Austin Property Management from One of the Original Local Firms

Austin has no shortage of national property management brands. 512-Society is different: local, family-run and here since July 2005, with Jessica and Loran Duncan's team looking after a select number of homes so each one gets real attention.

Request a rental analysis if you want to know whether your Austin house is a fit and what it should lease for.

Our Austin work is North Austin single-family rentals. Wells Branch, Scofield, Gracywoods, the Dessau and Metric corridors, and houses on the north side of the Domain employment are the fit. We are not a downtown high-rise manager and we do not pretend to cover every neighborhood south or west of the river. If the house is a north Austin rental you want run with the same reporting as a Round Rock house, that is the work. If you need a different kind of firm for a tower or a south Austin portfolio, we will say so.

North Austin houses compete with apartments. The listing has to be honest about a yard, a garage, parking, and noise from a major road if that is the house. Renters who wanted a high-rise will not stay in a 1970s ranch, and renters who wanted a yard will not forgive a listing that hid the lot. We price from leased houses of similar age and size, not from a citywide average that mixes condos and new construction.

Leasing, screening, 24/7 support for urgent maintenance, and a monthly owner report are included in full service. The fee is 7% of collected rent plus $50 a month. Renewal and tech fees are $0. A vacant month is a $0 management fee. Screening is one written standard on every application. HOAs are common on some of these streets. We follow the rules in the resale documents instead of finding out about them from a violation letter after move-in.

AppFolio is the owner portal and the resident portal. You see rent, invoices, and the lease. Residents pay and request routine repairs there. Urgent problems come to the office number any time. We do not ask a north Austin resident to wait on a Round Rock business-hours callback for an active leak. The drive is short. Vendors we use are ones who will actually go to the house.

Many of these owners live somewhere else. The point of the portal is that you can check the house without reconstructing the month from email. We still answer the phone during office hours, Monday through Thursday 8:30 to 5:00 and Friday 8:30 to noon. The rental analysis is how we start: address, beds, baths, and whether you want full service or only a lease-up. We will tell you if the rent you hoped for is a hope.

We will not stretch the service area to win a call. A house in south Austin or a downtown condo is outside what this office does well. North Austin houses, run with Round Rock reporting, are the ones we should have. If that is the house, call (512) 990-3551 or send the analysis form.

How we care for your Austin home

• National brands cover the whole metro. We price your house against the homes a renter would tour the same weekend.
• Screening does not change from one Austin file to the next. Renewals are $0.
• We inspect twice a year and you see the photos, not a one-line note.
• Monthly air filters go to the resident.
• The books are in the owner portal. Call the Round Rock office if a line does not match.
• Month-to-month agreements. No long-term contract.

An Austin house on full service is 7% of collected rent plus $50 a month, and the $50 is how the 512-Guarantees are paid for. We charge 80% of one month's rent to lease under full service, and 100% of one month's rent for lease-only. Keeping a resident is $0. The tech fee is $0. An empty month does not generate a management fee. The pricing page has the table. Call 512-990-3551 or request a rental analysis. Cedar Park and Pflugerville are on the same team.