Has anyone used these with any success,.I have not been feeling well lately and feel I need help,

I have an office worker for years but she started to come in later and later and then 2 days a week,..I find that she is earning about 100/an hour every week now,..she has picked up an other job that fills in the other hours,She has me over a barrel,.as she knows a lot and does bookkeeping too. 31 tenants in two states,,.I think she thinks that that I can't get rid of her and currently I really can't do what she does,.or train anyone.

She doesn't field calls here except on Mons and Thurs when she is here,and very occasionally at home.after 5-6 on on other days.

I have never tried a property manager,.don't know what they charge ,how they generally work out, and if they can manage property in two states, (I'm trying to rid of my Ma property.) For a number of reason I really can't sell my upstate NY ones.at this time.

I’m sorry to hear you’re not well. I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you Sandy,..good to know,.

There are realtors and brokers that offer property management services, also thinking if someday you are going to sell, you will give them your listing. Women are 10 times better then men when dealing with tenants and property, at least here in L.A., CA.

Try calling your apartment association for recommendations.

When a good friend was going into the hospital for major surgery, she could no longer deal with her 2 apartment buildings and 3 small homes. So I went around the neighborhood and looked at similar property that had signs advertising the management companies taking care of those properties. The properties that had apartment or homes for rent, I called the number. Out of ten phone calls I made, 6 went to voice mail and I didn't get a call back for hours.

4 picked up the phone, 2 were driving and said they would call me back. The other 2 that answered didn't sound professional, they were office workers just taking messages. Out of the two that said they'd call me back, both did. So I interviewed them to take over the management of those properties. I was going to be the one to deal with major repairs. Little stuff they would have their crews handle things.

When my friend got home from the hospital, he business phone didn't ring much anymore. The management company deposited all of the tenants rent checks into the owners account. All expenses were billed to the owner, a copy sent to me. And we would wire to their bank their expenses and monthly commission. I had given them a Large deposit to have on hand to cover needed expenditures.

To this day, 5 years later (I think) my friend still uses the management company for day to day stuff and when a unit becomes vacant, they consult with the owner what she wants done and how much she is willing to spend.

It has been ten years now, but I paid 1400 a month for less units than you have, just to have a PM and then all the service calls and other interactions were extra. They did keep the books but not tax reporting. The work was horrible and the office never checked what the workers did. Plus they leased to a couple of repeat delinquents.

Did you used to have more hours for her? I'd say you are fortunate to have an experienced person who will come to you for so few hours. If you had to hire a bookkeeper it wouldn't be cheap either. I can understand you feel taken advantage of. Did you increase what you pay her over the years?

My dad had property in Columbia county and his property taxes were really high by Hillsdale. Are yours B or C?

Back when I had a day job and 23 units I hired a bi-lingual property manager. Huge benefit for me as my spanish is not good.

She started at 10% and 1 month for a vacancy fill. Then she put some duds in my units who did not full fill the lease term. So we modified the terms .... she fills the duds for FREE. Then she raised her rates to 12% ... then 15%. Then she "retired" and "sold" to young kid who wasn't bi-lingual.