I have used Walters for over 20 years and I have found them to be efficient in finding renters for our properties. They are also very consistent in auto payments to the bank and assuring security of the residence. When there was a fire next door to the property that effected the rental, they made sure that the renter at that time was able to find another place. They also assisted in arranging the smoke damage to the unit was fixed with out issue. read more

I really had a bad experience after handing over the keys. After 4 years of staying, they still charged me for paint issues due to structural damage, overcharging for cleaning, ozone treatment, lots of simple wear and tear due to 4 years of stay. Their pre-inspection was nothing helpful, I corrected all the pre-inspection items before I move out, they came up with 100 items after the move stating pre-inspection cannot be accurate since I was still staying. I believe 5-10k is required after handing over in good condition. I can clearly see their intention to extract more money from tenants. San Diego small claims court is my only small hope now read more

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We had the best experience with Walters Home management with our rental! From the moment I inquired about the property, Michael Sykes was instantly in communication with me to view the home. We knew right away we wanted to rent a home with a quality management group vs a home owner directly. Michael and the group have had excellent and prompt communication. The property was clean and ready to go for us with all of the paperwork organized. Highly recommend using or working with Walters Home Management. Five plus stars!!! read more

Don't apply through Walters. They charge application fees right out the gate, which is done just to make some money on the side. We confirmed our viewing for a rental property with our rep right before we left, and after we spent an hour out of our workday to go and view the property they told us that the property had already been rented. So not only do they waste your money, they waste your time. Edit: they're refunding our money. That's pretty good but I'm still salty about the wasted time. it was a dope place. read more

Mike has been incredibly helpful. Specifically, he instantly responds to my requests. Could be wrong, but I believe Brad is no longer there and therefore, Mike has stepped in seamlessly for helping with my property. Highly recommended! read more

Absolutely the best property management company I've ever worked with! Everyone was amazingly kind, caring and approachable regardless of the issue. They helped me deal with a particularly difficult HOA as a renter and could not be happier with the support and tenacity that they showed with helping get issues resolved. When I need to find a new home to rent, I will definitely seek out their services again. Jennifer Newton and her team are the best!! Thank you for everything! Laurie P. read more

Walters Home Management, so far, has been fantastic with helping us to find a condo that meets our requirements. Mike, our Leasing Specialist showed us a few places that we really liked and had a hard time choosing between. He responded to all of our inquiries through text/email fairly quickly. Their office is just a few miles away from our condo. The three times we have stopped by the office has exceeded expectations. All of their employees have been extremely accommodating and resourceful. The process of moving across state has been made simplified thanks to Walters Home Management. read more

This place is horrible. Rented with them for three years and they only care for your money. The house had many horrible plumbing issues, to the point that it smelled like sewer inside and outside the house. They would rather get many estimates than help immediately. Even when they send someone to fix it, they never fixed it right. They also charged us 300$ for something we have been telling them about and said it was our negligence that their was water damage. It took them also more than a month to give me my security deposit back because one of the workers was out Sick.If you do go with them highly recommend you email them directly for everything to have a paper trail. Would never recommend going through them. And if you hire them to manage your property, they don't care for your property either - like I said only the money read more

My roommates and I rented a house from Walters Home Management and from what our rep Mike told us we thought it would be the perfect place for us. Sadly, we were wrong. From the start there were problems: from left over dog poop in the back yard and dog pee in the garage, to not being able to open our windows, to "miscommunication" if you catch my drift. Things happen but the way our rep Mike and his boss Jennifer handled our complaints was completely unacceptable. I could write a book about everything that Mike and Jennifer did to ruin our experience with supporting pictures and screenshots. If you're thinking about renting from them, don't! You'll be better off finding another company! read more

Toilet reported and never properly fixed. Told me the property was dog safe and fenced and my dog was killed by an animal in the back yard. They poured dg all over the ground the day I moved in making it not foot safe for my dogs. No gardening service but expected the large property to be maintained. Broken pipe in sprinklers and they would fix. The charge me 250 for exit cleaning on tile no carpets and nothing really messes up. The also charged me 250 to paint 6 spackled holes. They were rude, difficult to communicate with and very uncomfortable to interact with. I would avoid these people at all cost. read more

This review was supposed to be an email to Walters, but their email threads with me "expire" and no one cares to respond to me. It speaks for what a terrible experience I had with them. I sent an almost identical copy of this message to Mike, who has been my main point of contact for this whole ordeal. His only response was "I'm out of the office, and I will find out the answers to your questions". This was Wednesday (10/20/21), and I have not heard a word from him since. I need to know what justified a $225 cleaning fee, when the quote was $195 for my size property. I hand cleaned every inch of that property to make sure there wasn't any additional cleaning fees added. Need to know what type of stove pans cost $75, as the most expensive I can find are around $20 at the very most. I also know for a fact there were no burned out light bulbs. The fact your maintenance worker is charging $25 dollars for light bulbs and $75 for stove pans is laughable. And even if the bulbs were burned out, and the stove pans were needing replacement, I could've fixed both for around $20, not $100. You said Mike would be in contact with my after the move our inspection, and there was not one word of communication from him, or anyone on your staff. You gave me no opportunity to make any changes or repairs. Maybe you just rely on tenants not looking through your invoices on repairs? I have photo proof that the satellite dish was there when I moved in, yet I was charged for its disposal. This has been the most unprofessional, unpleasant dealing of a property management company I have ever be a part of. read more

Can't complain. There were issues that arose but were handled in a very timely fashion. This was our first experience with leasing a property, as we have always owned, but things went as smooth as they could have. Easy to communicate and always attentive. Thank you, TEAM WALTERS!!! read more

Employees: Brad Darlington, Valeri Jardine, Patrick Wyllie, Michael Sykes This company takes properties with a number of issues and dirty to get YOU to fix those issues and/or clean the place. Their scam is to get you to sign the lease without anything in writing to assure you they will repair the issues and/or send a housekeeper. They will *say* they'll take care of them. Weeks go by without hearing from them, so you end up doing most of the cleaning and repairs because of course you are not a pig. As per for the rest of the repairs, they will send maintenance people who don't know what they are doing, which will require multiple visits. Of course, you will have to take time out of your day to accommodate their schedule. They will ignore you. They will not respond properly when neighbors are being disrespectful. They won't forward your concerns to the actual property owner. I do not recommend. read more

If you have a choice, think very hard about how responsive you want your management company to be. We submitted a maintenance request through the website, and after 4 days of no response, left a message on voicemail. Call unreturned for another 24 hours. Called again next day, no response to my 2nd voicemail. The only way I could get a response was by calling the emergency line. And I didn't feel it was an emergency, but no one was returning my calls. Also received notice of impending increase, was told to watch for new agreement "in a few weeks" which would need to be electronically signed. Never received a new agreement, just a late notice for the increase, which we still hadn't received a contract for. Customer service is definitely not thier forte. read more

Jennifer and Mike 5 stars! Being a former property manager and now a general contractor that works with many management company I wanted to give walters home management 5 stars becuase as a vendor they are great to work with. They Communicate, they document and send there work orders, they follow through and they care about there owners and tenants. Great Management company and great to work with on all levels. Thanks guys and keep up the good work! read more

Walters Home Management has been managing my property in Eastlake and finding me great tenants since 2004. Recently, my last tenant of 6 years moved out effective 5/1/21. Mr. Michael Sykes, the lease manager, in less than a week, found me new highly qualified tenants to occupy my property effective 6/1/21. I have always had a great working relationship with staff from the top, Jennifer Newton to the hardworking employees like Mr. Sykes. Professionalism, communication, and efficiency are 5 star attributes of this property management company. I am happy to place my trust and confidence in this organization over the years I have been with them! read more

Walters Home Management helped me obtain great tenants, keep everything in working order, eliminated all of the hassles I had dealing with the tenants I chose for my condo. They have provide top-notch "A" service. I went from a slight negative in my income to a monthly positive almost immediately. I highly recommend this company and their team. read more

I am a new renter of a unit managed by WHM and so far my experience has been great! Staff is very responsive and all details of contract were outlined clearly. The condo I am renting is lovely and is in great condition. There is an online portal which makes payments and document submission very easy. read more

I'll note that I started this review in 2014 and never finished until now. The experience with WHM was great throughout, until I tried to contact them about my security deposit after move-out. I'll note the things that went well: I was able to find and rent my place from across the country and had excellent service. When something broke, it got fixed, and when I broke the lease early, they were very clear about the fees and my responsibility. I loved being able to pay my rent online. When I got the remainder of my security deposit back, though, I had some questions about why certain things were so expensive but never got a response, after 3 e-mails. My complaints, that were never addressed, were: 1. charge for replacement of light bulbs, which I can guarantee was because someone didn't know the bulbs in the kitchen were on a dimmer switch; 2. a $250 cleaning fee when the entire house was spotless after two days of mopping floors and cleaning all fixtures (during walkthrough, the agent said some dusting would be needed and there was a bit of food stuck between the edges of the oven); 3. $400 painting when a single wall had two 1/4" nicks in it. There were other deductions which I deemed reasonable, but all of the above I questioned repeatedly to no response. In the end, I figured I should be happy because they allowed us to break our lease, but the non-responsiveness in the end was particularly frustrating. read more

It is a typical management company where managers do NOT listen to any reasoning, but just want it their way. It is not negotiable, they will tell you about anything. They will make everything to make you feel that you live in some kind of prison. But they will be happy to ignore garbage in driveways or dog's poop in walkways. Because they just can! What a disgusting formation. read more

We sold our home and was looking for a rental. We came across many properties, including Walters Home Management. We met Marlene Figueroa at the open house. Marlene was beyond amazing. She was very professional, courteous, and very attentive to all potential tenants. She made everyone feel very comfortable and treated all with respect and dignity. She treated the property, like she was renting her own property. Then, the next day, we met Property Manager Mike Sykes and Property Administrator Beth Sperry. Mike and Beth were equally professional and courteous and made our move to be a pleasant experience. Thank you all for welcoming us. You are absolutely the BEST. For me to say this after going through multiple open houses, means a lot. read more

If you are a RENTER, be extra cautious when choosing a home managed by Walters Home Management. Their only loyalty is to the owner of the property that they were hired to manage. They will nickle and dime renters for everything and anything that goes wrong inside the home - even when it is not your fault! We stopped telling Walters when something was broken in the home and just fixed it ourselves. Whenever we told them of an issue they would get back to us weeks later with an estimate 3-4 times the standard cost. Of course we were always told that it would be deducted from our deposit! Moreover, they have a DUTY in their signed contract with the owner of each property to assess the value of the renters market each year! Guess what that means for you? Yup - you guessed it, these fools will raise your rent each and every year! Even if you are an amazing tenant and haven't been late with a single payment - they will still raise your rent. Finally, when you decide to move out of your rental - be prepared to give it a complete home makeover yourself! Their "move out instructions" are absolutely absurd. They even assign a percentage value as to how long the paint inside your home should last according month by month. Yup, get out those pain rollers and handy tools because any standard wear and tear inside the rental is going to be deducted from your deposit! I honestly feel bad for any renter who has to deal with these people. Good luck to the next tenants in our home! read more

To the Dream Team at Walters Home Management - I have really appreciated the way you have looked out for all my apartment needs. You connect quickly when I reach out by email, are available when I call, and offer good solutions if I have an issue (not many it seems). Thank You! read more

As a first-time buyer of an investment property, with full-time jobs, we knew that we would not be able to have time to manage this property on our own. We are so fortunate that we were recommended to Walters Home Management. From the beginning - to being introduced, arranging photos of our property, property updates/fixtures, showings of our apartment, everything has been seamless. In particular, Mike, our leasing specialist, has been nothing short of outstanding. He is easy to reach, gave recommendations regarding when we should maintain the same price rent or lower when necessary and provided research and reasoning with recommendation. We are very happy with WHM and would recommend it to anyone who needs professional high-quality home management service. read more

I was lucky that the house I rented was managed by Walters Home Management. I found the property manager Jennifer to be very professional and accommodating of my initial requests. The communication with anyone in the office has always been good. The house was a bit old so issues would come up and they were always quick to respond to my requests. My lease ended last month and Brad was fair with my deposit. I bought a property which I have to live for one year. I intend to have them manage my property in the future. read more

Walters Home Management - Property Management Near Me - San Diego, California

Very disappointing experience with them as a resident. We had 3 major leaks in our kitchen ceiling from the heavy rains last spring and experienced water damage. There was even water coming out of the electrical outlets from the kitchen walls!! It took over a week before the leaks were repaired (we had to empty buckets constantly of rainwater, and live with towels on the floor), but even this was somewhat understandable because there were so many people in San Diego experiencing the same thing. However, we were very disappointed in how unresponsive Walters was through the whole thing. We had to follow up constantly in order to get anything done. Afterwards, it took 2 to 3 months of constantly emailing them back and forth and following up, before anyone was willing to come out and check out the water damage caused by all these leaks. They kept pushing it off with one excuse or another, and not responding to us for weeks at a time. When someone finally did come out (after 2-3 months!), all they did was poke around a bit where the initial leaks were (barely looking at all the kitchen cabinets that had been soaked for weeks) and say it was fine, since the leaks were all repaired. I attempted to followup a few more times, mentioning my concern about mold, especially since the leaks had resulted in water entering all of the surrounding walls in the kitchen etc. I considered getting an attorney because it was such a frustrating experience and they were not taking it seriously whatsoever, but ultimately we just decided to move out. It was too emotionally exhausting to deal with anymore. I rarely do yelp reviews but had to in this case. I would absolutely not recommend renting with them. The only reason why I didn't give a 1 star is because I really liked their online payment portal, and had a really great experience with Dallas during the initial renting period, but unfortunately as soon as she left, our experience declined :(. read more

My family worked with Jennifer Newton for many years, we had muliple properties that her company managed. I would never reccomend working with her team. read more

I am responding to the comment below from the agency. I wasn't going to put up my full review because I didn't want to get too carried away, but given the response, I thought it would only be right for me to update my review. Walters Home Management recently (2008-2009) set me and my roommates (3) up with a home. Once we signed the lease and move-in paperwork, the company notified us that the landlord (who lived OUT OF STATE) would actually be managing the property himself. However, this landlord did VERY LITTLE to help us out with any of the problems we had throughout the course of our lease and we ended up having to take care of things ourselves, just deducting costs from our rent. I understand that the poor management of the property isn't the company's fault but here is what is: at the end of our lease, as soon as we were ready to move out, guess who came to start showing the house to potential new tenants? Walters Home Management. Even though they started showing others the house, they did nothing to help us close out our paperwork... all they did was tell us to leave our keys with them. When we received the remainder of our security deposit post move-out, we determined that our landlord took out way more than he should have and decided to sue for it in small claims court. After we unsuccessfully tried to serve him via process server, we tried to serve Walters Home Management since they were the ones that coordinated our lease with him (we were informed that we could do so from the small claims advisor). As we did so, they refused service and claimed that he was no longer a client and therefore they were not responsible. Afterward, another year passed, the suit continued, the tenants after us moved out, and I did a search for the property trying to gather up more evidence against our landlord...and guess who was helping him rent out the property again? Walters Home Management. I'm not a malicious human being and I understand that their arrangement with our ex-landlord was specific as to only cover helping him rent out the property. However, I truly believe that this is a VERY poor business practice and they should only rent out properties which they will be managing. If they insist on continuing this, then they should at least do a better job of screening the people that they choose to do business with and hold them accountable for managing the property. read more

Complete Rape Artists! STAY FAR AWAY! Outragous late fees. Horrible Customer Service. Constantly rotated to new reps. Poor attitude. Stear very clear away! read more

My experience with Walters Home Property management was exceptional. They genially care about both the owners and the tenets. Upon move out we received our security deposit back. Everyone we worked with were professional and honest. Highly recommend. read more

Stay away! Maintenance requests are shockingly slow and at times have been pretty rude to use over the phone. Will definitely avoid them in the future. read more

Rented a home last year from Walters Home Management and our rep was Mike and he was absolutely the worst, misrepresenting the house from the very beginning and then being untruthful in his communications with his boss, Jennifer. She immediately started with an arrogant and bullying attitude that was totally unacceptable. After a while she realized she was wrong and removed Mike as a rep and took it over herself as it seemed like every week something else is wrong with the house, so much so she gave us a rent credit and apologized for all the hassle and miscommunication. Thank God they agreed to let us out of our lease early without penalty, another admission that the house was not ready to rent and management communication was horrible. Don't rent from them, find another company! read more

Walters managed our home in Rancho Bernardo for 3 1/2 years...we live hours away. Working with them has been TERRIFIC. They found great tenants. Worked with us to get the best rental rate. Jumped on top of any problems the tenant had with the house and solved them immediately at a cost that was VERY fair to us. Never had a problem working with them. Their communications were clear and timely. Their accounting without errors. Cannot say enough positive things about Jennifer and her firm. If they allowed us to give 10 stars, I would. read more

My experience with this company has been wonderful due to an amazing representative named Saba Jess. My husband and I are in the process of moving my in-laws from Northern California to San Diego to be closer to us. We found a property that was absolutely perfect for them. We had the chance to speak to the curent renters and they had nothing but great things to say about the landlord and Saba. We contacted Saba and she was quick to return my phone calls and quick to move us through the process of securing the property. Saba went above and beyond in keeping us informed and creating a positive experience in what can be a very stressful time. I di read the other comments posted here and I will be sure to come back and respond after my in-laws have been in the property a while. As for now we couldn't be more pleased with the service we recieved from Saba Jess! read more

I have to say that when I logged on and read some of the reviews I was very surprised, I am writing this as a home owner who has used Walters Home Management for more than 5 years, and I've VERY pleased with their services and do recommend them for other owners looking to take the worry out of having their property managed. I've had some good tenants and not so good tenants and Nicole and her team have done a great job working with the tenants, keeping me informed and well frankly most importantly keeping the place occupied, it's always rented. read more

When we realized we needed professional help we found Walters Home Management through our Realtor. Best move we could have made! For over four years now (through tough economic times in case you have been marooned on a desert island!)) Walters has kept our property rented with outstanding tenants! If I have a question, it's answered very quickly. Statements are emailed monthly and are easy to understand. If repairs, paint, carpet, etc. are needed, they have great contractors waiting in the wings (at reasonable costs). Bottom line: if you just want a renter, find them yourself. If you want a quality tenant, use the team at Walters! No disappointments! read more

I really appreciated that they were on top of everything and even was excited for the place I chose. This is the first place I have ever rented and I appreciated the time and effort they took to help me understand. I would text Nicole and Sarah on the weekends if I was panicking about something I needed to get done and even thought the office is not open they still took the time to talk to me. Overall was a good experience. Even for someone who is renting for the first time :) read more

Walters Home Management - New home - Property Management Near Me - San Diego, California

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Currently battling Brad Darlington at Walters Home Management regarding our deposit. As other reviews have stated, they will charge you for carpet cleaning (even though I sent them the receipt they requested), cleaning (even though I had it cleaned) and 25% of painting charges. They will try to rip you off unless you call them out on it and fight! BEWARE!! read more

Mike showed up in a mask and respectful of boundaries, asking if there was anything off limit, which he was welcome to check anything. I appreciated the respectful communication. read more

As the owner of a rental property in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, I found the team at Walters Home Management invaluable in assisting me to secure a GREAT tenant for my San Diego rental in record time! They were a pleasure to work with and the depth of their knowledge regarding California landlord/tenant provisions will save me from unnecessary exposure as an investment property owner. Their prompt response time to my phone calls or emails saved me valuable time. I'm a tough one to please. Walters Home Management exceeded my expectations and without any hesitation I would highly recommend Walters Home Management to anyone needing professional management assistance !!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! read more