Austin Property Management —
Tenant Placement and Ongoing Support

Basic $139/mo, Preferred $179/mo and Concierge $349/mo with annual billing. Monthly billing is $149, $199 and $369/mo respectively. Tenant Placement + Management has a $350 listing and activation fee, a placement fee of one month's rent when a tenant is placed, and the selected management fee. Tenant Placement Only has a $500 listing launch fee plus one month's rent at lease execution, with no ongoing management. Management Only starts with a $500 activation fee and offers Preferred or Concierge; Basic is not available for that service. Repairs carry a 10% maintenance coordination fee in addition to the vendor invoice. Renewals, inspections and other charges depend on the plan. Compare the service options and fee schedule.

Choose Management Only if you want us to manage an existing tenancy. Preferred and Concierge are available. If your home needs a tenant and ongoing management, choose Tenant Placement + Management. If you intend to manage it yourself after leasing, choose Tenant Placement Only; our role ends at lease execution and payment of the placement fee, and you handle move-in.

With Tenant Placement + Management, if no completed application is generated within 21 days of the home being rent-ready and listed, we waive the first two months of management fees. This is an application milestone, not a guaranteed lease-signing or move-in date. Owner restrictions, pricing outside our recommended range, access or readiness delays, and events beyond our control are excluded. It does not apply to Tenant Placement Only or Management Only.

Tenant assurance applies to tenants we place through a Preferred or Concierge Tenant Placement + Management bundle: 9 months on Preferred and 12 months on Concierge. For a qualifying lease breach or eviction during that window, we find a replacement without another placement fee, subject to the agreement. Owner-caused departures, agreed early exits, military SCRA terminations, owner sale or occupancy decisions, and events after the management agreement ends are excluded. Third-party costs such as photography may still apply. Basic, Tenant Placement Only and Management Only do not include tenant assurance.

For tenants we placed, annual Preferred and Concierge Tenant Placement + Management bundles include our eviction coordination fee. Basic and monthly bundles have a $750 coordination fee; management-only plans require a separate $750 engagement. Tenant placement only does not include ongoing eviction coordination. Filing fees, court costs, sheriff or constable fees, and vendor invoices are paid by the owner. If court representation is needed, the owner retains and pays an attorney directly. We provide coordination and paperwork support, not legal representation.

The Perfect 10ant System™ is our 10-point tenant screening process: identity, income, employment, credit, rental history, previous landlord references, criminal background, sex offender registry, bankruptcy and foreclosure history. Screening supports a placement decision; it does not guarantee future rent payments or eliminate every risk.

Monthly and annual options are available. Annual pricing carries a term commitment, and early termination can require payment of the remaining management fees. Notice, renewal, refund and termination rules depend on the service agreement you select. Review those terms in the quote builder before signing; the monthly rate alone is not the full agreement.

Yes. Every lease we draft complies with the Texas Property Code (Chapter 92), including the 30-day security deposit return requirement, lead paint disclosure rules (required for all pre-1978 properties), move-in/move-out inspection reports, and Travis County and Williamson County-specific rental requirements. Texas landlord-tenant law gives landlords broad protections — we enforce them correctly so you don't face costly disputes.

We cover Travis County (Austin, Kyle, Buda, Dripping Springs, Bee Cave, Manor) and Williamson County (Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Leander, Lakeway, Georgetown, Hutto) — plus surrounding communities throughout the Greater Austin metro.

Texas evictions take 30–60 days on average — significantly faster than Maryland (45–60 days) or Virginia (8–12 weeks). The process requires a 3-day notice to quit, a Justice Court filing, a 10-day waiting period, and a move-out date. We handle the entire process — notices, court filings, judgment execution, and tenant coordination — so you never navigate Travis County Justice Court alone. Eviction coordination is a bundle benefit on our Preferred and Concierge plans (annual billing, when Tenant Placement + Property Management are purchased together) for tenants we placed. Filing fees, court costs, attorney fees, and constable invoices pass through to the owner at cost. Basic plans don't include eviction coordination; it's available as a separate $750 Manager-fee engagement.

Travis County has become aggressive with property tax increases — median residential assessments are up 8–12% annually over the past three years. Rising taxes are eating into your cash flow faster than rent increases. Filing the Travis Central Appraisal District protest is the property owner’s responsibility — we don’t file protests or assemble protest packages on your behalf. Owners file directly through the TCAD online portal or engage a specialist firm on a contingency fee; if you ask, we’ll surface the rent-roll and comparable-rent data from our system that you may want to use in your own protest preparation.

Austin's strict STR crackdown has reduced inventory for short-term use, which increased demand for long-term rentals in core neighborhoods. Outside the STR-restricted zone (East Austin, Central Austin), some landlords still try STRs — often illegally. We keep your lease secure by enforcing no-subletting clauses and screening out investors looking to flip your property into an Airbnb. Long-term rental protection is built into every lease.

Yes — all four are core coverage areas. Pflugerville and Leander lease in 10–14 days on average with rents from $1,750–$2,400/mo, driven by tech commuters and family relocations. Kyle and Buda (southern Hays County, south of Austin) lease in 14–18 days with rents from $1,650–$2,200/mo, with demand from Dell, Tesla Gigafactory Texas, and the South Austin job corridor. Each submarket has distinct tenant profiles — we tailor marketing (listing platforms, photography style, pricing strategy) to match.

The Austin metro has cooled from the 2021–2022 spike, with rent growth normalizing to 2–4% year over year in 2026. Ring suburbs (Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Pflugerville) continue to outpace the urban core because housing supply in Austin proper has absorbed post-pandemic demand while suburban job growth (Apple in Austin-Round Rock, Samsung in Taylor, Tesla in Del Valle) keeps pulling tenants outward. Expect the strongest rent appreciation in Williamson County through 2026 — our flat fee protects your upside as rents rise.

The Texas homestead exemption reduces property taxes only on a property that is your primary residence — it does not apply to rentals. If you move out of a property you previously homesteaded and convert it to a rental, you must notify the appraisal district and lose the exemption. This often means a 15–25% tax increase in the first rental year, which most new landlords miss. We flag this during onboarding so it doesn't surprise you at the first tax bill.

Yes — and with Austin's STR restrictions tightening, many owners are making the switch. We handle the transition end to end: re-pricing for long-term comps (STR nightly revenue rarely translates 1:1 to monthly rent), refreshing the listing for family/professional tenants instead of travelers, removing STR furniture if desired, and drafting a lease that locks in 12-month occupancy. Most STR-to-LTR conversions we manage lease within 18 days, with stronger net cash flow than the STR produced after cleaning, platform fees, and vacancy.