Plus, you don’t have to pay anything until your property is rented! That means no upfront cost for you, because you’re not paying until your tenants are. You can now enjoy the benefits of increased revenue, growing investments and greater free time. That’s what our professional management services are for.

Why Choose Oak Trust Properties?

Our property management services can help you:

• Reduce Vacancies & Turnover
• Find better tenants
• Reduce maintenance costs through our extensive contractor network
• Maximize your ROI
• And many other factors

The Benefits of using Oak Trust Properties

• 1. Quality Tenant Placement GUARANTEED

  Here at Oak Trust Properties, we are extremely confident that we can place quality and reliable tenants through our comprehensive screening and background checks. Because of this we offer that if ANY tenant placed and managed by Oak Trust is evicted for any reason, or skips within 12 months after placement, we will find a replacement tenant for FREE! When it comes to tenant screening and placement, we do our homework so you can have peace-of-mind knowing that your property is in responsible hands. This is the absolute BEST tenant guarantee in the industry!!

• 2. Reduce Vacancies and Turnover

  Our tenants appreciate our prompt attention to their issues. Our comprehensive screening and background check process, is the reason why we have such a low vacancy rate. Our average turnover is only 6 days! We accomplish this by showing properties BEFORE they are vacant. Our goal is to have a new tenant in line before the old one moves out! When we get notice of a tenant moving out, we list our properties on over 90 websites for maximum exposure. We also return EVERY phone call and email promptly from all interested tenants assuring that your property rents as quickly as possible.

• 3. Excellent Customer Service

  We pride ourselves on excellent communication with our owners and tenants. We are the most responsive property management team which means faster results, happy tenants, and satisfaction guaranteed. If you need us, we are here!! We will respond to your calls, emails, and texts within 1 business day or that month's management fee is waived! Our online owner statements are provided monthly so you can see each and every action taken on your property.

• 4. Minimize Maintenance Costs

  We find that the best way to keep maintenance costs down is by frequently checking on our owners’ property. Our team conducts maintenance inspections twice a year to catch small issues before they turn into BIG problems. Our licensed and bonded handymen are trained to provide you with the best service at the lowest overall cost. No maintenance surcharges!!

BOTTOM LINE: We reduce your costs and increase your profits!

Here is how

• Vacancy periods are significantly reduced with our extensive pool of prospective renters.
• We have relationships with maintenance contractors and receive discounts on work done, thereby passing the savings on to you.
• REGULAR interior and exterior inspections to ensure your property is properly maintained.
• We perform extreme due diligence on our renters backgrounds to minimize your overall vacancy rate and potential non-payments of rent. (criminal, credit, work/landlord history, and check personal/professional references)
• We save you all of the time that it takes dealing with maintenance and tenant hassles, not to mention accurate monthly activity statements, saving bookkeeping time costs.
• Handle all evictions and court appearances

What else do property managers do?

• Evaluate the property and determine an accurate rental rate.

  • Perform detailed documentation of the interior and exterior including photos
  • Offer recommendations on repairs and cosmetic improvements that maximize monthly rent while providing good ROI.
  • Gather data on rental rates in the area and work with owners to determine the optimal rental rate. Rent research will vary, but should include looking at the recently rented comparables according to size and type.
  • Discuss with owners the pros and cons of different policies such as accepting pets, allowing smoking etc.
  • Install a lock box

• Market the property for rent

  • Prepare home for rent
  • Clean home and optimize interior appeal
  • Manicure landscaping to increase curb appeal
  • Create ads tailored to the property and advertising medium. Some of the mediums commonly used are:
  • Paid and free rental listing websites
  • Print publications
  • Signs
  • MLS
  • Fliers
  • Work with other realtors and leasing agents to find a tenant
  • Field calls from prospects for questions and viewings
  • Meet prospective tenants for showings throughout the week and weekend.
  • Provide prospective tenants with rental applications that are legally compliant with fair housing laws
  • Collect applications with application fee

• Tenant Screening and Selection

  • Perform a background check to verify identity, income, credit history, rental history, etc.
  • Grade tenant according to pre-defined tenant criteria
  • Inform tenants who were turned down

• Tenant Move In

  • Draw up leasing agreement
  • Confirm move in date with tenant
  • Review lease guidelines with tenant regarding things like rental payment terms and required property maintenance
  • Ensure all agreements have been properly executed
  • Perform detailed move in inspection with tenant and have tenants sign a report verifying the condition of the property prior to move-in.
  • Collect first month’s rent and security deposit

• Rent collection

  • Receiving rent
  • Hunting down late payments
  • Sending out pay or quit notices
  • Enforcing late fees

• Evictions

  • Filing relevant paperwork to initiate and complete an unlawful detainer action
  • Representing owner in court
  • Coordinating with law enforcement to remove tenant and tenants possessions from unit

• Legal

  • Advise in the event of a legal dispute or litigation
  • Refer owner to a qualified attorney when necessary
  • Understand and abide by the latest local, state and federal legislation that apply to renting and maintaining rental properties.

• Inspections

  • Perform periodic inspections (Inside and outside) on a predefined schedule looking for repair needs, safety hazards, code violations, lease violations
  • Send owner periodic reports on the condition of the property

• Financial

  • Provide accounting property management services
  • Make payments to vendors on behalf of owner
  • Detailed documentation of expenses via invoices and receipts
  • Maintain all historical records (paid invoices, leases, inspection reports, warranties, etc.)
  • Provide annual reporting, structured for tax purposes as well as required tax documents including a 1099 form
  • Advise owners on potential tax tax deductions related to their rental property
  • Provide easy to read monthly cash-flow statements which offer a detailed breakdown of income and itemized expenses

• Maintenance, Repairs, and Remodeling

  • Provide and oversee maintenance crews
  • Establish a preventative maintenance policy to identify and deal with repair needs
  • Provide a network of licensed, bonded and fully insured contractors who have been vetted for good pricing and good work that is up to code.
  • Assign jobs to different parties (in-house employees, handyman and professional contractors) based on who will do the best job for the best price.
  • Maintain outdoor areas
  • Landscaping
  • Removing trash and debris
  • Maintain and monitor a 24 hour emergency repair hot-line
  • Larger renovation or rehab projects
  • Provide recommendations on how the project can maximize rental income.
  • Prepare preliminary cost estimates
  • Get multiple independent bids for the work
  • Act as general contractor overseeing the work

• Tenant Move Out

  • Inspect unit and fill out a report on the property’s condition when the client moves out
  • Provide tenant with a copy as well as estimated damages
  • Return the balance of the security deposit to the tenant
  • Forward any portion of the owner’s portion of the tenant deposit to the owner or hold in owner reserves for repairs.
  • Clean unit and perform and needed repairs or upgrades
  • Re-key the locks
  • Put the property back on the market for rent
  • And much, much more!

West Ashley Area Information

West Ashley or as it is more formally known, west of the Ashley is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated 2010 population of 57,403. Its name is derived from the fact that the land is west of the Ashley River.

Flanked by the scenic waterfront vistas and marshes of the Ashley and Stono Rivers and ancient moss draped oak trees, initial neighborhoods west of the Ashley were developed in the 1950s with its largest growth occurring throughout the 1970s and 80s. As Interstate 526 was built in the early 1980s and the Glenn McConnell Parkway was built in the 1990s to help alleviate traffic on the historic Ashley River Road (SC Hwy. 61) corridor, the area saw explosive residential and commercial growth. Major retailers located in the community as land needed for "big box" stores was not available on the historic downtown Charleston peninsula. West Ashley's original neighborhoods line Savannah Highway (US Hwy. 17) in an area closest to the historic Charleston peninsula. Its first retail district, built in the 1950s, is seeing a revitalization with many art and design oriented businesses having located there in recent years.

West Ashley is the area where Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band Hootie and the Blowfish grew up. He graduated from Middleton High School. Stephen Colbert host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS is also a graduate of Porter-Gaud School located in West Ashley. Source From Wikipedia

Areas We Serve

• Charleston
• Daniel Island
• Goose Creek
• Hanahan
• James Island
• Johns Island
• Ladson
• Mount Pleasant
• Moncks Corner
• North Charleston
• Summerville
• West Ashley
• Park Circle

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