One of the reasons why a property portfolio might fail to take off as expected is due to a lack of advertising. When your property is not given the advertising opportunities it needs, it has more of a chance of failing. At Utopia, we use our advertising expertise to resolve that issue for you. Using both local and online advertising via major rental portals, we draw as many eyes to your property as we can.

This includes using professional marketing via high-resolution images and detailed listings. This gives every potential applicant all of the information they need to feel 100% comfortable moving forward. We make sure you can spend less time having to convince people to make an offer as we handle the entire process for you. We also handle all applications and showing requests, so you do not have to get involved.

Residential buildings make up the majority of the properties in Lancaster. Over 70% of residential properties in Lancaster are single-family homes, but there is an increasing development of apartment facilities and even mobile homes. At Utopia, we can manage any property that you might own in Lancaster to success. This includes finding tenants, maintaining the property, and performing all the accounting.

This is a vital service to have on your side, as residential property needs to be thoroughly cared for. If you want to keep your tenants happy, acting on their requests ASAP is paramount. We have a support team that takes all calls and emails as quickly as we can, ensuring tenants feel respected and looked after. Thus, properties stay occupied, creating a rental income without you having to do anything else.

Commercial and industrial property investments in a retail-friendly city like Lancaster make a lot of sense. With a strong hospitality and healthcare sector, everything from retail stores and warehouses to medical practices and hospitality suites can be a great investment in this city. However, they need to be managed correctly, from choosing the right partner to carrying out regular property inspections.

At Utopia, we can handle all of this for you—and much more. We can carry out inspections, ensure that all maintenance is carried out, and deal with advanced issues like REO management and CAM reconciliation. This ensures accurate rental rates are set, while tenants are happy to pay as we keep the place in top condition. We can handle all of your accounting, too, making it much easier to start profiting.

A good tenant can be the difference between having a nice time as a landlord and having a headache. The right tenant pays their rent on time without delay and works with you to create acceptable conditions. The wrong tenant is litigious and abrasive and more than happy to create a headache for you should you need to evict them. With Utopia involved, though, we screen and select tenants with a 99%+ accuracy rating.

Thanks to how thoroughly each person is screened, we rarely have to evict a tenant we have chosen. We take the time to screen each person closely, evaluating their personal, professional, rental, and financial history. With our Protection Program, we deal with any rare evictions that have to be carried out, so you do not have to get involved in messy litigation with a tenant who will not move out.

The financial side of your property business is one of the main reasons that anyone gets involved in the industry. Being able to make money from your investment is a very tempting prospect. However, as you have likely discovered, financial management is not easy: it requires accounting skills and unerring accuracy. When you leave your property under our control, though, you get access to our accountants. We collect all of your deposits and rental income via online payments, too.

Thus, we handle all financial tracking for you. We break down all costs and profits and can deal with issues like bills, invoices, and maintenance costs. Everything is then provided to you in monthly and year-end statements that are much easier to follow. Now, you can have all of your costs broken down thoroughly, so you need to review a quick statement to see exactly how your portfolio is performing.

Property maintenance is both the most important and most challenging aspect of owning property. You need to make sure that all property is maintained to a high standard, not just for legal purposes but for tenant satisfaction. This means finding specialists who can carry out repairs for you quickly and for a fair price. At Utopia, though, we have an in-house maintenance department that does all of this for you.

We also have contacts in the industry, so should we need a specialist third party, we can hire them for you. Holding a general contractor’s license, we can make sure that all contractors hired are specialists who are insured, licensed, and highly recommended. We also carry out regular property inspections for you so that any potential problems with a property can be caught when the damage is at its most minimal. All of this makes sure your properties do not fall into disrepair and that repair costs can be minimized.

Leases have to be written in a way that your tenant can easily understand. You need transparency so that tenants do not feel undervalued or confused by the management process. At Utopia, we provide you with all of the information you need to ensure that leases are written accurately. Most importantly, though, we make sure they are fully in line with the state, federal, and local property laws of California.

This gives you complete protection from any potential legal liabilities that might arise. Thus, your properties are safe from legal challenges, thanks to an unsuitable tenancy agreement. Now, you know that every tenant has signed up to a watertight legal agreement that is never going to cause you problems. For complete peace of mind from a legal perspective, let us handle this most important of your tasks.

We also can provide recommendations for legal experts in Lancaster should you need any additional insight.