Founder & CEO
Mo Hashem
Built Flat Fee Landlord from a personal landlord nightmare into a 9-market property management company that's placed 2,000+ tenants with a sub-1% eviction rate.
15+
Years in Property Management
2,000+
Tenants Placed
<1%
Eviction Rate
9
Markets Served
Why Mo Built Flat Fee Landlord
Mo Hashem didn't start in property management. He started as a landlord — and had the same experience most landlords have. His property got mismanaged, a bad tenant slipped through a lazy screening process, and a percentage-based management company kept collecting its fee while Mo dealt with the fallout.
The fundamental problem wasn't incompetence. It was incentive structure. A manager charging 10% of your rent earns more when your rent goes up — not when they do more work. They have no financial stake in who moves into your property. The risk is yours. The fee is theirs.
Mo founded Flat Fee Landlord on a single belief: the management fee should be flat, predictable, and independent of your rent — and the manager should have real financial skin in the game when it comes to tenant quality. That belief became the 9–12 month tenant warranty, the 21-day placement guarantee, and the flat fee model that now serves 2,000+ landlords across Virginia, Texas, Maryland, and DC.
Credentials & Licensure
- Texas Real Estate Broker · Hashem Realty (DBA) · License #686637
- Designated Broker · Flat Fee Landlord, LLC DBA Hashem Realty · TX Broker License #9015020
- Virginia Licensed Real Estate Broker
- Licensed in Maryland and Washington DC
- 15+ years active in residential property management and tenant placement
Markets & Expertise
Mo's team operates across 9 markets: Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Arlington, McLean, Vienna, Reston, Ashburn, Alexandria, Woodbridge), Maryland (Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, Columbia), Washington DC, Houston TX, Dallas–Fort Worth TX, Austin TX, San Antonio TX, Richmond VA, and Fredericksburg VA.
His specific areas of expertise include Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (VRLTA) compliance, Texas Property Code Chapter 92, DC Tenant Protection Amendments, Maryland landlord-tenant law, tenant screening systems, eviction prevention, and flat fee property management economics.
What Landlords Say
“We were not having any luck selling so we reached out to Mo who answered all of my questions with super quick responses. Within days we had a tenant.”
Rachel S.
Northern Virginia
“I have been working with Flat Fee Landlord for years. Sam brings clarity, organization, and reliability to every project. Truly a partner, not just a vendor.”
Robert P.
Maryland
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