Are you interested in being an active real estate investor, but don’t have the time to find, renovate, or manage the property yourself? As active real estate investors, we often find investment properties that would offer attractive returns to active investors who are interested in direct ownership of real estate but do not want to manage directly.  Contact us if you’d like to start a conversation about these services today!

We offer the following menu of opportunities. Investors are welcome to leverage only the services which would be valuable to them, or all of the services as a complete package:

Buyer Representation

Working as a licensed real estate agent in the state of Minnesota with Keller Williams Premier Realty, Nick will represent Buyers to purchase a single family investment property, including assisting Buyer with tasks such as inspections, securing financing, and investment projections. This service is provided at absolutely no charge whatsoever to the buyer.

Rehab Project Management

Most of the properties we help investors acquire need some work. Some need a LOT of work. To assist you with this, we can serve as project manager to coordinate all repairs, rehab, and remediation on behalf of Buyer. You still remain in the driver’s seat and are directly responsible for hiring and paying contractors, but we are there with you each step of the way to help you avoid pitfalls and find opportunities. .

Rental Certificate Wayfinding

We will guide you through the crucial process of obtaining a City of Rochester rental license for your property. This includes walking you through the process, answering any questions you may have, filing for permits and scheduling inspections on your behalf, attending the first rental inspection in-person, formulating a remediation plan and scope of work, overseeing remediation, and attending subsequent rental inspections to assure remediation compliance.

Media Package

It is absolutely critical to have a high-quality media package to advertise your property for rent. We will capture high quality interior photos, exterior photos, professional drone photos, professional floor plans, and generate advertising copy for your listing. Best of all, you permanently own the rights to this package so you can use it over and over in future listings indefinitely!

Full-Service Property Management

As your full service property management company we will create an easy ownership experience and we will handle absolutely everything. You can expect to leverage all of the services above, plus MUCH more.

Once we have helped you purchase your investment property, renovate it, and acquire a Rochester Rental Certificate, and have your media package ready to go, we find the perfect tenant who will love living there.

Our services go far beyond simple tenant placement and are designed to set you up for long-term success with your rental property:

  1. We determine the appropriate rental rate for your property through extensive analysis and hands-on test marketing.

  2. We will additionally analyze your property to find any missing opportunities to serve your tenants better and provide value. For example, perhaps your property is pet friendly, but don’t have a fenced in yard?

Once everything is completely optimized, we will locate a tenant for you. This includes:

  1. Listing the property for rent on numerous websites prospective tenants browse

  2. Set up your property in our software systems so that people can instantly apply online, on a computer, phone, or tablet

  3. Field phone calls and show the property in-person

  4. Perform a rigorous background check and tenant screening process

  5. Secure a signed lease

  6. Make arrangements to collect the security deposit and first month’s rent

Finally, we build a long term win-win relationship with the tenant, respond to maintenance concerns, and treat the property like we would any property we own ourselves. This is the quietest part of our job, but the most crucial. Placing a new tenant is both hard and costly, and by providing an unparalleled level of customer service to the tenants who already live in our homes, we make sure this happens as infrequently as possible.

WANT TO LEARN MORE OR READY TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT A POTENTIAL FULL SERVICE INVESTMENT? CONTACT US HERE!

Interested in investing, but not necessarily direct ownership of real estate? Consider our passive investment option here!

Nick Stageberg, an Owner of Black Swan Real Estate, is a Licensed Real Estate Agent in the state of Minnesota with Keller Williams Premier Realty, Rochester.