• Make your Long Beach properties more visible than ever before
• Use our marketing expertise to ensure you attract the right tenants
• Benefit from professional market research, marketing, and photography
• Bespoke support for everything from rental collection to legal challenges
• Find the best tenants and retain them with our tenant selection service
• 1% tenant eviction rate to give you guarantees of long-term stability
• Avoid cash flow headaches while collecting rent when it should be paid
• Inspections and bespoke property maintenance handed by experts you can trust
• Long-term portfolio growth with advice on the best places to buy property from
• Accounting support and assistance to make accountancy less complex
• 24/7 support on any issues you or your tenant face, handled by in-house experts

As someone who owns property in a competitive place like Long Beach, you are not alone when it comes to finding management challenging. Most people who own property in Long Beach are aware that, for the most part, property management is a full-time task. At Utopia, though, we can take that task off your hands. For 25+ years, we have been managing property in Long Beach, California, and further afield.

People trust us because we come with a long-term reputation for managing property in a way that works. As the seventh-largest city in California, Long Beach is an exceptional place to live. It offers an incredible array of opportunities for people looking to build a future for themselves. With a population of over 466,000, too, this is a place where people want to be – our job is to help them stay at your properties.

Our name has been built on effective communication, bespoke support in any situation, and a habit of getting things done. We hold a general contractors license, too, which allows us to find the best local Long Beach experts. This means that you know that when any form of property maintenance is needed, our Long Beach contractors can get the job done to a standard that satisfies you and your tenants.

Capable of handling both residential and commercial properties, we are just the expert that you are looking for. If you want to take a lot of stress off your hands, reach out to us today for expert insight. The sooner we manage your property, the quicker we can alleviate your issues and let you enjoy life again.

Sitting just 32km from Los Angeles, many assume that living in Long Beach is the same as living within LA itself. However, Long Beach has a unique culture and history that makes it very different from other cities. This stunning coastal city is one of America’s most beautiful, and across its 111 neighborhoods are many opportunities for those looking to build and then sustain a successful property empire.

The people here are used to paying high housing prices – some of the highest in America. This means that your tenants come with high expectations and standards. As such, your business has to work extra hard to meet those standards without skipping a beat. Our job at Utopia is to step in and make sure that those standards are met in every way: tenant selection, property condition, and long-term ROI.

Long Beach boasts a creative culture, which means more artists and designers stay here than in most other places in America; it is in the top 10% for its creative professionals. The population is young and ambitious, and they regularly move into high-net-worth careers that provide them with the funding needed to rent property from people like you. Educated, single professionals are commonplace here.

So, we look to ensure that your property portfolio appeals to the people who want to live in a big coastal city. With the per capita income of Long Beach sitting at just under $40,000, this is a middle-income location relative to the state. Our role is to find people who have the income to live in the property that you own while making sure they are the kind of tenants who pay on time and do not skip rent.

It would be fair to say that property management is our specialty. For over two decades, we have helped property owners in Long Beach and beyond manage their businesses and keep the rental income coming. From finding the right tenant to resolving disputes of all kinds, people turn to us because we can be trusted. Trusted to do the job to the correct standard, treating your property as if it were our own.

Our goal is always to help you establish long-term tenants who stick around and enjoy immense satisfaction from living and/or working in the property you provide. Thanks to that commitment, we share long-term partnerships with our clients, who trust us to help keep their tenants happy and pay their rent in full without any disputes, arguments, or problems.

We provide full-service property care. That matters because it means that you know you are working with someone who can handle everything from tenant selection to rent retrieval and even portfolio growth. Our team works with our clients by making expert recommendations that result in successful tenancy agreements. With 24/7 support available, you and your tenants are never alone.

Trusted experts deal with problems with years of experience in their respective fields. Everything is managed by staff who have worked with us for years and understand the importance of getting the job right every single time—all without introducing opaque pricing or confusing hidden extra fees.

Everything is broken down in a transparent, easy-to-understand manner. This results in much better cooperation between our team and your property business and between our team and your tenants. This creates a harmonious situation that benefits everyone, maximizing the returns your properties provide.

Our primary aim for any property management contract is to ensure that you and your tenants are satisfied at all times. With years of success doing so in Long Beach and beyond, you can trust that the team at Utopia can meet every expectation and requirement that you have of us.

Given properties in Long Beach are going up in value all the time, it makes sense that you want to protect the value of what you own. However, as you might have found to your cost, poorly selected tenants can lead to problems that reduce the value of your home – and thus reduce the potential rental income provided. At Utopia, our job is to help you make sure that property valuations never become an issue.

Our team has extensive knowledge of the Long Beach property scene, meaning we know the importance of keeping value high. Less than one-third of homes in Long Beach have been built since 1970, so it is very likely that, in time, your properties will cost more to buy due to the regeneration of the area.

Our goal is to ensure that your property capitalizes on that increased valuation in the long term.

By partnering with Utopia, you are working with experts who can maximize all homes’ value. This includes recommendations on upgrades and improvements, handling wear-and-tear structural issues, and suggesting ways to help keep the property as efficient as possible. This all helps ensure that, in time, you can get the best possible return on investment should you ever choose to sell.

The other important factor in property value is the cost of the property in terms of rent. The higher the valuation and quality of your property, the more justified you can be in exceeding the average rent price in Long Beach. We can help you keep your property in such a condition so that rental rates can be maximized, giving you a better return on your investment in the years to come.

Properties in Long Beach are increasingly popular as the city undergoes regeneration. This is a big reason why we focus so much on improving property value: we want your property to be uplifted with your home. This results in a much higher quality of property, one that tenants love living in and one that can fetch an even better price should you ever decide to move on from that property.

Thanks to our property management, a team of specialists catches and deals with all issues—small and large. This means that the property is far less likely to need extra work in the future, as we use our maintenance nous to get on top of problems long before they become serious or major issues overall.

Long Beach is a fantastic place to live; there is no doubt about that. The beauty of the geography, mixed with the quality of the location, makes Long Beach a desirable location for both buyers and renters. As a property owner, you can use that to your advantage. We regularly recommend Long Beach to buyers.

Why? There are various reasons why we view Long Beach as a great place to buy property. Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why we recommend Long Beach as a great place for property owners to buy property to rent out residentially or commercially:

A Beautiful Landscape

The first and most obvious reason is the location – Long Beach is a coastal city in California. This automatically means that it has the aesthetics and the climate that we all want to enjoy living within. There is a reason why Long Beach is such a great place to live – it offers the views, amenities, and geography that are perfect for modern living.

A Young Population

Another key factor about Long Beach is its young population. The population here is mostly younger people, with close to 30% of the population being under the age of 34. This means that it is easy to get long-term tenants who stick around and are happy to rent while they build their careers and grow professionally.

Reliable Income

Long Beach boasts a median household income of just under $79,000, which is about $4,000 above the national average. That can give you confidence that the people you are renting your property out to have a strong income and thus should have little problem meeting their rent on time. That can give you much-needed peace of mind for smooth, stress-free transactions.

High Property Growth

Across the 2000s, Long Beach boasted an appreciation rate of over 5.9% – one of the highest in America. That is very important because these high appreciation rates ensure that properties are gaining in value year in and year out. If you focus on keeping your property in the best condition possible, there is no reason why it cannot continue to rise in value.

The Need For Rejuvenation

It is worth noting that just under 6% of homes in Long Beach have been built since the turn of the millennium. That is important because, sooner or later, older properties – close to 20% were built in 1939 or before – will be replaced. This will lead to increased property value as old is replaced with new, leading to further property gains and the chance to benefit long-term from that increased interest.

High-Quality Education

Whether you are looking at the school system in Long Beach or you are focused on the presence of places like California State University, Long Beach has a great education standard. Those looking to start a family will be likely to rent properties in Long Beach, which is near one of the many high-quality schools. That increased standard of education again makes it easier to land long-term tenants who stick around.

One thing that makes Long Beach so successful as a city is its diverse range of neighborhoods. With well over 100 neighborhoods, we are happy to say that we can manage property in any location in the town. Some neighborhoods, though, stand out more than others. From our experience, we have found that the following communities of Long Beach are some of the most popular for buying property:

Naples

Boasting high-quality properties with valuations above $1.78m, Naples is one of Long Beach’s best communities to reside in. Its rental income average is also strong, exceeding $3,200 per month, making Long Beach properties in Naples particularly valuable for buyers.

The area is known for its exceptional range of properties, which include three—to four-bedroom properties and apartment buildings. While vacancies can be high in the location from time to time, Naples stands out as a great investment opportunity for those who want property close to the coast.

Belmont Park

With property prices in the $1.46m range, Belmont Park is a great neighborhood in Long Beach to buy property within. Properties here can snag an average rent close to $3,700, too, making it a great place to rent properties out. The location is scenic and stylish, too, and boasts very low vacancy rates overall.

Belmont Park is one of the city’s most popular neighborhoods for good reason. It is home to many stylish dwellings built since the 1970s, meaning many homes here combine the classic with the modern.

Dominguez

Another hugely popular Long Beach neighborhood, Dominguez, is very popular with good reason. Properties exceed $1.4m on the median, putting them in the top 15% for property prices in the state of California. Still, with rental income per month exceeding $3,000 on average, money is here to be made.

We recommend that property buyers in Long Beach look to Dominguez if they want to buy into a classic neighborhood. Most homes here were built between the Second World War and 1970, so they retain a lot of the classic look and style of properties from that time. This can be exciting for renters and buyers alike.

Bixby Knolls

With property prices sitting at a cool $1.15m on the median scale, Bixby Knolls is a great place to go when you want to buy a high-quality property. Most properties were built from the 1940s until the late 1960s, so they, like Dominguez, retain that classic look that many buyers/renters search for.

This is also one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, with an interesting blend of Iranian and Austrian residents. Indeed, over 2% of the locals here are of Iranian or Austrian descent, the highest combination of any neighborhood not only in California but in all of America!

If you own property in a city like Long Beach, you are sitting on an excellent long-term investment. Our goal at Utopia is to ensure that you can make the most of that property. We can help you manage the property, run it, maintain it, handle disputes with tenants, and maximize its value. This ensures rapid rent payment, retention of the value of your property, and complete peace of mind overall.

For help and advice on how to utterly transform your business and make it better than ever, talk to us. We can give you all of the insight and advice that you need to transform your portfolio. From initial consultations on how we can manage your property to advice on how to expand your portfolio, Utopia is here every step of the way—you just need to contact us to initiate our partnership.

Contact us today to discuss how Utopia can make it easier than ever to run your property in Long Beach. We can help you create the most profitable property empire possible.