All Forum Posts by: Andrey F.

@Kelsey Bailey: That would be great, it would be good to connect and chat about our experiences!

@Brian Garlington It is one SFH. My reasoning going in was by hiring someone, I'd get cash flow going faster. While that did happen, I'm paying the price for really bad maintenance procedures.

Everyone is recommending manage it myself, but I am in fear that with my job and upcoming kid will cause me to make mistakes with hiring bad capenters, repair people, etc.

Hello! I'm local to the area, but going to have my first kid soon and hoping to have a property manager take care of things while I get really busy with managing my demanding day job and new born.

Can anyone refer me to someone in the SFBay who serves Moraga?

I was - and kinda still am - a newbie landlord and didn't do enough due diligence when hiring my first property manager. They are making really costly mistakes, my tenants are unhappy, and I'm out thousands so far due to mis-communications, poor follow through, and neglect of maintenance requests. When I looked up the linkedins of the people I was dealing with, they were all fresh out of school and this was their first rodeo. In hindsight, I should have checked that before hiring them :(. 

I want to fire them asap, but want to make sure to do it without making more mistakes. I'm thinking of finding an experienced local manager first, vetting them as best I can, then working with them to transfer my tenants to their care. Does anyone know how to find them (I tried the obvious - Google - but haven't got any responses except one that charges 10%)? How do you vet them? What questions should I be asking them? 

Also, I'm in the SF East Bay and will be super thankful for anyone who might have a referral.