1st Rate Rentals is a full-service property management company. We handle residential rental properties from marketing to move-out and everything in between. We've been in business since 1995. Our goal is to offer an affordable, all-inclusive, property management service that offers transparency and does not nickel and dime its clients.
We provide:
Marketing and Tenant Screening
- 3D VR TOUR
- Online marketing on major sites like Zillow, Trulia, Hotpads, and More.
- Agent showings! We never hand out keys or allow self-showing.
- Complete tenant screening including credit, eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and criminal record search.
- Tenant income verification to ensure applicants have a consistent income that meets or exceeds three (3) times the gross rental rate.
- Rental history verification.
Contracts
- Professionally prepared contracts, addenda, and notices
- Leases
- Lease renewals and month-to-month tenancy
- 3-day notices
- 30- and 60-day notices
Property Inspections
- Complete move-in and move-out inspection reports with photos. Copies are always provided to our landlords for their records.
- Annual interior inspections completed prior to lease renewal are shared with our landlords to determine if tenants are upkeeping the property and if renewal is wise.
- Periodic, unscheduled drive-by inspections to check up on the property during the tenancy.
Maintenance
- 24/7 maintenance line available to all tenants at the landlord's request.
- Handle all repairs with landlord notification and approval using verified licensed and insured handymen, contractors, plumbers, roofers, and more.
- No requirement to use 1st Rate Rentals contractors! Use your own, use a home warranty, and complete the work yourself if you would like. We have no contractor requirement.
- We do not get, and will never get, kickbacks or make money from repairs on your home.
Convenience
- Monthly rent collection and reporting including monthly statements and cash-flow reporting.
- Landlord portal for accessing reports, statements, and more.
- No cost ACH, direct deposit.
- Yearly 1099 and 12-month cash flow reporting.
Let me know if you have any questions. We are here to help.