Pricing
10% of the monthly rent on an occupied unit, a flat $50 while it is vacant, and nothing at all while it is under renovation. Every charge below appears as its own line on your statement.
Monthly management
Each door is billed on its own, so a building is never charged as if every unit were rented. On a duplex with one unit rented and one empty, you pay the percentage on the first and the flat rate on the second.
Occupied unit
10% of monthly rent
Minimum $65 per unit. On a $1,000 rental that is $100 a month.
Vacant unit
$50 / month
A flat rate while we market the unit, show it and screen applicants — not a percentage of rent you are not collecting.
Unit under renovation
$0
A unit that cannot be rented is not billed. You pay nothing on it until it goes back on the market.
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Management fee
$100.00
per month
1 rented at 10%
This estimate uses the same calculation our system applies when it bills the monthly fee: 10% of rent on a rented unit with a $65 minimum, and $50 on a vacant one. It does not include one-time or per-service charges.
One-time and per-service
This is the complete list. If a charge is not on this page or in your management agreement, it does not reach your statement.
Onboarding
Property inspection, document collection, owner portal setup and transfer of records from your previous manager.
$125 one time
Tenant placement
Charged once, when a new lease is signed and the tenant moves in. Covers marketing, showings, screening, lease preparation and move-in coordination. Nothing is charged if the unit does not lease.
One month's rent
Maintenance coordination
Added to the cost of the repair itself. Covers sourcing the vendor, scheduling, access, supervision and the before-and-after photo report in your portal.
15% of the work order
Lawn care
Quoted per property and billed at cost — the coordination fee does not apply to lawn care.
Flat rate per cut
Utility bill payment
When we pay a water, sewer, gas or electric bill on your behalf, we charge a flat fee per bill and attach the receipt to your statement.
$5 per bill
Included in the monthly fee
Charged to the tenant
These are collected from the tenant under their lease. They never appear as an expense on your statement.
Questions
No. We manage single rentals and portfolios of fifty doors on the same terms. Pricing is per unit, so a duplex with one unit rented at $900 and one vacant is billed $90 plus $50, or $140 that month.
Send us the address and we will come back with the rent we expect it to reach, the monthly fee and what it would take to get it leased. No cost and no commitment.
HomeGuard Management LLC is an Equal Housing Opportunity provider.
What we handle for owners
The full scope of management, how onboarding works and what the first month looks like.
Section 8 and voucher rentals
How HAP payments, annual inspections and voucher paperwork change what you earn.
Managing rentals in Cleveland
Rental registration, local code enforcement and what the market pays by neighborhood.