For property owners
Published pricing. No fine print.
You should be able to find out what property management costs without filling in a form and waiting for a call. Here is exactly what we charge, and exactly what we do not.
Leasing Only
You manage the property day to day — we find and screen the tenant, and get the lease signed.
- Rental price analysis
- Professional listing photos
- Syndication to Zillow, Apartments.com, Realtor.com & more
- Showings and applicant fielding
- Full screening: credit, income, eviction, criminal, landlord references
- CT-compliant lease preparation and signing
- Security deposit collection and lawful escrow handoff
Full Management
The whole job. We handle the tenant, the money, the maintenance and the paperwork — you get a deposit and a statement.
- Everything in Leasing Only
- Rent collection and owner ACH disbursement
- Monthly statements and year-end 1099 packet
- 24/7 maintenance intake with a vetted vendor bench
- Routine interior and exterior inspections
- Lease renewals and rent increase strategy
- Notices, delinquency handling and eviction coordination
- Fair Housing and CT landlord-tenant compliance
Multifamily & Portfolio
For 5+ units or a growing portfolio. Priced per door with reporting built for an actual investor.
- Everything in Full Management
- Per-door pricing that drops as you scale
- Unit-level and portfolio-level P&L reporting
- Turn budgeting and capital planning
- Value-add and renovation project oversight
- Acquisition underwriting support
Comparing us against another company? Read what property management actually costs in Connecticut — every fee the industry charges, and why a cheaper headline rate often ends up costing more.
The part nobody publishes
Fees we don’t charge.
Management companies are famous for the second page of the fee schedule. We do not have one. If it is not on this website, we do not bill it.
- Onboarding or setup fees
- Lease renewal fees
- Markup on maintenance invoices
- Management fees while your unit is vacant
- Inspection fees
- Statement or technology fees
- Early termination penalties
- Vendor referral kickbacks
Getting started
What happens after you call.
Free rental analysis
Tell us about the property. We come back with what it should rent for based on live Greater Hartford comparables, what it will cost to get there, and what it should net you annually. No cost, no obligation, no pressure.
Onboarding
We sign a straightforward management agreement, walk the property, document its condition, and take over utilities, keys, insurance certificates and any existing leases. If you have tenants already, we introduce ourselves properly.
Market and place
If the unit is vacant, we photograph it, price it, list it everywhere and screen every applicant against the same seven-point standard. You approve the tenant before anything is signed.
Run it
Rent comes in, maintenance gets handled, inspections happen, the statement lands and your money hits your account by the 10th. You hear from us when something needs a decision — and not otherwise.
No cost, no obligation
What should your property rent for?
Send us the address and we will come back within one business day with a rent range based on what comparable units in that town are actually leasing for right now — not what a national estimator guesses from a zip code.
- A realistic rent range with the comparables we used
- What it would cost to get the unit rent-ready
- Estimated annual net after management and typical expenses
- An honest read on the tenant pool for that street
Prefer email? info@oconnellcornerstone.com
Free Rental Analysis
Tell us about the property. We reply within one business day with a rent range, a cost estimate and what it should net you.
Owner FAQs
Everything else you were going to ask.
Full management is 9% of monthly rent collected. Leasing-only placement is 75% of one month’s rent. Multifamily portfolios of five or more units get custom per-door pricing. There are no onboarding fees, no markup on maintenance invoices, and no management fee charged while a unit sits vacant.
No. The management fee is a percentage of rent actually collected. If nothing comes in, nothing is owed — which keeps our incentives pointed at filling your vacancy quickly.
Every adult applicant goes through the same seven checks: credit history, verified income (we look for roughly three times the rent), employment verification, rental history, eviction records, criminal background and direct landlord references. We apply identical criteria to every applicant in compliance with federal and Connecticut Fair Housing law.
Security deposits are held in a separate escrow account as Connecticut law requires, and interest is paid to the tenant at the rate the state sets each year. Deposits are never commingled with operating funds.
Owner disbursements go out by ACH on the 10th of each month, with that month’s statement attached. If the 10th falls on a weekend or holiday, funds move the next business day.
You set a dollar threshold during onboarding — commonly $300 to $500. Anything under it we handle and document. Anything over it, we call you first with the diagnosis and a quote. True emergencies, like an active leak or no heat in January, we address immediately and tell you right away.
We start with documented communication and a payment plan where it makes sense. If that fails, we serve the required Connecticut notices on schedule and coordinate the summary process eviction with a housing attorney, keeping you updated at each stage. Legal fees and court costs are the owner’s expense.
Yes, with 30 days’ written notice. There is no termination penalty. If a tenant we placed is still in the property, the placement portion of our fee remains earned, but you are never locked into ongoing management.
We cover Greater Hartford — roughly a 30-minute radius from downtown, including the Farmington Valley, the towns east of the river and up into the Enfield area. If your property is nearby but not on our list, ask. We would rather tell you honestly than manage something too far away to manage well.
Yes. You should carry a landlord policy — often a DP-3 or a commercial equivalent for multifamily — and we ask to be named as an additional insured. We also require every tenant to carry renters insurance with liability coverage.
Our Connecticut landlord’s guide to tenant law covers security deposits, grace periods, late fee caps, notices to quit and the summary process timeline — with the statute cited so you can check any of it. Free, and useful whether or not you ever hire us.
Still deciding?
Send us the property details. We will give you a straight answer about what it should rent for and whether you actually need a manager — there is no script and nobody is going to chase you afterwards.