Property Mangement Services

Advantage Property Management Services is a full service residential property manager serving the needs of property owners, investors and tenants in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Castro Valley, Alamo, Tracy, Mountain House, Fremont and Sunol.  Our management services can be tailored to your specific needs.

We offer our management services for:

• Single Family Homes
• Condos
• Townhomes
• Duplexes
• Triplexes
• Fourplexes
• Small apartments
• Any other residential dwelling…

When you choose to hire APMS, you can sit back, relax, and stop worrying about what’s happening day-to-day at your property.  APMS eliminates the burden of managing your rental property.   As a full service property manager we handle every aspect of owning a rental property.  When you want information, we pride ourselves in providing superior customer service (Service comes first!).  We promptly respond to all inquiries and our state of the art software gives you real-time portal access to view your properties 24/7/365.  The system even allows tenants to quickly and easily pay rent online and initiate service requests.  Happy tenants stay longer!

We do more than just collect rent; we fully manage the property as if it were our own, allowing you to be completely hands-off.  Here are some of the services included in our full service management program:

Rental Property Evaluation and Market Analysis

• Perform inspection of the interior and exterior of the property
• Offer recommendations on repairs and cosmetic improvements
• Market analysis to ensure you get the highest possible rent, while avoiding excessive vacancy

Marketing Your Rental Property 

• Prepare home for rent
  • Clean property and optimize appeal
  • Manicure landscaping to increase curb appeal
• Design attractive ads
• Take professional photos
• Film and produce a walking video tour!  Click here to see a sample video.
• Aggressively market the property
  • Advertise on numerous websites
  • Install yard sign
    Distribute Fliers
  • Network with realtors and leasing agents
  • Field calls from prospective tenants for questions and viewing’s
• Meet prospective tenants for showings
• Provide prospective tenants with rental applications that are legally compliant with fair housing laws
• Collect applications with application fee

Tenant Screening and Selection

• Process applications
• Perform a background check to verify identity, income, credit history, rental history, etc.
• Score tenant according to predefined tenant selection criteria

Tenant Move In

• Draft and execute standard C.A.R. lease and custom addendum addressing common rental problems
• Review lease guidelines and educate tenant regarding rental payment terms and required property maintenance
• Ensure all agreements have been properly executed
• Perform detailed move in inspection with tenant and have tenants sign a report verifying the condition of the property prior to move-in
• Take a video to document the property’s condition at move-in
• Collect first month’s rent and security deposit

Rent Collection

• Collect rent
• Hunt down late payments
• Send out pay or quit notices

Eviction Management

• Manage the entire eviction process
• Recommend and engage an attorney or eviction service
• Coordinate with law enforcement to remove tenant and tenants possessions from property

Legal

• Understand and abide by the latest local, state and federal legislation that apply to renting and maintaining rental properties in California
• Refer you to a qualified attorney when necessary

Inspections

• Perform visual inspections (inside and outside) every 6 months looking for repair needs, safety hazards, code violations, lease violations, etc
• Share a copy of the inspection report with you, along with photos
• Regular property drive-by’s to verify rental property condition and lease compliance

Financial / Accounting

• Provide detailed monthly and annual accounting
• Make payments on your behalf (mortgage, insurance, HOA dues, etc.)
• Maintain all historical records (paid invoices, leases, inspection reports, home warranties, etc.)
• Online portal giving you real time access to your rental property’s status, including dynamic, real-time reporting
• Direct deposit of owners proceeds on or around the 10th of each month

Maintenance, Repairs, and Remodeling

• Perform regular inspections, generally twice per year
  • Change air filters
  • Replace smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector batteries
  • Check for water leaks
  • Identify potential problems
  • Verify lease compliance
• Field tenant maintenance requests (telephone or through online tenant portal).  A live person answers the phone 24/7–even at 2am!
• Oversee all repairs and maintenance
• Recommend and perform preventative maintenance services to reduce high-cost repairs
• Maintain outdoor areas (if applicable)
  • Landscaping
  • Removing trash and debris
  • Pool
• Larger renovation or rehab projects
  • Provide recommendations on how the project can maximize rental income
  • Prepare preliminary cost estimates
  • Get multiple independent bids for the work
  • Oversee project from start to finish

Tenant Move Out & Turn

• Inspect property and fill out a report on the property’s condition when the tenant moves out
• Provide tenant with a copy of inspection report as well as estimated tenant damages
• Return the balance of the security deposit to the tenant within 21 days of move-out
• Take photos and possibly a video to document the property’s condition at move-out
• Clean unit and perform needed repairs or upgrades
• Re-key the locks
• Put the rental property back on the market for rent
• We aim to complete most turns in 7 days

Click here to read more about why you should choose Advantage Property Management Services.

Still have questions? Visit our FAQ page.

Inquire about our services online or call us today at (925) 273-9865.  Want us to call you? Click here (the system will call you first and then connect you with us).