How can you maximize the return on your investment if you are not visible? Marketing is the most typical problem our clients face. They find that their properties are not receiving enough interest due to a lack of visibility. Well, our rental marketing team will step in and find you great tenants by boosting your profile. We do this in a variety of ways, including creating new listings on UtopiaManagement.com.

These new listings are then used to help attract interest in your property. Interest arrives organically through online searches and through your property being shown to our referral list. We take new images of your property in the East Bay to help showcase its aesthetic and style. This encourages people to make an offer for the property; as soon as offers arrive, we handle all discussions and arrange all viewings for you.

The most common form of property in the East Bay area is residential property. Any investment property that you buy into, though, has to be managed correctly. This means providing access to help and advice seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. To help maximize property returns and retain low vacancy rates, we do everything needed to manage your property: when a tenant has an issue, we deal with it.

Our clients trust us as their experienced property managers to make decisions on their behalf. However, we are happy to be as autonomous as you prefer. Whatever you would like us to do, we can do it. The benefit of our service, though, is that tenants are never left waiting for an answer. Meanwhile, you no longer need to field early morning calls about boiler damage or carpet damage: we do it all for you!

Have you invested in one of the many commercial properties in East Bay? Then, you are not alone. This is a growing choice for owner-investors in the area looking to make a consistent income. When you hire Utopia as your East Bay property manager, you benefit from our business-minded thinking. We can manage your business in a way that ensures it can see its profits grow over time.

We secure high-quality tenants – vendors with a history of being trustworthy and respecting property. Then, we put them in place, give them everything they need to succeed and provide 24/7 availability. This means that we tackle all investment property maintenance and provide routine inspections. These inspections help us to ensure the property is being cared for and is in the condition it should be. We also manage all rent collection and commercial-specific issues like REO management & CAM expense reconciliation.

The secret to managing a property is to find a tenant who can be trusted. The best tenants are usually in a property for longer than three years – the nationwide average – and have no problem paying rent on time. They also treat the property with the respect that it deserves while being fair when it comes to rental maintenance. Finding such people, though, can be tough: it requires a dedication to tenant screening.

Luckily, we have a department dedicated to occupant vetting solutions. As part of our whole rental process, all occupants who should be a good fit are chosen based on their personality. We take a close view of the individual’s history in rent, too, making sure they have no previous eviction problems. That thorough vetting process is why we see such a small number (less than 1%) of our recommended tenants evicted. Do not worry, though: we offer eviction guidance and assistance if and when needed.

Thanks to pre- and post-tenancy inspections, we also ensure the property is in perfect condition for any new tenant to move into.

While earning money from your East Bay rental portfolio is a great feeling, counting the cost is not easy. That is why, instead of having to go on an accountancy course, you can leave all of your financial planning to us. We offer a bespoke financial management system managed through our owner portal and tenant portal. This means that a dedicated team of accountants creates monthly reports on all of your performance metrics. This lets us give you a clear indicator of how much money is being generated and spent.

This also includes managing all maintenance requests, handling invoices for this (if needed), and offering stress-free financial calculations. Our record keeping is 100% accurate, too, meaning you can do your year-end taxes without the worries of a misplaced decimal. Our financial management stretches to rent collection, too. Rent and security deposits are paid online to us directly through the tenant portal we manage. This guarantees that money is paid on time, and no waiting around is needed to get your dues.

The easiest thing to get wrong as a property owner in East Bay is maintenance. Many property investors fail to carry out move-out inspections, for example. This means that new tenants arrive in the building and soon find problems. Expensive problems. As a licensed general contractor, though, we can help you find professionals – either from our in-house maintenance team or those you have hired – to do the work for you. This means you get the peace of mind of knowing that credible experts in their trade guarantee all work.

Maintenance requests can be handled by us at any time – yes, even a 3 AM call about a leaking pipe. This means you have no hassle in seeing properties repaired; instead, you can look out for your monthly statement. As regional property experts, we keep a close eye on the typical problems that our team will find with East Bay property. Move-out inspections are carried out, too, so we can find any problems early and give you the cheapest, most efficient methods to ensure they are fixed and resolved in kind.

Attention to detail is everything, which is why clients hire us. They want an experienced property manager in the East Bay area and want to limit the risk of legal liability. As part of our varied range of dependable services, we protect all properties we manage with new lease agreements. These new plans will give you the legal protection you need while spelling out in clear language what is and is not allowed.

For example, do you allow pets? If not, we will make sure it is included in the lease agreement. Are tenants allowed to decorate? If not, we make that clear. We also put in place clear penalties should any of the agreements be broken. Our in-house legal assistance can give you advice on what to do should a problem arise with a tenant. With our lease agreements and quality renters, though, legal problems are an extreme rarity. We do everything we can to ensure everything is agreed upon and positive before any rental contracts begin.