Service Map
We pride ourselves in being Portland rental market experts and love managing homes in our beautiful city. Extending east to 122nd, north to the Columbia, south to West Linn, and West to Bethany in Beaverton. Reach out if you aren’t sure if your home falls into our service area.
We help new and experienced landlords manage their residential properties, qualify tenants, and protect their investments.
Tenant Procurement
Perform weekly market assessments and syndicate the listing to over 30 websites including top sites, Zillow, Hotpads, and Apartments.com. We provide tours to prospective tenants and screen applicants for approval following all federal and local disclosure and fair housing laws. Tenant procurement includes a fully executed rental agreement packet designed specifically for your rental property. We collect all required security deposits, renter’s insurance policies and rents from the tenants and perform a thorough inspection to capture the condition of the home on move-in day.
Rent Collection
Provide the tenant with 4 easy ways to pay rent: Access to an online portal for ACH and credit card payments, daytime reception for in-person rent drop-offs, CVS/Walgreens/7-11 pay centers, and a secured night-time drop box for after-hours collection. Our team will work closely with tenants to recoup delinquencies, generate payment agreements, and file eviction notices if necessary for non-payment.
Service Request and Project Management
The Living Room Fixers, led by Maintenance Manager, Ash Jimenez is our in-house secret weapon. The team comes with skilled in-house technicians and a Rolodex of skilled contractors to take great care of your investment property including those pesky after-hours emergencies.
Mid-Tenancy Tenant Care
Outside of service requests and rent collection the tenants need quality mid-tenancy care. Adding and removing roommates or pets. Performing mid-tenancy inspections of the properties in a way that makes the tenant feel comfortable and heard. We want to make it easy for the tenants to contact our team because we know that happy tenants reduce turnover.
Financial Support
We’re here to process your tenant’s rent along with all the contractor and utility invoices. Property owners will receive easy-to-read monthly statements outlining every incoming and outgoing dollar. At the end of the year we provide you with clear cash flow statements and 1099’s that can be passed right to your CPA.
We help connect prospective renters to quality rentals, helping you navigate the rental experience every step of the way.
Listing Directory
Take a look, schedule a tour, and apply. Living Room’s rental portfolio is filled with single-family homes, small plex buildings, privately owned condos and ADUs.
Renter Application Guides
Come here to learn exactly what is needed to qualify for one of Living Room’s rental properties. Easy access to the rental screening criteria, PetScreening Links and reasonable accommodation requests.
Renter Resource Hub & FAQs
The information every tenant should know about navigating life as a Living Room Tenant and the local rental scene in general.
Easy & Secure Online Portal
Use this link to port directly to your personal rental home page. From the portal you can pay your rent, submit a service request, sign up for renter’s insurance, and communicate with your property manager.
Emergency Maintenance Request
When that leak can’t wait for office hours, call the 24-hr emergency line at 503-929-5223, extension #1
We help brokers and their clients explore the options of renting their residential investments. Living Room offers real-time market analysis and a safe place for investors to park their real estate before it’s time to sell.
Site-Specific Rental Assessments
Our team has numerous tools available to access rental data in our metro region providing you and your client with a complimentary professional report of the property’s rental value.
Client Resource
Is your client not sure if they want to rent or sell? Our team can answer their questions about the rental process to help them better understand if renting is the right move for their home. We can arm you with information or join you on your listing appointment.
Pre-Listing Agent Consultations for Tenant-Owned Properties
Selling a tenant-occupied property can be tricky. Consult with our team for tips on preparing the home, the paperwork, and the tenant for the sales process.
Agent Referral Program
LRPM pays agents for each referral they send our way. $250–500 referral fees paid for each property that transitions to an occupied property in the LRPM portfolio. We also make sure your client is returned to you when it’s time to sell.
Listing Preparation
The Fixers are Living Room’s in-house maintenance crew. They are skilled at preparing homes for sale including small jobs like installing new smoke detectors, replacing grout, replacing boards on a deck, patching drywall, laying new mulch and installing water heater straps. When your clients are strapped for cash, they may choose to opt in for have the work paid out of escrow when the home sells (escrow payments are currently available for Living Room Clients only).
We are the Living Room Fixers, a licensed, bonded and insured handy team specializing in property maintenance for property owners, landlords and brokers in the Portland Metro Area.
General Repairs
Handy work is our specialty. The Fixers are happy to support with small repairs that can sometimes be difficult to hire for.
Project Management
Tap into Living Room’s preferred vendor list when you hire a project manager to oversee a remodel or large repair.
Landscaping Cleanups
A yard refresh is the perfect way to improve curb appeal as you prepare a home for sale or it’s next tenant.
Sales, Listing Prep
The Fixers are Living Room’s in-house maintenance crew. They are skilled at preparing homes for sale including jobs like installing new smoke detectors, replacing grout, replacing boards on a deck, patching drywall, laying new mulch and installing water heater straps. When your clients are strapped for cash, they may opt to have the work paid out of escrow after the home sells (escrow payments are currently available for Living Room Clients only).
Vacant Rental, Tenant Turnover
Did you know the Fixers can support self-managing landlords too? Managing the turnover of rentals between tenants is a Fixer specialty.
