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Benefits of hiring a property management company for your Tri-City rental

The Axford Real Estate & Property Management Group provides reputable 24/7 services

If you are a property owner and a hands-on landlord in the Tri-Cities, it's a good bet you're juggling the daily management of your rental property and struggling with time-consuming commitments, not to mention, having difficulties marketing your rental asset effectively.

When you hire a property management company, you can stop worrying about those arduous tasks of finding the right tenant, fielding maintenance calls and tedious repairs, collecting monthly rental income, tenant turnover and inspections, among other. Plus, you won't be encumbered with the fine details of dealing with contracts and ever-changing regulations with the BC Residential Tenancy Act, where any missteps could be financially costly and legally detrimental.

Licensed property manager experts, Axford Real Estate & Property Management Group, are dedicated to helping you manage and maximize the profitability of your rental portfolio. With decades of combined experience, the team will execute strategies that include placement and ongoing rental property management services, to help streamline your business, free-up your time, and most importantly, deliver peace of mind.

Since 2011, Axford Group has built a client portfolio with more than 4,000 placements, working mainly throughout the Tri-Cities, but with wide-reach in Vancouver, across the Lower Mainland and out to the Fraser Valley. The family-based team will build a strong and trusting relationship with you and your tenants, and prides themselves on both their reliability and accessibility.

"I work together with four other property managers out of an open-concept smaller office in Port Moody's Suter Brook," says Kevin Axford, Realtor®, property manager, Axford Real Estate & Property Management Group. "Compared to a bigger company, who might work on a portfolio down a hallway, for example, in their own office, things with our team are a lot more intimate and interactive, and it just leads to better service. Tenants have our cell numbers, so they don't have to go through a receptionist to reach us."

Whether your building is large or small, a condo, townhouse or detached single-family home, Axford Group provides consistent unsurpassed property management services.

"The services can vary slightly, but whether it's a brand new one-bedroom condo or a 60-year-old detached home (obviously, there's more to deal with in an older home), but we provide the same calibre of attention to both," reveals Axford.

Protecting your rental asset

Their intimate knowledge of the Tri-Cities, contacts and expertise are the advantages you need to ensure that your investment increases in value and produces a high return simultaneously.

"Our main objective is maximizing the return and getting the highest rent while avoiding vacancy," says Axford. "It's a fine line; we can ask for a higher rent and have less applications, but we also want to rent it out in a timely manner. When it sits unoccupied, it takes a lot to make up those months of vacancy."

One of the biggest oversights property owners make is not enforcing or conducting regular inspections, mostly because of time constraints. When you hire Axford Group, this is one of the main benefits in protecting your property investment.

"Properties that we're involved with from the beginning—partly because of the extensive background checks we do—are less likely to get a tenant that causes problems, either with damage to the property or regarding late or non-payment of rent," explains Axford.

When it comes to repairs, Axford Group not only responds quickly and efficiently, but their approach helps keep your costs lower while improving properties and the tenants' living experience.

"Because we deal with so many trades and appliance companies, we know which ones are most reputable, have the best deals, and are less expensive than what a landlord would be able to get on their own," says Axford.

Property management services

Axford Group provides an extensive offering of ongoing rental property management services, and placement services, including, but not limited to: advertising rental properties, application processing, responding/handling tenant inquiries, rent collection, tenant reference/credit/income checks, title searches on tenanted owned properties and MLS searches on tenanted sold properties.

"Every property is important to us and every client is important to us to be looked after properly," says Axford.

For more information, visit axfordpropertymanagement.com or call 778-355-0116.