LITCHFIELD REAL ESTATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

If your home is part of your retirement plan, then Litchfield Real Estate has a professionally licensed Long-Term Rental Management Program that can maximize your revenue and protect your investment.

• A strong on-line presence that makes it easy for prospective tenants to find your rental listing.
• Open communication with owners and tenants from our attentive staff.
• Comprehensive routine inspections and detailed records.
• Credit and criminal background checks to help ensure a positive outcome.
• Timely and accurate bookkeeping/accounting services that meet local and federal guidelines.
• Affiliation with reliable service providers with competitive rates at no profit or kickback to us.
• A competitive commission rate.

It’s no secret that the beauty of the Lowcountry attracts second-home ownership, and if this is the case with your home, Litchfield Real Estate can customize a Property Management program to give you peace of mind. Reasonably priced and professionally administered, our program for absentee homeowners makes it easy to be away and a pleasure to return!

• Conduct Inspections
• Be the primary contact for your HOA, guard gate, and neighbors
• Provide access when a key is misplaced or left behind
• Coordinate maintenance estimates and repairs
• Coordinate housekeeping for touch-up and deep cleans
• Schedule winterization as needed
• Coordinate storm preparation and follow up inspection
• Provide regular management reports
• Communicate regularly with the Owner

We know many homes in our area have been in the family for a long time and that it can be a struggle for family members to manage their beloved beach home from afar, on top of hectic schedules. Others with fractional homeowner shares can have the same struggle. Litchfield Real Estate can make it easy, even a pleasure!

• Conduct Inspections
• Be the primary contact for your HOA, guard gate, neighbors
• Provide access when a key is misplaced or left behind
• Coordinate maintenance estimates and repairs
• Coordinate housekeeping for turnovers and deep cleans
• Schedule winterization as needed
• Coordinate storm preparation and follow up inspection
• Communicate regularly with ALL Owners
• Provide confidential bookkeeping/accounting services (optional)
• Review and oversight of annual budget
• Invoice payments
• Checking account maintenance
• Quarterly bank statement reconciliation reports
• Quarterly profit & loss statements
• Owner invoicing

Litchfield Real Estate uses top-tier marketing tactics across print media, online advertising, and social media sources. We reach out to potential guests on the web with both paid and organic strategies, including managing our search engine optimization (SEO), clean and consistent local search marketing, as well as paid strategies with pay-per-click advertising (PPC). Partnerships with major online travel agencies, such as TripAdvisor, Flipkey, Homeaway and VRBO, as well as with our local chamber of commerce greatly enhance the visibility of our rental homes. We have a comprehensive email marketing strategy to regularly connect with past and future guests. Our website is fast, mobile-friendly, and responsive, which creates a solid platform for searching and booking no matter what device a guest uses.