Karen is just solid people! Made the whole move in process go so smoothly - could not be more…read moregrateful for her willingness to help out wherever she can.

After speaking with a number of property management companies, I decided to go with Karen at Summit…read moreRental Management. She seemed dialed in on Salem's property scene and was initially responsive enough to entrust her with my business. She had high ratings on Yelp and other platforms, so it seemed like a sure thing. I learned quite a bit in my year of working with her: * She's got a lot of ties with the Salem Housing Authority and various organizations in the local area. She has a good amount of experience with various forms and the process it takes to expedite them. * At 10% commission, her fee seemed quite standard for the area. * This is a family run business, consisting of Karen and her daughters. I believe she does most of the face-to-face work and makes herself available to tenants and prospective clients. * She takes Fridays off and most of the weekends. * She is not the most responsive with email. Most of our replies have been between 4 days to a week. * When in doubt, call. She is the most responsive in the mornings and is the least responsive in the afternoons and evenings. * She does not have an online system / portal for folks to check up on their properties. Instead, a monthly report via Quickbooks is scanned and sent as a PDF. The scans are likely done manually, given the non-stop alignment issues. * We had communication issues and accounting issues. They were resolved, but not without a lot follow up. At the end of the day, I think Karen is a super nice person but seems to be at a pace where it may be tough for folks who need an immediate answer. It would be recommended to be on the ground in Salem and to relay any thoughts in person.

If I could give a negative rating I would. Please do not rent from these people. The property may…read morebe nice but management do not care for you as a renter and will go above and beyond to cover their asses when they make mistakes, especially in communication. Thought it was just terrible Sherrylin but turns out her boss is just as awful. The bad reviews are your red flag. Follow that gut and just don't.

Can I give them zero star rating? 1 is definitely too high. You are not a person, you are a number…read morewith this company. Make one mistake on your application, and you will be accused of "falsifying" and "lying". Your words will be twisted and used against you. Worse, Cassandra will set you up by asking questions about an error that you may not even recognize as having been made, just to catch you. It's a sick game of overinflated power. My best advice is to use smaller companies who still know how to apply customer service.

I applied for an apartment months in advance and was accepted. I was told after the approval for…read morethe apartment that I would get weekly calls, and I didn't receive any contact until I reached out to them. Even after reaching out, return calls were non-existent and after months of waiting I was told that I no longer fit the criteria to be eligible for rent. They told me I could pay 6 months in advance to move in, or I wouldn't qualify anymore. This is all after I had already been approved. Ridiculous company that I would not recommend anyone go through. I can't imagine what it would have been like to actually live under them.

Absolutely wonderful. I've been in this apartment for 9 years now, they've gone above and beyond…read morewith any issues I've had regarding repairs etc great staff no complaints!

This company uses predatory harassment tactics to push out rent controlled tenants in attempts to…read moreraise profits resulting in higher profile property owners new and continued business relationships. They will obtain "cause" for eviction evidence in a malicious and sneaky manners and present it completely out of context, exponentially increase the frequency of notices based upon the tenants compliance and use carefully selected non descriptive wording to insinuate discrimination. They will also react in extremely drastic and childish manners when the wording in the lease agreement dose not allow them to bully the tenants and retaliate to petty things like the agreement not specifying the amount of water a tenant can use by abruptly showing up to the property (WITHOUT NOTICE MIND YOU) shutting the water off to the entire complex (WITHOUT NOTICE) and removing all the water faucets from the exterior with a finished result that would not even meet there standards if it fell under the tenant's responsibility for up-keep. They will do absolutely nothing about homeless encampments or drug activity outside your residence where your children play, make no effort to do small upkeep things like moss and mildew removal from the driveways, will wait till things like balcony's and porches are so degraded they are at risk of being sited by the city and make every excuse under the sun to address aging and dilapidated construction that cause inflated utility costs to the tenant. It came down to a electrician having to tell them the utility panel in my unit was a extreme fire hazard and dangerous for my family to be in the unit to get them to pay to fix it .My dryer vent was so clogged only months after we moved in that they had to cut open the wall to fix it and have still yet to do the finish work on the drywall 3 years later. But yet they will force maintenance repairs that have nothing to do with sustaining the property like blinds and minor drywall repair and then force the tenant to pay for the repairs and provide absolutely no line item accounting for thus said repairs. The employees in charge of managing the units are given this responsibility and power with little if any experience in the field and will conduct themselves in very inappropriate, childish and unprofessional manners such as approaching you randomly and without cause, accuse you of things way out of their station and responsibility as property managers, flat out tell you that the way you live is trashy and not up to there or the owners standards and even when you have a logical and rational explanation that prevents them from filing false and or exaggerated eviction notices, they will take drastic and retaliatory actions like complaining to the city when all you were trying to do was provide your children a cooling station during a heat wave and still follow their rules regarding pools. It is obvious the only thing that matters to this company is the profit and they have no problem causing emotional trauma to families and even young children to further that profit and in a age where the rental market is this volatile and more and more families are becoming homeless, it is obvious they have absolutely no care or concern for the community the conduct businesses in and will push the line of what is legal any way they can to achieve their gold and still seem legit on paper. And to the person at Premium that is going to try and respond to this with your carefully selected legal verbiage that paints you as something you are not. I have video recordings documenting all the above accusations and can prove beyond a preponderance of the doubt everything written in this review and am more than happy to settle this in a court of law.

We have found Premium to be very friendly as well as professional. They have a good maintenance…read moreteam and contract with reliable tradesmen. We found them to be very knowledgeable about all types of home maintenance and feel very confident entrusting our two rental homes to them. We have enjoyed dealing with everyone from the owner, to our rental manager and including the office staff. We can rest easy that our rental homes which provide our only retirement income will be well taken care of.

I came into being his tenant when my landlord unexpectedly passed away and the property was sold…read more for months while we waited for a buyer i was worried that a rental company would come in and take over and change everything we loved! instead, we got Nelson rentals and i loved renting from Brian. I actually look to see if he has any other listings before i look elsewhere. I would rent from him in a heartbeat.

As a tenant, this property management company was fantastic. I highly recommend them. The staff…read moreresponded quickly to requests and was very fair upon move-out. I have rented many times before and have never been so delighted by a management company. Keep up the great work guys!