// tenant placement · Oakland
2.3% for Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027 (60% of CPI, 3% maximum); prior year 0.8%. Priced to the market, screened to a written standard, leased with the notices your city requires.
A vacancy costs more than the leasing fee. At Oakland's average rent of $2,323, every empty week is about $540 gone. We price the unit against what is actually renting nearby, list it with professional-quality photos you supply or we arrange, show it on a schedule that fits working applicants, and screen every file against the same written standard. The lease we sign carries the AB 1482 notices or the local ordinance notices the unit needs, so the first day of the tenancy does not become a problem on the last day.
The full picture for owners is on the Oakland page; the service on its own is described under tenant placement.
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2.3% for notices effective Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027 on covered units (certificate of occupancy before Jan 1, 1983). You can add banked increases up to 3 times the current allowable, about 6.9%, if the unit is registered and a current Business Tax Certificate is attached to the notice. Single-family homes and condos follow the state 8.8% cap instead, or are exempt if individually owned with the lease notice.
Yes. The Rent Registry covers every unit, including houses and condos exempt from the cap, and the update is due Mar 1 each year. You also need a Business Tax Certificate ($13.95 per $1,000 of gross rent) and, unless the unit is owner-occupied or under 10 years old, you pay the $137 RAP fee.
It depends on the price and the season. In Lafayette, one flat-fee competitor reports 14 to 21 days to lease. A unit priced to recent comps in Oakland or Berkeley, listed with good photos and shown promptly, is usually in the same range. A unit priced above the market can sit for months.
You set the standard with us before the listing goes live: minimum income multiple, credit floor, reference requirements. Once it is set, the first applicant who meets it gets the unit. Choosing between qualified applicants on anything else is where fair-housing claims come from, and we will not do it.
California caps security deposits at one month's rent (AB 12), whether the unit is furnished or not. In Berkeley the deposit also earns interest that must be paid to the tenant by Dec 31 each year; the 2025 rate was 0.9%.
Typically half of one month's rent, charged once the tenant has signed and paid. It covers pricing, listing, showings, screening, the lease and the move-in report. Nothing is owed if we do not place a tenant.
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What your place should rent for, what the city will let you charge next year, and what we would do first. Written, within one business day.
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Priced to the market, screened to a written standard, leased with the notices your city requires.
The cap, the registry, the fee and the notice for your unit, each on its own calendar.
A 24-hour line, licensed vendors, your approval threshold, and the vendor's invoice with nothing added.
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A written rental analysis for your property, free, within one business day. No obligation and no sales call unless you ask for one.