Rent collection & payouts
Mobile and online payments + cash payment options at thousands of US locations. ACH direct deposit by the 15th. Clean monthly statements.
Full lifecycle10+ services in-house
Every stage of owning a rental — handled in-house.
From your first listing to the day you sell, the same team runs marketing, leasing, maintenance, accounting, and the brokerage work behind buying, building, and selling investment property.
The lifecycle
7 stages- 01LeasingMarketing · screening · TAR leaseJump
- 02AdminRent, books, statements, renewalsJump
- 03Maintenance24/7 in-house triage · zero markupJump
- 04FundingLease advance · private lender benchJump
- 05AcquisitionHometown Realty — investor agentsJump
- 06Build to rentNewPhase Builders — ground-upJump
- 07ExitingList, sell, 1031 — same teamJump
01Phase
Leasing
Where most owners get burned
Leasing is the #1 problem landlords come to us to fix.
Vacancy bleed, weak screening, the wrong tenant — gone.
Marketing that converts. Screenings that protect you. Legal contracts.
DIY listingsHometown leasing engine
Phase kit
What ships in phase 01
- ~98% avg occupancy across 10+ years
- Owner approves every applicant
- TAR® forms · e-sign · no office visits
The problem · The receipts
Empty units bleed rent. Bad tenants cost more. And DIY leasing eats your weekends.
Almost every owner who calls us is dealing with the same three things — a vacant home draining cash, a screening process they can't trust, or a tenant they wish they hadn't picked. So we built our entire leasing engine to crush that fear.
98%
Avg occupancy
across our portfolio
10+
Years running
near-perfect occupancy
~18 days
Avg lease-up
list → signed
200+
Leases signed
every single year
The cost of getting it wrong
Every day vacant is rent you'll never get back.
Based on a $2,250/mo home — the typical B/CS single-family rental. Days on market is the single biggest lever on your annual yield.
30 days vacant
$2,250 lost
30 days
14 days vacant
$1,050 lost
14 days
Our avg: ~18 days
Re-leased fast
18 days
What you're handing us
The full leasing stack — handled.
Every step from first photo to signed lease, run in-house by people who've done it 200+ times a year for a decade.
01
Marketing & listings
Pro photos, video, conversion-focused listing copy, MLS reach, agent network, and wide syndication. No advertising upcharges. Optional sponsored campaigns available.
02
Tenant screening
Identity, income, employment, prior rental history, credit, eviction, criminal, and animal records. You have final approval on every applicant.
03
Lease execution
All forms based on Texas Association of Realtors® promulgated forms. E-sign leases. Move-in coordination without office visits.
How the engine works
How we turn a listing into the right signed lease.
Volume at the top, ruthless screening in the middle, one signed lease at the bottom. You approve every applicant before we move forward.
Step 1
120+
Inquiries
per listing, avg
Step 2
25
Showings
qualified visits
Step 3
8
Applications
fully vetted
Step 4
3
Approved
owner-approved
Step 5
1
Signed lease
right tenant
02Phase
Operate
Transferring responsibility
The lease is signed. Now the real work begins.
Day-to-day, off your plate.
Rent collection. 24/7 maintenance triage. Lease renewals. Monthly statements. Vendor coordination. Eviction support.
Lease-up — doneFull management
Phase kit
What ships in phase 02
- 6 services running in the background
- 24/7 in-house maintenance triage — no voicemail
- Zero-markup vendor billing · ACH by the 15th
Maintenance — in-house, 24/7
Pre-dispatch troubleshooting saves you unnecessary trip costs (we ask for photos and check breakers/filters first). After-hours real triage team — not voicemail.
Vendor network
Extensive Texas-wide network from our work in subdivision development, new construction, and remodeling.
Owner portal
Real-time analytics, income reports, document storage, and direct communication with your assigned property manager.
Direct vendor billing
Vendors bill owners directly for maintenance, repairs, and cleaning — guaranteed zero markup from us.
Eviction handling
A-Z process management. Notices issued by the 3rd of the month for non-payment. We handle the rest.
03Phase
Maintenance
The line item every other PM marks up
We make money when you keep yours.
In-house triage. Zero markup. 24/7.
Most managers profit on every truck roll. We don't roll a truck unless we have to — pre-dispatch triage resolves roughly a third of tickets before a tech ever gets in a van, and when one does, the vendor bills you direct on real letterhead. No markup, no padded hours, no hidden trip fee. Provable on every statement.
Generic opsIn-house maintenance
Phase kit
What ships in phase 03
- ~30% of tickets resolved by triage — before dispatch
- 0% markup · vendors invoice owners directly
- 24/7 in-house emergency team — a real tech, not voicemail
Maintenance chapterThe promiseThe processThe proofThe 24/7 promise
The promise · The receipts
The numbers behind no-markup maintenance.
Three numbers that decide whether maintenance drains your yield or protects it.
~0%
of requests resolved by triage — before a tech is ever dispatched
0%
markup on vendor invoices — vendor bills you direct, every time
24/7
in-house emergency team — a real triage tech, not voicemail
The process
Four steps between a tenant ping and a truck on the curb.
Most tickets stop at step 2. Only the ones that actually need a tech reach step 4.
1
Tenant pings the app
Issue submitted in seconds via online or mobile app — with photos required.
2
A real person responds
Breakers, filters, leaks, reset buttons — we troubleshoot live before anyone gets dispatched.
~$100 avg trip charge avoided
3
Rapid virtual inspection
We confirm the actual problem and the right scope — not a guess from a phone call.
4
Dispatch — only if needed
Right vendor, right tools. Vendor bills you direct. You're informed every step.
How the math works for you
Every line item, in your favor — all the work, zero markup.
Direct vendor billing
Vendors invoice you, not us. You see the real number on real letterhead. We never touch the invoice — so we can't pad it.
Landlord-only vendor pricing
Years of subdivision development, new construction, and remodel work earned us pricing our owners inherit. Cheaper than calling vendors yourself.
Zero incentive to over-service
No markup on trips, parts, or hours. Our only upside is keeping you as a long-term client — so we save you money on purpose.
24/7 emergency maintenance
24/7 crews. Rapid response. Zero voicemail.
Active leak, no AC in a Texas summer, lockout at midnight — handled the second it comes in. Most after-hours calls still resolve without a truck. When one rolls, the vendor invoices you direct.
04Phase · Capital
The capital move no other PM in BCS makes.
Two pillars, one purpose: free up the cash you need to grow. We'll literally front you the entire lease upfront when you need liquidity now — no other property manager in the Brazos Valley does this. And when it's time for a bigger move, we open the door to the lenders who actually fund landlords here.
Only PM in BCS doing this
Get the entire lease.
Paid upfront.
11 months of rent in your account this week — not next year. We literally front you the full lease term so you can move on what matters now.
90%
Of the lease, fronted
0
Other BCS PMs offering it
1-2 Days
To funding — not months
Liquidity for a major repair. A down payment on the next property. A bridge between deals. Whatever the reason you need cash now, you don't have to sell the asset to get it — we hand you the lease in one check and collect rent on the back end as usual.
Step 1
Qualify
Quick review of the property and lease.
Step 2
We fund
Lump sum hits your account in days.
Step 3
Collect as normal
Tenant pays us, you keep the runway.
Private lender network. Clients only.
Need a mortgage on the next door? We already know who's funding it.
Our clients get a private bench of lenders — local banks, private money, mortgage and asset-based — competing for your deal. Better terms. Faster yes. No cold-calling loan officers who've never funded a rental.
On the bench
- Local banks
- Private money
- Mortgage lenders
- Asset-based
Buying the next rental. Refi'ing out of hard money. Pulling equity to scale. One call — we put you in front of the lender who says yes.
05Phase · Buy or build
Two ways to add doors.
You don't find deals on Zillow. You find them through agents who think like investors — or you build exactly what you want from the ground up. Either way, you hand us the keys at closing and we start collecting rent.
Path A · Buy
Buy the next rental. Already leased or lease-ready.
Hometown Realty agents think like landlords — they source on-market and off-market deals, run the numbers, and close. Then it rolls straight into management without you lifting a finger.
→ Same Ryan walks you through it
See the buy pathPath B · Build
Build from dirt. 10-year warranty, zero deferred maintenance.
NewPhase Home Builders — five generations in the Brazos Valley — constructs rental-ready homes on your lot or ours. You get a brand-new asset with a warranty and no surprises.
→ Same Ryan walks you through it
See the build pathThe Hometown Investment Desk
When you're ready to buy your next rental, you're already with the right team.
- 2025 Agent of the Year · Bryan / College Station · Brazos County
- Top 3% of all brokerages · Brazos County · by total homes sold
Most owners shop for their next rental alone — Zillow tabs and cold calls to listing agents who don't know rentals. Hometown owners get a buy-side desk on the inside: on- and off-market deals surfaced first, real ROI run against rents we already collect on the street, and an offer written by an agent who knows what the property will actually rent for the day it closes.
Off-market access
Deals from our owner network, builder pipeline, and agents in the field — surfaced to you before they hit MLS.
ROI run on real rents
We manage hundreds of doors in BCS. The rent comp isn't a guess — it's what the house next door is actually leased for.
Same team after closing
The agent who writes your offer hands the keys straight to your property manager. No new vendor. No re-onboarding.
One agent. One desk. Your unfair advantage in Brazos County.
Licensed investment-focused agents — Ryan plus a full in-house team — find deals, analyze ROI, negotiate, close
Full dispositions when you're ready to sell — list, market, 1031 exchange, close — same team
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Your buy-side agent
Ryan
Owner · Hometown Management, Realty & NewPhase
- 2025 Agent of the Year · Top 3% · Brazos County
- One file, all three phases — buy → manage → build → sell. No handoff.
"If we're going to manage your next rental, I want to be the one who finds it. I'll run the comps with you, walk the property, and only push the deal if the numbers actually work."
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Or send Ryan your hunt
Informational only — not tax, legal, or investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult your CPA and a licensed advisor before making decisions.
Or build from scratch
Don't just buy a rental — build one. Backed by five generations of home builders.
When Ryan puts on his NewPhase Home Builders hat, he's the same person who manages your portfolio — now walking the lot, choosing the plan, and standing behind the build. Five generations of home builders behind him, a 10-year structural warranty on every home, and a property manager (himself) waiting to take the keys the day it closes.
Five generations building in BCS — same family, same town, since the early 1900s
10-year structural warranty — included on every NewPhase home — in writing
Build on your land or ours — turnkey lots in active Bryan/College Station neighborhoods
Rental-ready handoff — Hometown Management takes over the day it closes
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Your builder contact
Ryan
Owner · Hometown Management, Realty & NewPhase · Backed by our in-house team
10-Year Structural Warranty
In writing · every NewPhase home · 5 generations in BCS
"If we're going to manage it for the next 20 years, I want to be the one who built it. I walk every NewPhase build personally — same number, same person, same accountability."
Ryan + our in-house team, all three phases
Buy → manage → build → sell. You don't get handed off. Ryan stays on the file from the first call to the closing table, with our in-house team executing every step.
06Phase · Exit
When you're ready to sell, there's no handoff.
Same team, same file, same Ryan. He managed your property. Now he lists it, markets it, and closes it — with 1031 exchange support if you're rolling into the next deal.
List with the same team
Your property manager hands the file straight to your listing agent at Hometown Realty. No starting over, no re-explaining the property.
Tenant-occupied or vacant
We coordinate showings around the active lease, or time the listing to a planned move-out so the home shows at its best.
1031 exchange ready
Roll the proceeds straight into your next deal with our investment-focused agents. One team for the sale and the next purchase.
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Your listing agent
Ryan
Owner · Hometown Management, Realty & NewPhase · Backed by our in-house team
"By the time you're ready to sell, I already know the property better than anyone — every repair, every tenant, every lease. Nothing to onboard. We just go list it."
Ryan + our in-house team, all three phases
Buy → manage → build → sell. You don't get handed off. Ryan stays on the file from the first call to the closing table, with our in-house team executing every step.
The honest comparison
Why our results beat DIY.
Self-managing can work — until one bad tenant or one missed compliance step erases a year of returns. Here's how the math actually shakes out.
Category
Self-manage
With Hometown
Tenant screening
DIY credit check, hope for the best
ID, income, employment, prior landlord, credit, eviction, criminal, pet vet records
Marketing
Zillow listing + crossed fingers
In-house agency: pro photo, video, listing copy, MLS + wide syndication, no upcharges
Maintenance after-hours
Your phone at 2am
24/7 in-house triage team — never voicemail
Lease forms
Generic templates from the internet
Texas Association of Realtors® promulgated lease, application & management agreement
Compliance
You track it
Texas Property Code, Fair Housing, habitability, HOA — monitored for you
Vacancy risk
All on you
~97% portfolio occupancy sustained over 10+ years
You just saw the full lifecycle
All under one roof.
- 01Leasing
- 02Admin
- 03Maintenance
- 04Funding
- 05Acquisition
- 06Build
- 07Exit
Lease it. Run it. Grow it. Sell it. One team.
The fit check is the actual first step — a 2-minute owner questionnaire. We review the same day and only reach out when we know we can help.
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