Alpine Property Management

What Alpine Property Management does

Alpine Property Management is a privately held, veteran-owned property management company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Big Sky, Montana. The company serves two distinct customer segments in the Southwest Montana luxury mountain resort market: (1) individual second-homeowners who require full-service, year-round property oversight including weekly inspections, 24/7 emergency support, arrival preparation, and project management; and (2) homeowner and condominium associations that outsource governance, financial management, compliance oversight, and maintenance coordination. Alpine manages more than 140 private homes across Spanish Peaks and Big Sky, and over 18 named HOA/condo communities (including Powder Ridge, Lakota Cabins, Mountain Lake Condos, Moose Ridge, and Westfork Meadows).

The company is structured around three service divisions — Private Home Management, Community Management, and Maintenance and Project Management — each led by a divisional chief under President and General Manager Dave Buckingham. Operations are delivered by an 11-50 person team (approximately 20-25 individuals named on the website), all of whom live locally in Southwest Montana, supported by an in-house maintenance technician team and a network of licensed subcontractors. Service delivery relies on standard property management software, electronic financial record-keeping, and a dedicated HOA owner portal (hoa.alpinebigsky.com); no proprietary technology platform has been disclosed. Revenue is generated through two streams: recurring subscription-style private home management fees and managed-services contracts for HOA/condo associations, with quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed. The company maintains a 24/7 emergency response line, an in-house maintenance capability, and a multi-channel client communication system (phone, text, email). Geographic footprint is limited to a single luxury resort market with no public evidence of expansion outside the Spanish Peaks/Big Sky corridor.

Name

Alpine Property Management

Legal name

Alpine Property Management

Website

https://alpinebigsky.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alpine Property Management is a veteran-owned, Big Sky, Montana-based property management firm founded in 2001 that provides recurring private home management and HOA/condo association services to 140+ luxury second homes and 18 community associations in Southwest Montana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Property Management

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Resort/Second-Home Community Association Management (BPAJAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

HOA / Condominium Association Management (BPAJAFAH)

Keywords

• Vacation home management
• Residential property management
• HOA association management
• Second home services
• Home maintenance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Big Sky

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Private Home Management Services: Ongoing property management services for second homeowners including weekly inspections, maintenance management, arrival preparation, project management, and 24/7 support. Revenue is likely recurring (subscription-based) given the continuous nature of services.
2. HOA/Condo Association Management: Professional association management services including governance, financial management, compliance, and property maintenance coordination for homeowner associations and condo communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alpine Property Management provides full-service residential property management for second homeowners in Southwest Montana, assigning a personal property manager to each client for weekly inspections, 24/7 support, maintenance coordination, and arrival preparation. It also delivers professional management services for homeowner and condominium associations, covering governance, financial oversight, compliance, and maintenance coordination across more than 18 communities.

Product overview

Alpine Property Management offers a unified property management service portfolio for second homeowners and community associations in Southwest Montana. The core offerings consist of Private Home Management (personal property managers, weekly inspections, and maintenance coordination for individual homeowners) and Comprehensive Maintenance Management (in-house maintenance team plus contractor network for scheduled and unscheduled repairs, plus project management for major upgrades). A third service pillar, Condo/HOA Management, provides governance, financial management, and operational services for homeowner associations. The company manages over 140 homes across Spanish Peaks and Big Sky, and services are delivered through a local, veteran-owned team based in Big Sky, Montana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Home Management Full-service property management for second homeowners in Southwest Montana, providing a personal property manager, weekly inspections with photo reports, 24/7 support, arrival preparation, airport transfers, package handling, and ongoing maintenance coordination.
• Comprehensive Maintenance Management In-house maintenance team combined with a network of vetted licensed contractors delivering scheduled maintenance (heating, plumbing, HVAC, water purification, snow removal, etc.) and responsive unscheduled repairs, plus project management for major renovations and upgrades.
• Condo / Homeowners Association Management Professional association management for HOA and condo communities, covering governance, financial management, compliance oversight, meeting facilitation, vendor coordination, and regular property inspections for approximately 18 community associations in Southwest Montana.

Quantifiable outcome

• Detailed weekly inspection reports with images delivered to homeowners
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Real Estate: National luxury real estate brokerage with adjacent property management, leasing, and concierge services. Comparable in serving wealthy second-homeowners, but operates as a much larger tech-enabled real estate platform rather than a local management firm.
• FirstService Residential: One of the largest residential property and HOA management companies in North America. Comparable to Alpine as a third-party manager of HOAs and luxury residential communities, but operates at national scale rather than a single resort market.
• Vacasa: Large national vacation rental management company with significant presence in mountain resort markets including Montana. Comparable in serving second-homeowners with property care and management services, but operating at tech-enabled national scale.
• Associa: Largest community association management firm in North America, serving HOAs, condominiums, and master-planned communities. Directly comparable service offering (HOA governance, financial management, maintenance oversight) but with national footprint and technology infrastructure Alpine lacks.

Regional players

• Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates: Luxury real estate brokerage and property services firm in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Comparable as a regional provider to affluent second-homeowners in a mountain resort market with property management, leasing, and HOA-adjacent services.
• Lone Mountain Land Company: Big Sky-area real estate and development company actively involved in Spanish Peaks and Moonlight Basin communities. Comparable as a co-located Big Sky service provider to the same high-end second-homeowner base that Alpine serves.
• Telluride Properties / Telluride Rental Management: Telluride-area property management and real estate services firm serving luxury second-homeowners in another Western mountain resort. Comparable customer profile and service mix (private home care, HOA support, maintenance) but different geography.
• Big Sky Vacations: Vacation rental and property management company operating in the Big Sky market. Overlaps with Alpine in serving second-homeowners in the same geography, with comparable services like property care and guest coordination, though rental-focused.

Direct peers

• CCMC: Community association management company serving HOAs and condominium communities across multiple U.S. regions. Closely comparable in core service (HOA management, board support, financial oversight) though larger and more geographically diversified than Alpine.
• Mountain Managers (Vail Valley): Property management firm serving HOAs and luxury second-homeowners in Colorado mountain resort communities. Closely comparable to Alpine in service offering, customer segment, and resort-market operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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