(909) 870-9046

Reaction Realty, Inc.

What is self-managing really costing you?

Most landlords count the management fee they’d pay — and never count the hours, vacancy days, and legal exposure they already pay. Run your own numbers below. It takes about 30 seconds.

  • Inland Empire Property Management
  • CA DRE #02066206
  • (909) 870-9046 · Landline, calls only
325
doors under management across 279 properties
227
owners who trust us with their rentals
Since 2006
family-owned and operated — the owners answer to you, not a franchise
24/7
tenant calls answered, including nights, weekends, and holidays

The true-cost calculator

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$2,400
What your rental collects (or would collect) each month.
1
Doors you manage yourself today.
7 hrs/mo
Calls, texts, showings, driving, paperwork, chasing rent, coordinating repairs — per door, per month.
$50/hr
Your job, your business, or simply what an evening back is worth to you.
30 days
Cleaning, repairs, listing, showings, screening — every empty day is rent you never get back.
Turnover drives vacancy, make-ready, and re-leasing costs.
Moderate
California is the most regulated rental market in the country — AB 1482 rent caps and just-cause rules, AB 628 (stove and refrigerator now required in every rental), deposit deadlines under Civil Code §1950.5. One mistake can cost a month’s rent or more in penalties. Low ≈ $150/yr expected cost · Moderate ≈ $400 · High (older units, voucher holders, past disputes) ≈ $900.
Self-managing costs you about
$6,340/yr
That’s $528 a month — before a single repair bill.
You also hand over 84 hours a year to landlording — two full work weeks.

Where it goes

Your time7 hrs/mo × $50 × 12 months$4,200
Vacancy loss30 empty days every 2 years$1,200
Turnover & re-leasingMake-ready cleaning, lock changes, listing and screening — done on your time and dime$425
Legal & compliance exposureExpected cost of a deposit dispute, a missed notice deadline, or an unlawful-detainer filing$400
Total hidden cost, per year$6,225

The comparison

Full-service management with Reaction RealtyOur owners pay about $2,497 per door per year, all-in — leasing, screening, rent collection, maintenance coordination, inspections, renewals, and 24/7 call answering$2,497
You keep, per year$3,843
Even if your time were worth nothing, the vacancy and turnover alone roughly cover the management fee. Your hours are the profit you’ve been giving away.

Estimates, not a quote. Turnover & re-leasing is estimated at $850 per turn (cleaning, locks, listing, screening), spread over your turnover period. Legal exposure is an annualized expected cost, not a prediction — plenty of years it’s $0, and the year it isn’t, it isn’t small. Management figure is our current average total fees per door per year across the portfolio; your exact fee is confirmed in a written proposal before you sign anything.

What “full-service” actually covers

One monthly fee replaces all of the line items above — and the 2 a.m. phone calls.

Leasing & screening

Professional marketing, showings, and thorough screening — credit, eviction, income, and rental history — handled by licensed staff, with fair-housing compliance built into every step.

Rent collection & enforcement

Online payments, consistent late-fee enforcement, and legally correct notices served on time. You get an owner statement and direct deposit every month, not a spreadsheet you maintain.

Maintenance, coordinated 24/7

Tenant calls are answered around the clock and emergencies are dispatched immediately. Vetted local vendors, photo documentation, and no markup games — you see the actual invoices.

Inspections & renewals

Move-in and move-out inspections with photo reports, periodic interior checks, and lease renewals handled before your tenant starts shopping around — the cheapest vacancy is the one that never happens.

California compliance, handled

AB 1482 caps and exemptions, just-cause rules, AB 628 appliance requirements, deposit accounting and deadlines — tracked by a licensed broker who is personally on the hook if it’s wrong, so it isn’t.

Sales, when the time comes

We’re a full brokerage. When you decide to sell — or trade up into a 2–4 unit — the same team that knows your property and your tenant handles the sale.

Getting started takes one conversation

  1. Request your free rental analysis

    Tell us about the property below. We’ll confirm what it should rent for in today’s Inland Empire market and exactly what management would cost — in writing.

  2. Walk the property with us

    A short visit to flag deferred maintenance, compliance gaps (AB 628 appliances, notices, deposit paperwork), and anything that would slow a lease-up.

  3. We take it from there

    Tenant onboarding or full lease-up, keys, vendors, accounting — you go back to receiving statements instead of phone calls.

Get your free rental analysis

No obligation and no pressure — you’ll get a written rent estimate and an exact management quote for your property, usually within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call us at (909) 870-9046 or email [email protected].

Reaction Realty, Inc. · 9336 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga · Serving the Inland Empire, LA County, Orange County, and Riverside County.

Your calculator result will be attached: self-managing ≈ $6,340/yr vs. management ≈ $2,497/yr.

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