Leasing Services - One Months Rent
Pre-Marketing Services
- We review rental market conditions in the metro Omaha area. We provide an up to date thorough rental market analysis to help set your expectations as to what your home could rent for.
- Getting your home ready to rent
We advise our clients on what it takes to prepare your home in todays market.
Marketing the Property
- Internet Advertising
The Best and Most complete Internet advertising in town. We use the most popular and effective sites (check them out here) in the industry for rental hosting and spend over $5,000 per month on these services to get you the most bang for your buck. - FMLS
We use Nebraska's #1 multiple listing service (MLS). This allows us to open the door to outside real estate agents to increase traffic to your home. - Classified Ads
- Professional Real Estate Sign
- Showing Your Home
Our licensed leasing agents show property seven days a week and are available at any time to help tenants find just the right home. They also provide reports to owners with viewing statistics, feedback from prospects & property conditions throughout the marketing process until your home rents.
Screening the Applicant
After approving over 7,000 tenants, and making plenty of mistakes, we've paid for our learning curves so you don't have to. We evaluate the information and figure out how to secure the owner with large security deposits and co-signers. Here's what we do.
- Pull Credit Report
- Verify Employment & Proof of Income
- Confirming previous Rental history
Move-In Procedures
- Re-Keying your property prior to move in by a licensed professional locksmith
- Reviewing and signing the lease prepared by law firms
- Move-In Inspection sets the basis for withholding the security deposit after move out.
- Collecting Security Deposit after move in inspection as required by Nebraska law
- Turn over new keys to new tenant
Management Services - 10% per month
How We Manage the Tenant
Managing the tenant is a people challenge, an enforcement challenge, and a compliance challenge. It takes vigilant staff and constant adherence to the law, the lease and the rules of customer service. Few do it well. Access does it exceptionally well.
- Our primary job - Enforcing the Terms of the Lease
- Collecting Rent
- Handling bounced/NSF checks
- Assessing and collecting late fees
- Managing eviction process
- Managing safety issues
- Handle HOA violations
- Handling move-out inspections and battles over security deposits
How We Manage the Property
Managing your home or investment is laborious work. Houses breakdown whether they are new or aging. Tenants expect repairs to be made yesterday and the law mandates we respond quickly. Our experienced staff knows how to handle high pressure situations the right way when you need it most.
- Managing Normal Maintenance Breakdowns
- Oversee Contractor Rehabs, Renovations, and Major Replacements.
- Handling Emergencies - 24-hour Hotline
- Pre-Screening Vendors
- Managing Vendor & Contractor Response Time
- Property Visits every 6 months
- Managing Utilities Between Tenants
- Schedule & oversee optional Preventative Maintenance Choices
How We Manage Your Money
Our most important focus is managing your money. State law governs how real estate brokers handle other people's money. In Nebraska, the same trust account laws that govern closing attorneys also govern us. We must adhere to a strict set of money handling rules and there are no options.
- Depositing Rent into our Trust Account
- Establish and Maintain Owner's Escrow Account
- Disbursing Money to Owners on the 15th of every month
- Meet with Accountant
- Year End Reporting/1099
- Request for proposal