Orange County
Brea Property Management
Residential and commercial property management for owners in Brea — a flat 7% of collected rent, structured leasing, and monthly reporting you can actually read.
Our Brea property management services
- Market research & rent pricing
- Professional photography
- Listing syndication
- Tenant screening
- Rent collection
- Delinquency follow-up
- Lease management
- Maintenance coordination
- Monthly statements
- Annual inspections
- Move-in / move-out documentation
- Eviction coordination
Overview
Owning rental property in Brea
Brea is Orange County's northernmost city, bordering Los Angeles County near Fullerton and La Habra Heights. The SR-57 freeway and Imperial Highway (SR-90) meet near Brea Mall, one of the county's major regional shopping centers, and the Birch Street corridor in Downtown Brea combines loft and condo residential with retail and dining. Brea-Olinda Unified serves the city's schools.
Brea's property mix runs from single-family suburban neighborhoods to the planned mixed-use lofts and condos of Downtown Brea, plus the retail centers anchored by Brea Mall. We manage that range with weekly vacancy pricing reviews, documented at-cost maintenance, monthly reporting, and CAM administration for retail and mixed-use owners.
How much does Brea property management cost?
Management is a flat 7% of collected rent with a $100 monthly minimum — residential and commercial, regardless of the property’s condition when we take it over. There are no onboarding fees, no maintenance markups, and no fees on rent we don’t collect.
Residential tenant placement is 30% of the first month’s rent, the annual inspection is $100 per unit, and residential lease renewals carry no separate fee. New commercial leases are 3% of total lease value, with renewals at 1%. Every fee we charge is published on our pricing page.
Nearby service areas: Anaheim · Santa Ana · Garden Grove · Orange
See the full Orange County service area.
Marketing
How we market your Brea property
Listings are professionally photographed and syndicated to the major listing platforms through AppFolio, with consistent listing information, organized inquiry handling, and coordinated showings.
Pricing is set from comparable listings, current competition, property condition, location, and market demand — and reviewed every week the property sits vacant. During vacancy you get a weekly update covering listing views, inquiries, showings, applications, and next steps.
Tenant Screening
Screening that holds up
Every applicant is evaluated against the same written rental criteria. Our screening includes:
- Identity verification
- Income and employment verification
- Credit history
- Rental history
- Eviction-related records, where lawfully available
- Background screening, where permitted
For residential properties, JDW Management makes the selection decision — owners are not involved in tenant approval, consistent with fair housing law. For commercial properties, the owner participates in final tenant approval.
Rent Collection
Collected online, followed up on, reported monthly
Rent is paid through the online resident portal, which supports one-time and scheduled payments, and any unpaid balance gets followed up on. Outstanding balances and follow-up status appear in your monthly report.
Our management fee is charged only on rent actually collected — if rent doesn’t come in, we don’t earn on it.
Maintenance
We’ve got your property maintenance covered
You set a repair-authorization threshold at onboarding — the level of spending that requires your sign-off — and everything below it, we just handle. Maintenance expenses are passed through at cost, never marked up, and emergency work can proceed when needed to protect occupants or prevent further damage.
Larger repairs and capital projects get a defined scope, budget, and approval step before work begins, with no project-oversight fee. Tenants submit requests with photos through the resident portal, and every work order is tracked from submission through completion.
Market Context
Home prices and rents in Brea
$131,129
Median household income
$922,300
Median home value
≈ $2,950–3,000/mo
Average 2-bedroom rent
apartment listings, mid-2026
Income and home value: 2024 American Community Survey (via Data USA). Rent: Rentometer/Apartments.com listing averages, 2026. Figures are market context, not a rent guarantee — request a rental analysis for your property.
Talk to Us
Give us a call about your Brea property
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The Promise
Real protection, written into the agreement
Not marketing copy — every commitment below is a term in the management agreement.
Month-to-Month Agreement
No long-term contract. Ever.
Our management agreement runs month to month from day one. We have to re-earn your business every month — you stay because the management is working, not because a contract says you have to.
No Cancellation Fee
Leaving costs you $0.
If we're not the right fit, you leave with simple written notice. No early-termination penalty, no exit fees, no fine print. Terms are stated plainly in the management agreement.
12-Month Re-Leasing Commitment
You never pay twice for one placement.
If a tenant we placed leaves within the first twelve months, we re-lease the unit and waive the leasing fee entirely. Our screening has to hold up — or the re-leasing is on us.
Experts in Education
Your success is our business
Owner guides and California landlord-law explainers, written in plain language.
Owner guides
How to Hire a Property Manager in Southern California
The questions to ask, the fee structures to compare, and the red flags to watch for before signing a management agreement — including how to calculate what a proposal actually costs per year, not just its headline rate.
Owner guides
Preparing Your Property for the Rental Market
A practical make-ready walkthrough for Southern California rentals: the safety items California requires, the small fixes that shorten vacancy, what not to over-improve, how to price against real comparables, and the disclosures to have ready before listing.
Brea questions
What does management cost in Brea?
Management is a flat 7% of collected rent with a $100 monthly minimum — residential and commercial, regardless of condition when we take the property over. There are no onboarding fees. The full fee schedule is on our pricing page.
Do California rent-control rules apply to my property in Brea?
Most residential rentals are governed by California's statewide Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), which caps annual increases for covered properties. Some cities have their own local ordinances on top of the state law. We confirm exactly which rules apply to your property as part of the management proposal.
What property types do you manage in Brea?
Single-family homes, condominiums, and small multifamily properties on the residential side, plus retail and office properties on the commercial side.
Own property in Brea?
Tell us about it and we will prepare a management proposal specific to the property and its market.
We respond within one business day.