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Advantage Property Management Services (APMS) delivers a unique real estate investing experience to our clients. Unlike traditional property management companies who co-manage properties with you, we won’t ask you to make decisions on topics that are outside your expertise. Enjoy your life because APMS does ALL the work for you.

We are licensed real estate brokers through the California Department of Real Estate. Our company’s license number is 01764298. Verify real estate licenses online at https://www2.dre.ca.gov/PublicASP/pplinfo.asp

A professional property manager should use real data and have a process to determine market rent. The asking rent shouldn’t be determined on a hunch or a feeling. Warning: Do not choose a property manager based on the promise of higher rent! Many use this bait-and-switch method to attract clients.

We are experts at renting properties.  APMS’ Enhanced Vacancy Marketing process is designed to reduce vacancy time and attract the ideal resident.  There’s so much to share–contact us to learn more. 

This is one of the most important aspects of successful property management, yet is riddled with fair housing liability. To be compliant with the myriad California and Federal Fair Housing Laws and ensure we only lease to qualified tenants, APMS has created a 5-point, risk-based model for application processing. Learn more at our Rental Criteria page or contact us.

There are several ways we monitor the condition of your property during tenancy. Above all, careful tenant selection from the outset protects your property from being rented to irresponsible people. During the lease term, we may enter the property for repair or maintenance reasons and will use that opportunity to identify any lease violations or other maintenance issues. If we are fortunate enough not to have any repairs or maintenance at your property over an extended period of time, your property manager will schedule a Safety Survey. During Safety Surveys, a property manager tours the inside of the property, testing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, checking the furnace filter and for unreported plumbing leaks. If any lease violations are identified during the Safety Survey, they will be addressed with the tenant.

Your property manager gives the tenant an opportunity to correct the situation and usually the resident will. If a problem persists, we will make a decision based on that specific situation. If an agreement cannot be reached, then we have the option of evicting the tenant.

Residents submit maintenance requests using an online form in the Tenant Portal. When a request is submitted, the system instantly notifies you via email. Our Maintenance Coordinator will contact the resident to better understand the problem. We also make sure it is not something the resident can fix themselves before your money is spent on a service call (exs: reset button on the disposal, tripped breaker.) After determining that it is a legitimate problem, we will dispatch the appropriate vendor to make the repair.

No. We prefer to work with reliable vendors. Price is certainly important, and we feel that our preferred pricing is very competitive, but there’s always someone who could be cheaper. Often, you sacrifice reliability and quality with low prices. We believe we have developed a very sensible approach to handling maintenance and repairs and that you will realize cost savings that other property managers simply can’t deliver.

Our Property Management Agreement includes a spending limit to protect you. Sometimes expenses such as replacing a water heater, repairing a roof leak, or emergency furnace repairs are unavoidable. In emergencies where 1) the health or safety of a tenant is at risk, 2) there is only one option to consider, or 3) the property will incur damage if immediate action is not taken, the property manager will initiate the repair work even if it is higher than the pre-authorized spending limit and then will let you know of the situation and what we are doing about it.