Blue Key Property Management

What Blue Key Property Management does

Blue Key Property Management, Inc. is a privately held, full-service residential property management company headquartered in Vancouver, WA with a second office in Portland, OR (Blue Key Property Management, Inc., licensed as a Real Estate Broker in both Washington and Oregon). The firm manages single-family homes, duplexes, condos, and townhomes — generally valued from the mid-$300,000s and above — for individual property owners and investors across the Vancouver WA / Portland OR metropolitan area, and it also serves tenants seeking quality rentals within that same footprint.

The operating stack is built on the third-party AppFolio property management platform, exposed to clients through a dedicated Tenant Portal (online rent payment, maintenance requests) and Owner Portal (monthly statements, year-end reports, inspection documentation). The firm's differentiated in-house product is a 178-point inspection system used for move-in, move-out, and mid-term evaluations with photo records, supported by 10-point tenant background screening (criminal, sex-offender, credit, employment, income, rental history), attorney-reviewed lease agreements, a 24/7 maintenance emergency line, a contractor network, and eviction coordination.

Commercially, Blue Key runs a sales-led, recurring-revenue model charging a flat 8% management fee on monthly rent — collected only when the home is rented — with no setup, screening, accounting, maintenance-markup, lease-renewal, report, or 1099 fees. Distribution is direct-to-owner via two physical offices, bluekeypm.com, 30+ listing sites (Google, Craigslist, Zillow, Trulia), yard signs, and referral networks; ancillary services include free rental market analysis (lead generation) and full real estate brokerage for buying and selling investment properties. The firm reports between 1 and 10 employees and over 30 years of combined team experience across property management, real estate, marketing, and IT.

Name

Blue Key Property Management

Legal name

Blue Key Property Management, Inc

Website

https://bluekeypm.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blue Key Property Management is a privately held, full-service residential property management firm serving individual property owners and tenants in the Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR metro on an 8%-of-rent recurring fee, using AppFolio portals and a proprietary 178-point inspection system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Property Management

NAICS

Real Estate Property Managers (53131), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Investment Property Brokerage (SFR/Small Multifamily) (BPAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Residential property management
• Tenant screening services
• Rent collection services
• Single family rentals
• Rental property marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Management Fees: Low 8% management fee charged only when a home is rented. No setup fees, no owner-paid screening fees, no accounting fees, no maintenance mark-up fees, no lease renewal fees, no report fees, and no 1099 fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Blue Key Property Management is a full-service residential property management firm serving the Vancouver WA and Portland OR metropolitan area. The company manages single-family homes, duplexes, condos, and townhomes on behalf of property owners, providing tenant screening, rent collection, marketing across 30+ websites, maintenance coordination with 24/7 emergency support, 178-point inspections, financial reporting, and eviction processing. The firm is licensed as a Real Estate Broker in both Oregon and Washington.

Product overview

Blue Key Property Management is a full-service residential property management company offering a comprehensive suite of services for single-family homes, duplexes, condos, and townhomes in the Vancouver WA and Portland OR metro area. The core offering includes property management services encompassing tenant screening, rent collection, property marketing through 30+ websites, maintenance coordination with 24/7 emergency support, comprehensive inspections (178-point move-in/move-out and mid-term), eviction processing, and financial reporting. Supporting the core service are sub-products including an online Tenant Portal for rent payments and maintenance requests, an Owner Portal for financial reporting and property access, and a Free Rental Market Analysis service. The company also offers Full Real Estate Services for buying and selling investment properties. The company utilizes AppFolio as their property management software platform and charges an 8% management fee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Management Services Full-service residential property management for single-family homes, duplexes, condos, and townhomes in the Vancouver WA and Portland OR metro area, including tenant screening, rent collection, maintenance coordination, 178-point inspections, financial reporting, and eviction handling for individual property owners and investors.
• Full Real Estate Services Real estate brokerage assistance with buying and selling investment properties in Portland OR and Vancouver WA, provided by a firm licensed as a Real Estate Broker in both Oregon and Washington.
• Free Rental Market Analysis Complimentary rental market analysis service helping property owners determine appropriate rental rates for their residential investment properties in the Vancouver WA and Portland OR metro area.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tenant homes typically rented in less than 2 weeks with proper marketing
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Doorstead: Tech-enabled residential PM offering guaranteed-rent and full-service management in select Western US metros. Comparable because it targets the same owner segment with a fee-based, full-service model and digital onboarding.
• Mynd: Tech-enabled residential property manager operating across multiple US metros. Comparable because it offers full-service SFR management with online owner and tenant portals, integrated maintenance, and recurring management fees - the same operating model Blue Key competes against.
• Belong: Tech-forward residential property manager providing full-service SFR management with a strong digital owner experience. Comparable because it competes for the same owner customer with a similar recurring-fee, full-service offering.

Direct peers

• Real Property Management: National residential property management franchise with local operators in Portland and Vancouver WA. Closely comparable because it offers full-service SFR/Small Multifamily management with recurring management fees, tenant screening, and inspections across the same metros.
• HomeRiver Group: One of the largest US residential property managers with a Pacific Northwest presence. Directly comparable because it manages single-family rental portfolios for individual owners with full-service offerings, tenant screening, and owner reporting.
• RPM (Rent Portland Homes By Darla Andrew / HomeSmart): Local Portland-area residential property management firm serving SFR and small multifamily owners. Directly comparable because it competes head-to-head in the same metro with similar full-service management and tenant placement offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Renters Warehouse: National residential property management franchise with local operators in the Pacific Northwest. Comparable because it offers full-service SFR management for owners using a recurring-fee model.
• Greystar: Largest US residential and student property manager. Comparable because it operates a full-service management platform for rental housing owners, though it skews toward larger multifamily rather than SFR.

Regional players

• Mainlander Property Management: Pacific Northwest-focused residential property manager. Comparable because it targets the same owner segment in the same Portland/Vancouver corridor with full-service SFR management.
• Black Bird Property Management: Local Portland-area residential property management firm. Comparable because it offers full-service SFR management, tenant screening, and owner reporting in the same metro.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BlueKey_PM
• Facebookfacebook.com/BlueKeyPM

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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