What Elite Development Group does

Elite Development Group, LLC is a private, founder-controlled real estate investment, construction, and property management operator headquartered at 224 N George St in York, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2008, the company operates through three primary service divisions: Elite Property Management (third-party management of rental properties for outside owners, currently more than 1,300 units across York County and the greater Harrisburg area), Elite Buys Homes (a direct cash home-buying sub-brand purchasing properties in any condition), and Property Sales (in-house real estate brokerage focused on investment properties). The company also retains a Construction/Renovations capability that originated with its founding as a real estate investment and construction firm.

The operating model is built around the AppFolio property management platform, which provides the tenant-facing portal for online applications, rent payment, and maintenance requests, and supplies the underlying data for Elite's proprietary AppFolio to Sheets Connector — a Google Workspace add-on priced at $14.99/month that replicates AppFolio report data into Google Sheets for owner and operator analysis. Revenue mechanics span recurring monthly property management fees, one-time leasing and setup fees, $25 per-applicant application fees, recurring pet-related fees, transaction-based cash home purchases and brokerage commissions, and a small software license stream. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer across all lines, with separate dedicated websites, social media pages, and phone-based sales/leasing teams for each division.

The company serves three distinct customer segments: residential rental property owners and investors (primary), residential tenants (primary), and home sellers (secondary). It is exposed to the south central Pennsylvania real estate cycle and operates with a small corporate team (1–10 employees in the firmographic count, though the team cites 50+ years of combined experience). No institutional funding, parent company, or public listing is disclosed.

Name

Elite Development Group

Legal name

Elite Development Group, LLC

Website

https://elite.team

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Elite Development Group is a York, Pennsylvania-based private real estate operator managing 1,300+ rental units across South Central Pennsylvania and offering cash home buying, brokerage, and construction services to individual property owners, tenants, and home sellers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Property Management Fees: Monthly management fees for overseeing investment properties. Includes all property management and accounting activities such as rent collection, accounts receivable audits, move-out inspections, and tenant contact. Access to property management system, monthly owner statements, rent roll reports, and work order reports are included in the management fee.
2. Leasing Fees: One-time fees for tenant placement services including marketing on Elite website, Facebook, Craigslist, and major rental sites, applicant and background check processing, property showings, lease agreement creation, and move-in inspection.
3. Set-up Fees: One-time onboarding fee for new properties including changing all unit deadbolts with Elite's proprietary master system, first month's management fee, new unit checklist completion, and tenant contact/onboarding for occupied units or Rent Ready Inspection for vacant units.
4. Application Fees: Non-refundable application fee of $25 per occupant 18 years of age or older. Applications are submitted to the company, not for specific properties.
5. Pet-related Revenue: Pet fees either as security deposit ($250 per pet, refundable) plus $25 monthly rent per pet, or monthly pet fee of $40 per pet without security deposit.
6. Home Buying (Elite Buys Homes): Direct cash purchase of homes in any condition. Revenue generated from acquiring properties below market value, making improvements, and either renting or selling for profit.
7. Property Sales Commission: Real estate sales services for investment properties, helping sellers get the best price for their current or future properties.
8. Software License Sales: AppFolio to Sheets Connector sold as a subscription license for $14.99, enabling AppFolio users to extract and analyze report data in Google Sheets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Elite Development Group is a York, Pennsylvania-based real estate investment and construction company operating multiple divisions: Elite Property Management (managing more than 1,300 rental units across York County and Central Pennsylvania), Property Sales (in-house real estate sales for investment properties), Elite Buys Homes (direct cash home purchasing), and Construction/Renovations. The company also sells the AppFolio to Sheets Connector, a subscription-based Google Sheets add-on that integrates with AppFolio's Property Manager Plus API.

Product overview

Elite Development Group is a real estate investment and construction company offering a portfolio of services through distinct divisions: Elite Property Management (core service including tenant relations, rent collection, maintenance coordination, and access to property management system), Property Sales (in-house real estate sales team), Elite Buys Homes (cash home buying sub-brand), and Construction/Renovations. Additionally, the company offers the AppFolio to Sheets™ Connector, a paid Google Sheets add-on that integrates with AppFolio's Property Manager Plus API to extract and load property management report data into Google Sheets for analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elite Property Management Full-service residential rental property management for owners in York County and Central Pennsylvania, covering tenant relations, rent collection, maintenance coordination, accounts receivable tracking, monthly owner statements, rent roll reports, work order reports, and online portal access. Currently managing more than 1,300 units.
• Property Sales In-house real estate sales services for investment properties, leveraging local housing market expertise to help owners maximize returns on current or future property sales.
• Elite Buys Homes Direct cash purchase of homes in any condition in York and Central Pennsylvania, providing sellers a hassle-free transaction without repair costs, realtor fees, or hidden costs, with cash offers typically delivered within 24 hours and flexible closing timelines.
• Construction / Renovations Construction and renovation services supporting the company's real estate investment and improvement operations, including property turnovers and improvements after acquisition.
• AppFolio to Sheets Connector Google Sheets add-on for AppFolio Property Manager Plus users that extracts report data via API credentials and loads it into Sheets for analysis, with pre-built report connectors for Work Order Detail, Unit Vacancy Detail, Unit Directory, Property Directory, Tenant Directory, and Owner Directory, including date and property group filtering. Sold as a $14.99/month subscription license.

Quantifiable outcome

• Address all work orders within 24 hours
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AppFoliocoreTechnology or IntegrationAppFolio serves as the core property management platform for Elite Development Group. Additionally, Elite has built an AppFolio to Sheets Connector that integrates with AppFolio's Property Manager Plus API to extract report data (Work Order Detail, Unit Vacancy, Directories) into Google Sheets for analysis. Elite is a user of AppFolio and has built proprietary tools to enhance its functionality. Note: 'This product is not developed by or supported by AppFolio.'

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Direct peers

• HomeVestors of America: Franchised cash home buyer ('We Buy Ugly Houses') that purchases distressed properties directly from sellers. Closest peer to Elite Buys Homes in business model — direct cash acquisition of as-is homes — though operating as a national franchise versus Elite's regional operation.
• Offerpad Solutions: iBuying company that purchases homes directly from sellers for cash and resells them after renovation. Comparable to Elite Buys Homes' core trade — acquiring properties as-is and disposing at a margin — with Offerpad operating at materially larger scale.
• Opendoor: iBuying platform that makes cash offers on homes, repairs them, and resells. Directly comparable to Elite Buys Homes' cash-buying-and-resell model, with the key difference being Opendoor's national tech-enabled scale versus Elite's local execution.
• Progress Residential: Large single-family rental (SFR) operator that leases and manages thousands of rental homes across multiple U.S. markets. Directly comparable to Elite Property Management in the SFR/leasing model, though at substantially greater scale and national footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Keller Williams Realty: Largest real estate franchise by agent count, providing residential brokerage and ancillary real estate services. Comparable to Elite's Property Sales division, but as a national franchise versus Elite's in-house local team.
• Redfin: Tech-enabled residential brokerage that also offers iBuying through RedfinNow. Comparable to Elite's Property Sales division and partly to Elite Buys Homes, but operating nationally and at substantially larger scale.
• Invitation Homes: Largest publicly traded single-family rental REIT, owning and operating ~85,000 homes. Comparable to Elite in the SFR tenant/property management model, but as an owner-operator at REIT scale versus Elite's third-party manager profile.
• American Homes 4 Rent: Public single-family rental REIT that owns, leases, and manages ~60,000 homes. Overlaps with Elite Property Management's leasing and resident-management functions, with the difference being AMH's owner-operator REIT model.
• AppFolio: Property management software platform used by Elite as its core operating system and integrated with Elite's AppFolio to Sheets Connector. Comparable as the software backbone for property managers, and a strategic partner/incumbent platform in Elite's stack.
• Greystar Real Estate Partners: Largest U.S. multifamily and SFR property manager, operating hundreds of thousands of units globally. Overlaps with Elite Property Management in third-party management services, but operates at a vastly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/elitepropertymanagementinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elitedevelopmentgroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/elitepropertymanagementinc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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