Without a solid rental marketing strategy, you leave yourself primed for failure in Richmond. As your property manager, we ensure that you benefit from our many years of rental property experience. We will take on the day-to-day rental marketing process, creating enticing and engaging property marketing content. This includes new images that show off your property in the best light possible.

Property marketing is a tricky thing to get right, but our dedicated team takes the mantle for you. We will ensure that your property is marketed both to people looking online and to our growing referral list. This will get as many eyes on your property as possible. As soon as someone declares interest, one of our 24/7 available support staff will arrange correspondence and, if possible, arrange a property viewing.

Any residential properties you own in Richmond need careful management. We are the ideal hire because we are the best property management company for attention to detail and listening to tenants. We will take on everything about the property—and we mean everything. This means that we handle the whole rental process, ranging from move-out inspections of old tenants to finding quality renters.

We then ensure that all renters are given a clear and easy-to-understand rental agreement. Then, we deal with any problems they face in-house. This includes all maintenance requests, with our team here 24/7 to help communicate that a solution will be in place ASAP. We also use our data analysis team to set the best rental rate, straddling the fine line between monthly profitability and a fair rental rate for tenants.

Commercial properties are a key part of the economy here, with retail properties making up close to 10% of jobs in Richmond. This is important to note because commercial and industrial buildings here go for a lot of money when rented out. To help you get the best results, we take on the full process. We find quality renters looking to take on long-term rental of commercial properties in Richmond.

Once they are in place and onboarded, complete with a bespoke lease agreement, we act as their daily liaison. We carry out regular property inspections to ensure the building is being cared for properly. We also act as an immediate support act should the tenant need any help with maintenance requests. We also handle commercial-specific issues like CAM expense reconciliation and REO management.

With vacancy rates of close to 5% in a city where nearly half of people are renters, it is vital to choose correctly. At Utopia, we act as your Richmond property manager to ensure that tenants are chosen with the utmost attention to detail. Nothing is skipped over, skimmed, or assumed. We review every reference given and take a close look at their history from a personal, professional, financial, and criminal perspective.

This lets us be as certain as we can that the person we choose as our next tenant is someone we know can be trusted. Our focus on precision analysis means that we limit evictions to less than one percent of the people we recommend. That focus ensures that low vacancy rates are yours for the long term, making sure you do not fall into that dreaded 5%. Once we find the right quality of tenant, we give them every incentive to stick around and be your long-term tenant for years to come, guaranteeing income.

Accurate fiscal management is one of the many tasks that can be beyond a property investor. You often need to have accounting skills to do this correctly. Financial reporting is a key part of being a property owner, but it is not easy. And given the damage that a small mistake can cause to your tax returns, it pays to leave the accounts in the hands of our dedicated team. We can manage all record keeping for you.

Instead of dealing with this stressful process on your own, you can hire Utopia to do it for you. We provide you with easy-to-read monthly statements via your online portal. You can then review all our work and see what kind of rental income we generate versus what is being spent. We also handle all rent collection and secure payment through our online customer portal to minimize waiting times for payment.

If you want to make sure that you have low vacancy rates as a property owner, maintenance is key. Many people in the investment property industry lack the contacts to make sure that work is done safely. To avoid that, we use our comprehensive property management service to also provide in-house maintenance. We use the best contractors in our team to help deliver quality yet affordable maintenance.

Should we need to bring in a specialist, we also provide in-house general contracting services. This means you can avoid hours of reading company reviews and hoping you hire the right person. As your property manager, we take on the hiring process. Then, we oversee all maintenance work to ensure it is up to our lofty standards. This ensures properties are in prime condition for long-term rental. Are you worried about a tenant being left waiting until the morning for a solution? Fear not: we are here 24/7.

The legalities of property are a complicated business, requiring constant supervision of the laws. California “boasts” some of the most challenging property laws in America. This is why it is easy for a lease agreement to fail to protect you in the event of a legal dispute. At Utopia, we offer in-house legal assistance so you can know that any lease agreement you have put in place is 100% correct.

Not only do we guarantee that our legal agreements written for tenants are accurate, but we also ensure they are understandable. We free you from the worry of sending someone a legal agreement that is littered with needlessly complex legal jargon. At the same time, we simplify the process so you can spend far less time worrying about legal ramifications and more time knowing you are protected from potential liability. Does that not sound like the peace of mind you have been looking for?