Melanie Callahan owner & broker of Town & Coastal are slumlords. I rented for almost 10 years. I…read morepassed every inspection. The home was damaged heavily & when I asked for repairs they raised the rent. The home was filled with mold & the roof was leaking & instead of fixing it they gave me an illegal 60 day notice. My new landlord requested a letter from the & they refused to give it to me until I paid rent. They refused to give me prorated amount & wanted full rent. These people are horrible landlords.

A wonderful lady from our church was renting a home for 30 yrs. Callahan bought the home but did…read morenot want to continue to rent to the lady because she was on Sec8. The lady couldn't find a place to live and had to couch surf with her son while going through cancer treatment, for months the house that our lovely friend lived in and raised her family in has been vacant for 8 months. I do not recommend doing business with someone that treats community members like trash. As a business and homeowner, we would never treat families with that type of disregard.

Matti was very professional and a pleasure to work with. He helped us through the Labyrinth of…read morebuying a home. I have recommended him to all my family and friends.

From the owner: We have been on the Central Coast since 1969 when John’s…read moreparents immigrated from Finland to make a better life for their family and Lori crossed the Canadian border as the youngest daughter of a single mom. Our parents taught us that hard work, common sense, and being trustworthy are the right answer in every situation. Managing property is no exception. Our common sense, hardworking-DNA compels us to use these attributes on your behalf to increase the value of your rental property and keep your tenants, safe and thriving. Thriving tenants pay higher rent and never want to leave. We are located in Nipomo California, and manage properties throughout San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. These are the counties that give our friends, kids, grandkids, neighbors and clients the most wonderful quality of life. We love working here. If you own a residential property, single family home, condo unit, apartment building, duplex or triplex, we would love the opportunity to manage it for you. Please call us! We have been introduced to many of our best clients because they called to ask a quick question about their rental property and we are still helping them years later. We promise, we can reduce your stress and increase the value of your investment property. A friendly, experienced, enthusiastic Kilpelainen Property Management team member is a quick phone call or text away at (805) 550-9917 or email us at info@kilppm.com

Jamie is super friendly and went above and beyond to make sure my family and I got the home we…read morewanted and needed, always provides great communication and is fair. I highly recommend this property management business for anyone looking to rent as she has made this process so much easier and from the jump we could tell all she wanted to do was help us in any and every way possible. I will be recommending this company to family and friends! Couldn't have got our home without her

I recently moved out of a home managed by Williams Brothers Properties. They charged me for…read morecleaning the house saying that it was very dirty, even though I had pictures showing how clean it was. They also charged me for broken sprinklers and dry spots in the grass even though the sprinklers were always broken and maintained by them. I was told to leave wall mounts in order to avoid paying for holes and was still charged. If you rent from them take DETAILED PICTURES AND VIDEOS upon moving in and out or you may not get your deposit back. I do not recommend using their business.

We showed up without an appointment and after sitting down with Realtor Mike Moss to discuss what…read morewe were looking for in buying a house in SLO, hired him as our agent. Mike was very patient working with us as we were not yet focused on a specific area in the county. After many months and trips to view potential houses in Los Osos, Morro Bay and SLO, we finally narrowed the focus on SLO City. We then toured various neighborhoods until we found a couple of areas to really focus on. Mike was patient, thoughtful and helpful all throughout this process and when we found the house for us, he was instrumental in our plan of making a successful offer and getting us through escrow. Can't say enough about Mike and how professional and personable he was throughout the process. He made the stressful process of finding and buying a home so much easier! Highly recommend Mike Moss and Comet Realty!

It's a shame that such a beautiful house in a great location was rented out by someone so…read moreincompetent. I wouldn't recommend renting with Courtney Huckabay under any circumstances. This realtor does not fix house appliances when regular maintenance is required (ice maker, dish disposal, etc.), communicate in a calm and direct manner, or know how to do math. She managed to mix myself and another one of her tenants up when giving back house deposits which ended up in me being shorted $1,000. Her solution to this problem was not to correct the problem she caused, but told that other tenant and myself to "venmo each other to make it right ourselves." However, this was not a problem caused by us and should not had to have been solved by us.

HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT! They steal your money!!! They haven't returned our deposit back when we left…read morethe property in same, if not better, condition we left it, yet they are charging fake fees. When emailing them proof of the house condition BEFORE moving in and having videos of the walkthrough as PROOF, they ignore our calls and emails. Very unprofessional, service is horrible. Avoid if possible. They are THIEVES!

I am extremely disappointed in the lack of professionalism from Michelle Shipman and Miles Bloom at…read moreSearchlight Properties in not returning my full deposit. Not only that, they are not responding to my numerous emails and phone calls. If I ran my business in this fashion, I would quickly be out of business. This company has not returned my deposit to this date, which was supposed to happen 21 days after moving out. And, I now have been informed they are holding back over $1,000 of my rental deposit unjustly. To explain, I rented a property that was in disrepair. I did not realize the extent of the disrepair since I was not allowed to view the property until our move-in date. Searchlight did not take over the management of the house until a month after my move-in date and had no clue of the overall condition of the house and yard either, since apparently the previous property mgt company did not convey that information to them. We lived there for 2 years and moved out a month ago. We left the house in much better shape than it was when we moved in, yet we are being charged for general house cleaning and carpet cleaning as well as items (not ours) being left behind. When I moved in, the previous tenant who moved out the same day as I moved in, left behind junk inside and outside of the house. There were holes in the walls and they desperately needed painting. The family room blinds were broken and looked awful. The sprinkler system in the front and back yard did not work. The only thing that did get fixed was the hole in the wall after I complained numerous times. Oh, and they finally got a gardener out to fix the irrigation system only a few months ago. The previous tenant had 3 German Shepherds who were indoor dogs according to the neighbors. The carpets were dirty with tons of dog hairs. The baseboards even had dog hairs on them. The rest of the house wasn't much better. I need this money. This is an outrage and needs to be rectified immediately. They have 21 days to return the deposit and that time has passed a week ago. Everything is being bungled. Don't use this company!!

Taylor and her team are professional, responsive and friendly. I highly recommend them!read more

After years living there they took a large portion of my security deposit. 150k of rent paid and…read morethey got to knock me on the way out. Took a bunch of my security deposit. Don't trust them.

We rented a condo from Beach Bum Rentals and it worked out perfectly for us. The staff was very…read morehelpful and had everything ready for us when we arrived for check in. They were also very helpful for us finding a place that took dogs as we travel with our dog all the time. The condo was perfect for us and my In-Laws. The place was well appointed and had almost everything we needed for our stay. It was close to the beach and downtown. But one of the nicest things was it was very quiet. You could barely hear anyone outside. The bedrooms had very comfortable beds and they even provided some shampoo and soap. We will be renting from them again next year when we come up.

We stayed in Grover Beach for 2 weeks. The house was nothing…read moremore than average in a nice quiet neighborhood but DEFINITELY not worth $500.00 a night. See through curtains in the living room, no curtains in the family room or kitchen. No screen doors to let the cool air in, no AC. Both bathrooms are lacking in luxury. The mstrbdrm bath has a large shower but the water pressure is non-existent. The hallway bathroom with the bathtub is difficult to get into with the toilet right next to it. No grab bars. BeachBum~Shell Beach is all about the $$$. Greed at it's finest! They weren't upfront about anything, unless you asked. Even at that it was a crap shoot whether you'd get an answer. Would I use BeachBum again? No!!!

As a fellow REALTOR®, I've had the opportunity to work with Lisa on two different transactions. The…read morefirst was incredibly smooth, and the second came with a few bumps along the way. From agent to agent, I can honestly say she's one of the easiest people to work with. Communication with her is clear, direct, and collaborative. She brings great ideas to the table, listens, and helps find thoughtful solutions when challenges arise. She represents her clients with true professionalism and makes it easier to find common ground on either side of the deal. Lisa is level-headed, compassionate, funny, smart--and genuinely a pleasure to work with!

Professional, knowledgeable, effective, property management. I would recommend this business…read more Probably the best property management company I have ever worked with.

I am confused as to why RPM does not allow for free electronic payments. I can understand the 3%…read morecredit card fee/$10 debit card fee per transaction but they should be accepting Zelle and/or Venmo payments. They told me "we're not collecting the fee" but that's irrelevant. It's 2025 and I should be able to send an electronic payment without being nickel and dime to death. My review is subject to change once I receive a reasonable explanation that makes sense. I have since been advised I can send payment through bill pay free of charge. I will be updating my review to 5 stars.

I moved out of a privately owned condo I rented directly from the owner after living there for 16…read moreyears where she didn't return my deposit and didn't replace her washing machine. I was super surprised that how wonderful RPM at SLO was in returning my deposit after I moved out. They took care of the yard by hiring a landscape man.They paved a new parking lot in our side yard, so that we have space to park privately. Renting from RPM has been even better than renting from a privately owned place!! They are SO responsive and I feel like I'm renting from people who truly care about me. It feels like I'm renting from family! - any repairs are quickly addressed and fixed - they don't play the blame game - they look out for you Matt is INCREDIBLE! He is on top of everything, kind, and so, so good at his job. I can't thank SLO RPM and Matt enough!

It is 2024 and I have to write checks to pay my monthly HOA fees ;-( Digital payment option please!…read moreI will even let you withdraw electronically from my checking account every month... like every other company in the world doing business!

Hi All, I'm leaving…read moreanother review for this company as it never seems to get better. As a community member of one of the HOA's that this company manages it's really discouraging and disappointing that I never get emails returned from Janet Wood. She purposely ignores any email community members bring up when other people in the community don't follow the HOA rules and CC&R's. Wood's tactic is to completely wash her hands of all emails that non board members bring up. This is super unprofessional and unacceptable behavior of an HOA management company. Save your money and go elsewhere, you will regret the month after they start managing your HOA.