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San Clemente Property Management

Residential and commercial property management for owners in San Clemente — a flat 7% of collected rent, structured leasing, and monthly reporting you can actually read.

Our San Clemente 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 San Clemente

San Clemente — known by its official slogan, "Spanish Village by the Sea" — sits along I-5 at Orange County's southern edge, its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture built around red tile roofs and cream stucco. The San Clemente Pier, first built in 1928, anchors a coastline known for surfing, including the Trestles break that will host surfing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and the Outlets at San Clemente serve as the city's major retail center.

San Clemente's housing mixes coastal single-family homes and condos with a smaller apartment base, and rentals here compete on presentation and proximity to the beach. We manage that market with weekly vacancy pricing reviews, documented at-cost maintenance, and monthly reporting owners can rely on.

How much does San Clemente 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 San Clemente 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 San Clemente

$140,062

Median household income

≈ $1.4M

Median home value

≈ $3,504/mo

Average 2-bedroom rent

apartment listings, mid-2026

Income and home value: 2024 American Community Survey (via Data USA). Rent: RentCafe listing average, mid-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 San Clemente 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.

San Clemente questions

What does management cost in San Clemente?

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 San Clemente?

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 San Clemente?

Single-family homes, condominiums, and small multifamily properties on the residential side, plus retail and office properties on the commercial side.

Own property in San Clemente?

Tell us about it and we will prepare a management proposal specific to the property and its market.

We respond within one business day.

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