Whenever the actual rent collected from your apartment complex falls below the scheduled rent, that money is lost forever. A high occupancy rate can mask a high turnover; if tenants are moving in and out with several days of vacancy in between, you slip further and further behind the scheduled rent. 
property must be watched, tended, pruned, fertilized, and cared for. Unless the manager cares about the building, the basic value begins to go down. 
But go to any city where the rental picture is supposedly bad. You'll find that there are always a handful of apartment complexes that are 100070 rented, while others are desperately seeking tenants. Look further and you'll discover that the filled-up and profitable complexes have long waiting lists and are usually charging higher rents than the properties with vacancies. 
We're managers, not just caretakers. Our complete management team will go to work for you as needed; accountants, market researchers, maintenance foremen, public relations experts, personnel developers. We make management decisions based on a desire for steady long-term growth. In today's dynamic and fluid economic structure, we bring the steady application of systematic analysis to the job of the apartment manager. 
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The difference is often due to professional property management. If you own an apartment complex of 50 or more units, you can get a higher return on your investment when you select Invest West Management Company to handle your property. 
We've had a lot of success turning around properties that have been previously ill-managed: apartment complexes that were not profitable, whether they were full or not, with tenants who didn't pay, damaged the property, and departed in the dead of the night. 
We're a professional substitute for the owner who may be too busy, travel too much, or own too many properties to properly supervise the day-to-day affairs and maintenance of a large apartment complex. 
We know how to attract-and keep- 
the right tenants. We help departing tenants leave on time and make sure the new tenants get in on time, with few vacant days in between. We take care of all complaints and act as a buffer between you and the tenants. We carefully screen all employees, suppliers, and service contracts. 
If you expected your investment to take care of itself, or if you have attempted to manage the place yourself, you know that property management is a full-time job, an unusual and absorbing task requiring a combination of diplomacy, hard-headed business practices, and planned maintenance. You can't just put your money into the property and have it quietly grow; every day a new problem pops up; the 
We study the rental market carefully. 
The real test of an apartment manager is whether he can fill apartments with the right tenants, keep them filled, and keep the collections coming in. But a filled apartment complex is not necessarily a profitable one; if we discover that your apartments are below the prevailing rates, we adjust rents accordingly. 

The common factor among successful apartment complexes is "curb appeal"superior appearance and tip-top housekeeping. We'll take care of it for you: landscaping, lighting, paving, painting, windows, hallways, pools, signage ... everything. Regardless of your property's location, design, or equipment, there will be an optimum level at which it can operate: a point at which income is at 
a maximum and expenditures at a minimum. 
employees will be operating under our procedures, forms, and rental agreements. 
And then you won't have to worry about your complex any more. We'll have regular reports for you: printouts once 
a month of your cash flow analysis; 
a monthly report of rent schedules, deposits, move-in dates, and changes; a weekly status report from each building with pertinent rental information; and a yearly statement of all transactions. 
Many properties have suffered physically and financially from crisis maintenancethe kind of maintenance that waits for something to go wrong before anything is done about it. 
We started managing property in 1972 
for our parent company, Invest West Financial Corporation; in 1981, we manage hotels, office buildings, and 1,800 apartment units in Central and Southern California. Our staff includes Certified Property Managers: members of the Institute of Real Estate Management. 
We set up a planned maintenance program for your property, each job being done in its turn; one worker on an efficient maintenance schedule can accomplish much more than several workers could accomplish on a crisis maintenance plan. 
But maintenance isn't for the tenants as much as it is for the protection of your investment. When your property is abused-if a sink is chipped, for instance, if there's a hole in the wall, if clay pots on the floor have ruined the carpet-the value of the apartment goes down. We make sure the tenant pays for his damage. 
A growing percentage of the units we manage are privately owned, because we are now making our professional services available on a fee management basis. We charge an average of 5070 of rents (against a minimum for smaller properties). 
If you own an apartment complex of 50 or more units-choose Invest West Management Company to handle your property. Our experience has been that for every dollar our clients spend for our services, they receive two dollars back 
in increased revenues. 
Here's what we'll do when you call us in: 
We'll come to your complex to inspect it and interview the on-site personnel. Then we'll analyze your books and records, and talk to you to find out what your goals are, what you want from the complex, where you're heading. Then we'll prepare a long-range budget plan. And within two to four weeks, your tenants, vendors and 
For further information, call Judy Ricker 
Certified Property Manager (805) 687-1588 
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Invest West Management Company