Orange County
Fullerton Property Management
Residential and commercial property management for owners in Fullerton — a flat 7% of collected rent, structured leasing, and monthly reporting you can actually read.
Our Fullerton 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 Fullerton
Fullerton is a university city: Cal State Fullerton and Fullerton College sit within a few miles of each other, and the student and staff population they anchor keeps rental demand steady across the city's apartments, condos, and single-family neighborhoods. The 57 and 91 freeways and the Fullerton Transportation Center — served by both Metrolink and Amtrak — connect the city to job centers across Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
Downtown Fullerton's restaurant and retail district gives the city an older, walkable core, and much of the surrounding housing stock is mid-century or older. That age profile rewards owners who stay ahead of maintenance — and it's why our management pairs weekly vacancy pricing reviews with documented, at-cost maintenance coordination.
How much does Fullerton 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: Buena Park · La Habra · Anaheim · Placentia
See the full Orange County service area.
Marketing
How we market your Fullerton 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 Fullerton
$104,286
Median household income
$902,600
Median home value
≈ $2,850/mo
Average 2-bedroom rent
apartment listings, mid-2026
Income and home value: 2024 American Community Survey (via Data USA). Rent: Zumper/Rentometer 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 Fullerton 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.
Fullerton questions
Does Fullerton have rent control?
Fullerton does not have a city rent control ordinance. Most residential rentals fall under California's statewide Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), which caps annual increases for covered properties. We confirm which rules apply to your property during the proposal process.
Do you manage student-oriented rentals near Cal State Fullerton?
Yes. Properties near the university see strong, cyclical demand tied to the academic calendar. We plan leasing timelines around that cycle and apply the same documented screening standards we use everywhere.
Fullerton has a lot of older homes — how do you handle that?
Older housing stock makes proactive maintenance more valuable, not less. Our annual inspections check walls, restrooms, HVAC, roofs, and other long-term assets so deterioration is caught early, and our monthly reporting shows owners exactly what was spent and why.
Own property in Fullerton?
Tell us about it and we will prepare a management proposal specific to the property and its market.
We respond within one business day.
