Pay Per Call Marketing in Pierce County, WA for Property Management Companies

Pierce County has 930,319 residents and 369,709 housing units (Source: censusreporter.org.), and most of those homes are lived in by the people who own them. For a manager, that means the voice on an owner call here very often belongs to someone who has never hired a property manager in their life.

They will not say "door count" or "tenant placement". They will say "the house", and "we need someone to deal with it". The qualifying is your job, and the call goes better when you expect that from the first sentence.

What you will hear, and what it tells you

• "We are moving and we do not want to sell." A first-time landlord. Ask for the move date, the city, and whether the house will be empty when they go. The answer to the last one decides whether you start with a listing or with a walk-through.
• "The tenant just gave notice and I am two time zones away." An owner who has been managing alone and has run out of reach. These calls tend to come in the evening, their time, and they want to hear that someone can see the property this week.
• "Do you cover Gig Harbor?" Fair question. The Narrows bridge puts Gig Harbor a short drive from Tacoma on a quiet day and a long one at the wrong hour, and some firms stop at the water. Answer honestly; an owner you cannot serve is not one you should keep on the line.
• "It is in Fife, or maybe Edgewood, near the county line." Fife and Edgewood sit close to King County, and a caller may have a Federal Way address that belongs to the county next door. Check the property's city, not the caller's sense of it.
• "My parents' place in Puyallup." An estate. Expect more than one family member on the call, and expect the decision to take longer than the conversation.

What reaches you, and what stays off the bill

A connected call is a property owner, or a family member who can decide, put through live to your firm and no other. The call is exclusive, so the Lakewood owner you are talking to is not also being passed to the next manager in University Place.

What does not count is just as concrete. A renter looking for a house in Bonney Lake, a tenant with a broken heater, a caller who wanted a handyman rather than a manager, and a house in Thurston or Kitsap County when your territory ends at the Pierce line. The screen stops most of these before they ring, and the rest can be disputed. Washington treats leasing and managing for someone else as brokerage, so an unlicensed firm never receives a Pierce owner call in the first place.

The calls that remain are slower than in a renter-heavy county. That is fine. A first-time landlord who feels walked through it properly on the first call has less reason to keep ringing other firms.

The Washington rule for a property management company taking calls in Pierce County: Under RCW 18.85.011 'performing property management services' (marketing, leasing, renting, or the physical, administrative or financial maintenance of real property) offered to or on behalf of another for compensation is real estate brokerage services, and the Department of Licensing requires a firm licence for any business that conducts real estate brokerage services (Source: app.leg.wa.gov).

Worth knowing as a property management company buying calls in Pierce County: By law, when a Washington contractor advertises, solicits bids or offers to perform work, the L&I contractor registration number must be included; homeowners can check any business with L&I's Verify tool for active registration, bond and workers' comp status (Source: lni.wa.gov).

Calls go only to property management companies who can lawfully take the job in Pierce County.

Places in Pierce County the property management company call campaign covers, as the source lists them: Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, University Place, Bonney Lake, Gig Harbor, Sumner, Fife, Edgewood, Orting (incorporated cities listed for Pierce County).

County seat on the property management company call map for Pierce County: Tacoma.

The same pay per call service for property management companies in the counties next to Pierce County: Property management companies in King County, Property management companies in Thurston County, Property management companies in Kitsap County.

Other trades we run calls for in Pierce County: Locksmiths, Roofers, HVAC & Air Conditioning Companies, Plumbers, Mobile Mechanics, Painters, General Contractors, Exterminators & Pest Control.

Pierce County is one of the 64 counties we cover for property management companies, and every one is listed on the Property Management Companies pay per call index.