Our mission is to provide comprehensive, Reliable, Trustworthy and Cost-Effective Services to all of our clients.

Leasing Homes 7 Days a Week

In order to speed up the leasing process, Picasso Properties facilitates showings on vacant properties – 7 Days a week! Most of our competitors will only show your property when it’s convenient for them, causing your home to take longer to get rented. Our process ensures that any prospect wanting to view your home can do so – 7 Days a week. Don’t settle for a Monday through Friday company, Picasso Properties is working overtime!

The Critical Questions: Answered by Picasso Properties

Oftentimes homeowners new to property management don’t know what questions to ask the potential management companies they are considering. In addition to comparing service, price, and reviews; these critical questions below will help you understand if this is a company you would want to work with.

1. Will you show my property to prospective tenants when it is convenient for them, in order to rent my property faster? Do you offer vacant home showings?

Most Agents force potential tenants to work around their schedule. So, if your home is not conveniently located to the agent, they may not show it!

What we do: We offer vacant, unaccompanied, home showings. Once your home is vacant, we employ our code box system which allows tenants to view the property at their will. Our system ensures your home is always available to show, and doesn’t rely on rookie realtors to show your property. This system is allowing us to rent homes faster!

3. Does your company provide 24/7 Emergency Maintenance Service?

Some companies offer no after-hours support, and would even expect the tenant to make minor fixes. Others put one staff member in charge of handling any calls that may come in on weekends or after hours. Some other companies still use untrained 3^rd party vendors, who can do little more than take a message.

What we do: We utilize a service that is specially trained in handling maintenance calls. They can differentiate between a routine call, which can wait until during business hours, or an emergency which needs to be handled immediately.

3. How Do You Market My Property?

We market your property using SEVERAL methods. First, we utilize the Calgary Real Estate Board MLS. This database is accessible by any Real Estate agent in the area, and also connects to the major real estate websites. In addition to this, we have worked hard to move our company up the search results on Google. This being said, when tenants are looking at Property Manager’s websites for available Rental Homes, they typically will find our site first. This puts our homes at an advantage of being seen first, and rented first.

In addition to our digital marketing strategy, we also utilize high quality photos and video to properly showcase your home. Our video marketing strategy ties into our SEO strategy as well (Search Engine Optimization). We hire a third party company to add in the back end coding to each marketing video to maximize the exposure your rental property will get.

Finally, we pay out commissions to Realtors who bring us tenants. Many tenants use a Realtor to help them find their rental home. So, we offer commissions to these agents, to entice them to work with us. Furthermore, we also have leasing agents on staff who are dedicated to renting our properties!

What this means? Picasso Properties will rent your home FASTER than anyone in the market!

4. How Fast Will I Get My Money?

Many managers will wait until the following month to pay their owners.

What we do: We pay rent payments to owners between the 15th and the 20th of the month they are collected. We strive to pay by the 10th. Depending on how quickly your bank makes deposits, the funds are typically available within 1-3 Business days after being sent.

5. Do you have a staff member that has an industry designation specific to residential property management?

Being an active member of the Calgary Residential Rental Association and National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) is a must. You learn best practices from industry leaders, and are able to learn from others techniques that are benefiting their clients.

Picasso Properties is not only a member of CRRA, CREB, and NARPM, but take an active leadership role. If you are looking for an industry leading company, look no further than Picasso Properties.

6. How Big/Small is your company?

The size of the company you choose to work with will have an impact on the service you receive.

Picasso Properties is locally owned, and has been managing homes in the Calgary Market since 2004. We have used the services of many property management companies during this time and have seen what works, and what doesn’t. We are managing a small portfolio of properties, and are careful in our growth.

7. What type of Property do you specialize in?

If a company specializes in managing apartment complexes, condo associations, or other Multifamily units, they may not have the systems in place to take care of your single family home. Picasso Properties manages Single Family Homes and condo’s, and is completely set up to handle any issue that may arise. Just because a company manages property, doesn’t mean they can manage YOUR property.

8. Can Tenants Apply to Rent Online? Can Tenants Pay Rent Online?

Yes! Tenants can apply for a home in minutes on our website. If approved, they can even move in without ever having to come into the office, with our LockBox Move-In program. From there the tenant can make online rent payments, from wherever they may be in the world. Yes!