk more about maintenance give us a call.