Property Management Learning Center
Property Management Resources
Portola Property Management is here to be your local resource for Santa Cruz rental properties.
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Property Management Coaching
If you’re a property manager or a landlord struggling to keep your business running, we understand.
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Classes and Seminars
We offer landlord classes every summer and fall. If you’re a landlord or thinking about buying rental real estate, come to one of these classes.
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Considering Moving to Santa Cruz? Here is Why You Should!
With remote work seemingly sticking around in our corporate culture, many people find they can live anywhere they want – even before retirement. You’re not beholden to those expensive, crowded cities where it’s impossible to find a place to live that doesn’t cost an...
Should You Sell or Rent the Santa Cruz Home You Inherited?
Renting out a property that you’ve inherited is one way to become a real estate investor without actually buying any real estate. It’s an ideal situation, if this is a path you’ve thought about taking. You can earn some consistent rental income as well as long-term...
Renovations to Increase Your Santa Cruz Home Value
It’s nearly impossible to own rental property in Santa Cruz and not renovate it from time to time. You’ll want to make sure the property remains attractive to tenants, and you also want it to be safe and modern. Making renovations can often seem like an expense that...
3 Great Places to Invest in California Property Management
As you probably know, California real estate is at a premium. Prices are generally high, and it can seem like an intimidating market to enter as an investor.
What Santa Cruz Property Managers Do For You – Stories from the Field with Mike
Our team at Portola Property Management is talented and efficient, and they manage to stay calm during emergencies. Today, we have another post in our Stories from the Field series that we think you will find – um, interesting.
What are Santa Cruz Tenants Responsible For in a Rental Property?
Properly maintaining a safe, habitable, and enjoyable rental home is a shared responsibility between tenants and their landlords. Property managers do a good job of facilitating the things that need to be done while maintaining a home. Today, we want to look at the items that fall into your tenant’s pool of responsibilities. When something needs to be fixed, how should you handle it if it’s your tenant’s responsibility?
Just wanted to check in, as we just got the deposit, which looks all fine and clear. So, we want to say goodbye and thank you guys for the friendly and professional service! It was a pleasure working with all of you and we want to wish you a great New Year ahead!
Areas We Serve
We serve all of Santa Cruz County including:
✓ Santa Cruz
✓ Capitola
✓ Aptos
✓ La Selva Beach
✓ Scotts Valley
✓ Watsonville
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Community Affiliations
Portola Property Management has had the opportunity to make charitable donations and/or partner with the following organizations:
We Do Business in Accordance with the Federal Fair Housing Law which states it is illegal to Discriminate Against Any Person Because of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Handicap, Familial Status, National Origin, or Sexual Orientation.
Portola Property Management
555 Soquel Ave Ste 220
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
(831) 475-1355 | (831) 475-1428
rentals@portolarentals.com
After-Hours Emergency: 855-420-7873
CA DRE #02124826
