The first step to maintaining low vacancy rates in Mountlake Terrace comes from finding quality renters. How do you find quality renters? You create a rental marketing campaign that draws attention to your rental portfolio. We offer help from a dedicated team of marketing staff who create SEO-optimized listings on Seattle and Washington’s most prominent online rental platforms. Over time, we will increase interest in your rental properties whilst ensuring each listing makes every feature and amenity available clear.

We also create stylish new photography shots, each helping show off the most important features and attributes of your rental portfolio. We update all current listings whilst creating new listings on the best rental platforms in the country. Our team increases visibility further as we offer your rental properties in Mountlake Terrace to our referral list. Interest will balloon, and applicants will come forward!

At Utopia, we provide property management services for residential properties as well as commercial property and industrial property. Given the growing number of retail and industrial sites within Mountlake Terrace, our services make a fantastic partnership. We can manage individual properties or take on the mantle of managing your portfolio, even if your portfolio holds a variety of different types of property. Over time, we guarantee that rental properties receive interest from the best tenants and commercial partners.

We offer 24/7 support to all tenants and vendors moving in, taking care of everything they need to settle into their new premises. We are here day in and day out, resolving problems ranging from maintenance requests to accounting matters. We even manage commercial-specific issues, including REO management and CAM expense reconciliation. Our experience becomes invaluable in navigating the rental process, keeping tenants happy, and ensuring properties turn a profit for years to come.

Among the most important tasks for any manager, tenant screening sits atop the list. Any rental property populated too quickly with tenants chosen in haste faces the risk of problems emerging in the future. As your property manager, we take great pride in making sure such problems never become an issue. Thanks to a track record producing eviction rates of less than one percent, our clients trust us when it comes to tenant screening. We avoid the nightmare tenants who create nothing but carnage for owners.

Instead, we find reliable renters who pass our application process with flying colors. Each applicant goes through a deep analysis session with our interview team. We review previous rental history, professional status, and even criminal and credit history. We build the clearest image we can so the people we recommend become an asset rather than a liability and stay in situ for years to come.

Every investment property in Mountlake Terrace costs significant sums of money, with the potential to bring in thousands of dollars per month in rental income. To guarantee tenants feel like the rent rate they pay is fair, properties need to be carefully managed. Everything needs to be organized strictly. At Utopia, we make sure that such tasks as keeping track of your financial performance become easier.

For decades, our in-house accounting department managed accounts for clients, new and old. We took over the fact that many property owners tend to lack accountancy expertise. We handle data collection, receipt organization, and invoice payments to contractors and third-party services. We even tackle rent collection, ensuring rent is paid online using our secure in-house online portal network. Leave managing your property and its finances to our dedicated team of accountants and managers.

Maintaining rental property seems easy, but it is often nothing of the sort. When you factor in close to half of properties in Mountlake Terrace came to be prior to the 1970s, too, wear and tear becomes an obvious threat to your tenancy. To maintain low vacancy rates without losing tenants or housing them elsewhere, we take a pre-emptive approach to maintaining your property. We carry out regular inspections so any issues spotted receive early treatment, keeping the cost and risk of further damage down as low as possible.

We also operate using a general contractor’s license, so we hire the best third-party contractors on your behalf. With contacts in Mountlake Terrace and across the Seattle area, we know the people we can trust to do the job required. Our in-house maintenance department deals with emerging problems most of the time. We operate 24/7, too, so tenants never need to wait to report their problems. As soon as disaster strikes, we have someone on hand to inspect, review, and resolve the problem.

Creating new lease agreements is near the top of our to-do list among the many tasks involved in managing your property. We believe that quality property management revolves around limiting risk while maximizing opportunity. Risks include legal liability claims or falling foul of local, state, or federal laws. Habitability regulations and other key factors, such as anti-discrimination clauses, have become a hot topic.

As your property manager in Mountlake Terrace, we handle all lease controls as required. Our in-house legal assistance develops new agreements written from scratch that cover everything tenants need to know about the rental process. We adapt and adjust properties and lease agreements to guarantee they comply with all obligations. We also act as your liaison should a tenant have a problem or a question about the deal they signed. Let us limit the risk of liability while creating understanding between all parties.