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What do you want in a property management company?
As a property owner, you want to work with a company that has genuine skills and expertise - so you don't have the headaches of renting, managing and/or maintaining your valued investment.
Griswold Real Estate Management has a separate single family home and small residential management division, plus a proven real estate management track record of over 25 years. Combining a unique customized approach with the sophisticated resources of a national management firm, Griswold Real Estate Management places the highest priority on accountability, accessibility and personalized service.
We guarantee to all of our clients: Your calls and requests for service are answered promptly. What's more, we take the initiative ourselves. Unlike some other management firms, we specialize in regular visual inspections of our home - detecting potential problems before they become real problems. After all, our expertise is what you're looking for, isn't it?
Griswold Real Estate Management has been awarded the Accredited Management
Organization (AMO®) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management
(IREM). Across the country, less than 5% of all management firms have earned
this distinction, by fulfilling the most stringent requirements in expertise,
education, integrity and financial stability.
In addition to our corporate office in San Diego and a satellite office in Los Angeles (serving all five Southern California counties), we also have our large corporate office in Las Vegas which has served southern Nevada for nearly 15 years.
Service and expertise - the critical elements you need for profitable, efficient property management. That's what Griswold Real Estate Management has to offer.
Griswold Real Estate Management provides these standard services:
- Highly Responsive Management Team
- Aggressive Marketing Plan
- Comprehensive Tenant Screening
- Aggressive Rent Collection
- 24-hour On-call Maintenance with no labor and/or materials price mark-up
- Complete Financial Accounting with timely monthly operating statements
- Annual Budget Preparation
- Review of Vendor Contracts
- Vendor Supervision
And above all else:
The quality of your management company will directly affect the success of your real estate investments. So when it's time to choose a firm to manage your home, have that list with you as you interview new firms and ask them:
Is your firm an Accredited Management Organization (AMO®) recognized by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)?
Are you Certified Property Managers (CPM®) or Accredited Residential Managers (ARM®) or candidates?
Is your firm an active member of the local apartment association?
Do you have separate trust accounts for each owner and/or property rather than a master trust account with multiple owners funds commingled?
Do you have an in-house accountant that reviews the monthly income and expense statements?
Do you have a one million dollar ($1,000,000) bond fidelity bond for all corporate employees?
Do you provide 24-hour on-call emergency maintenance services through a "live" answering service?
If maintenance is provided by in-house or by an affiliated firm, do you only charge the actual payroll labor cost, plus materials without any surcharges, mark-ups, administrative or other such add-ons?
Do you pass along any volume purchasing discounts fully and directly to clients for appliances, carpeting, and other items without any mark-ups?
Who will actually manage the day-to-day activities at my property and are they licensed and well qualified?
Are all employees given pre-employment screenings that include thorough background checking by an independent pre-employment screening firm, plus drug and alcohol testing by a certified lab?
Do you carry Errors and Omissions coverage of at least $500,000 plus general liability coverage of at least $2,000,000?
Is your corporate broker's license current and without any history of violations? (Call the California Department of Real Estate License Records Office at (619) 525-4356 to verify)
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