The Search For A Great Kansas City Property Manager

Yesterday evening over at my BBQ Capitalblog I wrote a piece called Property Management In Kansas City.  And while I'm not going to recap the entire post here I am going to say that I'm having a heck of a challenge finding a good property manager that is LICENSED to do business in the state of Missouri.

It seems a great many of the people doing business in Missouri as property managers are doing so unaware that they are supposed to hold current real estate license.  How does the state of Missouri allow these people to continue in business?  They advertise.  They manage.  They put signs out.  They probably work with the Kansas City or Independence Housing Authorities.  So how does this work?

My other frustration is that I do know of a couple property management companies that operate legally but they also hold actively pursue real estate sales transactions.  I have no problem with that part.  (Though I am always leery that it's possible to be great at both aspects of the business since real estate investing is such a specialty niche that needs constant study and attention.  Same with property management.)  Where I get frustrated is that when I've contacted them they are happy to manage the properties for the clients I send them but will not respect the lines of relationships.  In other words, they consider the rental property owner theirs from that point forward and have them sign a paper that says they will list and sell that home if it need be done. 

That policy doesn't exactly endear me to them as you might well understand.  Oddly enough, my clients don't like it either.  They prefer to stay with me.  (I guess I'm doing something right.)

HELP

So this is a shout out to the property management companies that operate in Missouri, specifically the Kansas City, Blue Springs, Lee's Summit and Independence areas, to give me a call or an email if you can and want to help.  Legally, that is.

Also, if you have a good to great property manager who operates in the Kansas City area, I want to hear from you.  Let me know!