What Professional Property Managers does

Professional Property Managers, Inc. (PPMI) is a privately-held residential property management firm headquartered at 1618 Centinela Avenue in Inglewood, California, serving the Southern California market. The company provides full-service property management to residential property owners, covering leasing, inspections, tax handling, maintenance coordination, and utilities support, and serves residential tenants as a secondary user base for rent payment and maintenance requests. PPMI operates a horizontal, direct-to-consumer go-to-market: prospective owners contact the office by phone at (323) 212-4119 or via dedicated email addresses ([email protected], [email protected]), while tenants and owners self-serve through separate online portals.

PPMI's technology backbone is the third-party AppFolio property management platform, which powers both the owner portal (property performance statements, rental application acceptance, online troubleshooting) and the tenant portal (online rent payment, automatic payment setup, payment history). Supporting tools include a Maintenance Request System with a stated 48-hour turnaround for non-emergency requests, a Vacancy Listings page for marketing available rentals, and a Utilities Information Portal that aggregates contact details for regional providers such as LADWP, SoCal Edison, SoCal Gas, Spectrum, and AT&T. PPMI owns no proprietary technology, patents, or trademarks and holds no disclosed certifications or formal partnerships.

The business model is recurring-fee property management services: PPMI earns ongoing management fees from property owners for the bundle of leasing, inspection, tax, and maintenance services rather than from one-time transactions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled on a quote basis per engagement. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional backing, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no leadership team identified beyond general office contacts, and no social media presence beyond its corporate website (ppmiservices.net). Geographic scope is limited to Southern California with no evidence of multi-office expansion or digital national reach.

Name

Professional Property Managers

Legal name

Professional Property Managers, Inc.

Website

https://ppmiservices.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Professional Property Managers, Inc. (PPMI) is a private, single-office residential property management firm in Inglewood, California, serving property owners and tenants across Southern California with leasing, inspections, maintenance, and tax services delivered through AppFolio-powered online portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Inglewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Management Services: PPMI earns revenue through property management fees charged to property owners. The company handles leasing, inspections, taxes, maintenance, and other property management tasks as a one-stop-shop solution. Revenue is derived from ongoing management services rather than one-time transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Professional Property Managers (PPMI) is a residential property management firm that handles leasing, tenant screening, property inspections, tax handling, maintenance coordination, and tenant issue resolution for property owners. Services are delivered through the firm's Inglewood, California headquarters and AppFolio-powered online owner and tenant portals that support rental applications, online rent payment, payment history, performance statements, and maintenance request submissions.

Product overview

PPMI offers a unified property management platform serving both property owners and tenants. The core offering consists of property management services (leasing, inspections, maintenance, taxes) delivered through web-based portals. Owner Portal enables property owners to view performance statements and manage rental applications, while Tenant Portal allows tenants to pay rent and manage payments. Supporting tools include the Maintenance Request System for work orders and Utilities Information Portal for tenant convenience. All online services are accessed through AppFolio-powered portals at propropertymanagersinc.appfolio.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Management Services Full-service residential property management for property owners, covering leasing, tenant screening, property inspections, tax handling, and ongoing maintenance coordination. Delivered via the Inglewood, California headquarters and AppFolio-powered owner/tenant portals.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Others

• AppFolio: Property management SaaS platform that powers PPMI's owner and tenant portals. Provides the underlying technology stack PPMI relies on, and itself competes in the property management software category PPMI uses.
• Yardi Systems: Major property management software platform serving residential and commercial operators. Comparable to PPMI as a backend enabling residential property management, though positioned as a technology vendor rather than service operator.
• Buildium: Cloud-based property management software for residential and community associations. Alternative to AppFolio in the same SaaS category, comparable to PPMI's operational stack rather than its service offering.

Broad incumbents

• FirstService Residential: Large North American residential property manager serving condominiums, HOAs, and rental communities. Comparable to PPMI's residential property management focus but at far greater scale and with diversified service offerings.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with significant property management operations, including multifamily. Overlaps with PPMI in third-party property management services, but operates globally across many asset classes.
• Greystar Real Estate Partners: Largest residential and property management company in the US, managing hundreds of thousands of multifamily units. Overlaps with PPMI in residential property management but operates at vastly larger scale across national markets.
• RPM Living: US third-party residential property manager focused on multifamily and single-family rentals. Comparable to PPMI in residential property management services, though with substantially larger portfolios and a multi-region footprint.
• Lincoln Property Company: Major US residential property manager and developer with a national portfolio. Comparable to PPMI as a residential property manager, but with institutional scale, in-house technology, and broader geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Hemlane: Tech-enabled residential property management service targeting small landlords and single-family rentals. Comparable to PPMI in residential property management, but with a software-first, lighter-touch model.
• Boulevard ( Boulevard Labs): Software platform purpose-built for single-family and small multifamily property managers. Comparable to PPMI in serving the small-residential property management segment, though as a vendor of workflow automation rather than operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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